Pattern Energy Group announced it has completed the acquisition of the remaining 170-megawatt (MW) ownership interests in the 283-MW Gulf Wind-power Facility in Kenedy County, Texas from Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern Development) and MetLife Capital LP. “We now own 100% of Gulf Wind, which is located in a unique site on the Gulf Coast…
Vestas introduces 3.45-MW power mode for its entire 3-MW turbine platform
The shared nacelle technology and design allows Vestas to offer their 3.45-megawatt (MW) power mode across the company’s entire 3-MW platform. The power mode will now be available on the V105-3.3 MW, V112-3.3 MW, V117-3.3 MW, and V126-3.3 MW turbines. “By staying focused on making our wind turbine operations more efficient, we can increase energy…
Germany will lead offshore wind installations in 2015 as UK loses top spot, says GlobalData
Germany will become the world’s leading market for annual offshore wind turbine installations in 2015, with the country set to add an impressive 2,071 megawatts (MW) this year, an almost fourfold increase from the 529 MW added in 2014. According to research and consulting firm GlobalData’s latest report, global annual offshore wind installations will more…
Vestas receives turbine order for their largest single-phase wind project in the U.S.
Vestas received an unconditional order in the United States for 200 of their V110-2.0-MW turbines for the Grande Prairie wind farm in Holt County, Nebraska. In megawatt terms, the project represents Vestas’ largest single-phase project ever in the United States. The order was placed by BHE Renewables, LLC, an affiliate of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, which…
ACCIONA Windpower will supply 129 MW to a wind farm in Mexico
ACCIONA Windpower, the ACCIONA Group subsidiary that designs, manufactures, and markets wind turbines, will supply 43 three-megawatt (MW) turbines–with a total of 129 MW–to a renewable energy sector company for a wind farm in Mexico. With this contract, ACCIONA Windpower has now sold 988.5 MW in Mexico, of which 38% correspond to its 3-MW turbine.…
GE acquires a 16-MW wind farm in the UK
GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE, announced that it’s signed an agreement with SSE plc, one of the largest generators and suppliers of energy in the UK, to acquire the 16-megawatt (MW) Langhope Rig wind farm, which is nearing construction completion near Hawick, in the Scottish Borders. Situated approximately 55 miles south of…
Walmart signs PPA with Akuo Energy USA for Texas wind project
Chicago-based Akuo Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Walmart for 50 megawatts (MW) of capacity from the Rocksprings Wind Farm near DelRio, Texas. When complete in the third quarter of 2016, the Rocksprings Wind Farm will produce annually enough green electricity to power the equivalent of approximately 57,500 homes. Walmart has agreed…