Akuo Energy USA has signed of a 30-MW Renewable Energy Purchase Agreement (REPA) with Western Farmers Electric Cooperative (WFEC). The renewable energy will be provided from the Sterling Wind Farm, which will be located near the city of Tatum, in Lea County New Mexico. Western Farmers Electric has agreed to purchase the output from the…
Landmark Dividend completes California utility-scale wind acquisition
Landmark Dividend LLC, one of the nation’s leading ground lease acquisition companies, has completed the acquisition of 2,400 acres underlying a 50-MW wind farm in Tehachapi, California. The property, which is located in the Alta Wind Energy Center, also includes 82,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space. “The acquisition of the Tehachapi site is…
EDF Energies plans for 142 MW of wind-power projects in India for 2016
As part of its expansion in India, EDF Energies Nouvelles is moving into onshore wind energy by acquiring a 50% stake in SITAC Wind Management and Development, an Indian wind energy company. In the presence of the President of France during his recent visit to India and the Indian Prime Minister, Jean-Bernard Levy, Chief Executive…
Governors’ coalition teams up wind and solar to advance renewable energy across U.S.
After seven years of promoting the benefits of adding wind energy to the U.S. electricity mix, the Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition announced that it will pair its advocacy work for wind with work for solar energy as well. The change is reflected in the group’s new name, the Governors’ Wind and Solar Energy Coalition (GWSC). “This…
Maxwell Technologies selected for Guodian Corporation’s first ultracapacitor-based wind energy storage system
Maxwell Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of ultracapacitor-based energy storage and power delivery products, announced that its ultracapacitors have been selected by Beijing Huadian Tianren Electric Power Control Technology, a subsidiary of China Guodian Corporation. One of the five largest power producers in the country, China Guodian Corporation’s system is building the first megawatt-scale, ultracapacitor-based…
New impact and slip-resistant glove provides industrial jobsite protection
Safety Today’s Brass Knuckle products introduces the SmartShell BKCR4599, a heavy-duty protective glove offering wide-ranging protection for extreme jobs. The BKCR4599 is a category jumper that provides heavy-duty cut resistance, light oil and moisture resistance, non-tacky slip resistance, and shock-absorbing impact protection — all in an easy-wearing glove that defies comfort expectations. Offering a broad spectrum…
Kett’s new Profile Shears easily cut corrugated metal
Kett Tool offers contractors, installers, and manufacturers superior maneuverability for cutting corrugated metal with the left curved blade configuration of the KD-446L Profile Shears. The lightweight shears can easily cut cold rolled (C.R.) mild steel up to 18 gauge at a radius as tight as three inches. “The KD-446L quickly and easily cuts metal and…
SgurrEnergy moves into Mexico
Renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, has boosted its presence in the Americas by opening an office in Mexico City. Already active in Mexico, SgurrEnergy has worked on both wind and solar projects in the country, including energy yield prediction and wind feasibility, operational management of wind projects, and providing technical advisory services on solar developments. This…
Lloyd’s Register to perform noise assessment for North Sea offshore wind farm
Lloyd’s Register’s consulting business will be working with Denmark’s transmission system operator, Energinet.dk, to measure underwater sound propagation for the Horns Rev 3 wind-farm substation development. The collaboration provides a critical approach on how to control noise transmission at sea, and will help safeguard marine life and ensure a sustainable project delivery. The 400-MW Horns Rev…
Siemens receives order for 280-MW wind project from Westar Energy
Siemens has been awarded an order from Westar Energy to supply, install, and provide service for 122 wind turbines for the Western Plains Wind Farm. The project will be located near Spearville, Kansas, approximately 100 miles west of Hutchinson. Turbines installation is scheduled to begin in early summer 2016, with the start of operations expected…
Specialty Coating Systems acquired by KISCO
KISCO Ltd., an international supplier of high-quality materials and services, has announced its acquisition of Specialty Coating Systems (SCS), a global provider of Parylene coating services and technologies. Parylene is a thin coating often used on circuit boards that can go into moist environments. Both well-recognized brands, KISCO has been operating in the Parylene market for…
Gamesa sells a 24-MW wind farm in Poland
Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has sold a 24-MW wind farm in Poland to Windflower, from the Israeli Sunflower group. The Suchań wind farm, developed and promoted by Gamesa, was built under turnkey project modality and is located in West Pomerania Province, in northwestern Poland. The project is comprised of 12 Gamesa G97-2.0 MW…
Appalachian Power seeks proposals for up to 150-MW of wind power
Appalachian Power has issued pre-qualification documents for parties interested in bidding on an up-coming Request for Proposal (RFP) for up to 150 MW of wind power. The utility provider currently has one million customers in Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee (as AEP Appalachian Power). It is a unit of American Electric Power, one of the largest…
Major win for South Australian wind farm
South Australia has reaffirmed its position as a renewable energy powerhouse, according to the country’s The Lead news report. The 270-MW Hornsdale Wind Farm under construction about 220 km north of Adelaide has won a contract to deliver an additional 100 MW of power to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Developed by leading French company Neoen,…
GE to provide 1 GW of wind converters and become key technology partner to Sewind
Spinning high off the shores of Jiangsu and Fujian provinces in China stand the avant garde of China’s renewable energy future: wind farms that will enable the country to reach an installed wind-power capacity of 200 GW by the end of 2020*. Outpacing the Chinese government’s own projections, the rapid growth speaks of the immense…
SunEdison to provide Ontario with large-scale, flow-battery storage system
Global renewable energy development company, SunEdison, signed a 10-year agreement with Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) this past December to supply 5 MW (or 20-MWh) of battery storage to the province. The Ontario IESO works at the heart of Ontario’s power system, and is responsible for making sure everyone in the province gets the electricity they need,…
Nordex successfully installs first N131 3.3-MW turbine
Nordex installed the first N131/3300 turbine in Germany, four months after the unveiling of the up-graded model. The low-wind turbine was especially designed for inland sites. The first was installed ahead of schedule at the Krampfer Wind Farm in Brandenburg for project developer, VOSS Energy GmbH. Originally six turbines were planned for this site with a delivery date…
Westar Energy expands with wind power from Kingman Wind Farm
Westar Energy has reached an agreement with an affiliate of NextEra Energy Resources to purchase another 200 MWs of Kansas wind energy. The Kansas utility will purchase energy generated at the Kingman Wind Energy Center in Kingman County, which will be in service by early 2017. As part of the transaction, Westar will have the option…
British Columbia’s Dokie Wind Farm achieves record-high generation
Canadian-based Alterra Power announced that British Columbia’s Dokie 1 Wind Project recently achieved a record annual generation. As of December 23, 2015, Dokie surpassed its old generation record of 328,553 MWh, which was set in the project’s inaugural year, 2011. Located approximately 1100 km northeast of Vancouver, the 144-MW Dokie Wind Project is the largest commercial wind…
Canadian-based Boralex acquires a 350-MW wind-power project in France
Montreal-based company Boralex announced the acquisition of a 350-MW wind energy project in northern France that will help reinforce its presence overseas. This acquisition, combined with wind projects already under development, will bring Boralex’s portfolio of development in France to nearly 850 MW. Boralex plans to acquire the following projects by 2018: 79 MW of ready-to-build projects…