D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments, L.L.C. (DESRI) and Oregon Windfarms, LLC (OWF) announced the start of construction of five wind farms known as the Huntington Wind projects. The projects are located 30 miles northwest of Ontario in Baker County, Oregon, and consist of five independent 10-MW wind facilities developed by OWF. All five projects have…

ACCIONA Energy has started construction work on the 93-MW San Roman Wind Farm, located near the southeast coast of Texas. It is the eighth wind farm owned by the company in the U.S., bringing ACCIONA’s US wind-power capacity to 721 MW. The project was acquired by ACCIONA Energy from developer Pioneer Green Energy. Located in…

Siemens has secured the order for the Blackcraig Hill onshore wind power plant in Scotland. The 53-MW wind project located in the Scottish council area Dumfries and Galloway will consist of 23 wind turbines of the Siemens G2 platform. The contract also includes a 20-year service agreement. Commissioning is scheduled for the spring of 2017.…

EDF Renewable Energy’s 250-MW Roosevelt Wind Project in New Mexico reached commercial operation on December 15, 2015. The project is located within Roosevelt County, New Mexico, roughly 18 miles southwest of Portales, and began construction in January 2015. It consists of 125 Vestas 2-MW wind turbines, and will generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of 138,000…

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…

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…

Vestas has received a an unconditional order from RES America Construction for the Bluestem wind project in Oklahoma. The agreement is for 60 V117-3.3 MW turbines with a total capacity of 198 MW. The contract includes supply and commissioning of the wind turbines, as well as a five-year Active Output Management 4000 service agreement. Delivery of…

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has received an unconditional order for 40 V164-8.0 MW turbines for the offshore Walney Extension West project in the UK. The 330-MW order is placed by power-development company, DONG Energy, and the contract covers supply and commissioning of the wind turbines, as well as a five-year full-scope service contract. The project will…

Gamesa, a provider of global technology in wind energy, will supply EDP Renewables (EDPR) with wind turbines for its 100-MW Amazon Wind Farm U.S. Central. Under the terms of the agreement, Gamesa will handle the transport, installation, and commissioning of 48 of its G114-2.1 MW turbines for the project, located in Paulding County, Ohio. Turbine…

Alterra Power and Starwood Energy Group Global have officially begun commercial operations and funding of tax equity for the 204-MW Shannon Wind Project. This project is located in Clay County, Texas and was constructed under an EPC contract with Mortenson Construction‘s Wind Energy Group. General Electric Company will provide O&M services for the turbines under a long-term contract,…

Gamesa, a technological leader in the worldwide wind industry, has received an order from developers Mexico Power Group and First Reserve for the turnkey construction of La Bufa, a 130-MW wind farm in Mexico, located in the state of Zacatecas, in Central Mexico. The company will install 65 of its G114-2.0 MW turbines. Given the…

EDF EN Canada, a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles Group, has announced the commissioning of Mont-Rothery wind project in Quebec. This 74-MW project comprises 37 turbines of 2 MW each supplied by Senvion. Construction of Mont-Rothery commenced in 2014 and reached commercial operation on December 1, 2015. Electricity generated will be delivered to Hydro-Quebec Distribution under a…

The first offshore construction season is now complete for America’s first offshore wind farm, with all five steel jacket foundations fully installed at the Block Island Wind Farm site. Construction crews installed the last deck platform on November 21. All of the construction and crew vessels associated with the operation have now demobilized from the site.…

Adding to its list of major alternative energy deals in Latin America, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has represented Mexico Power Group (MPG) in two transactions related to the construction of a 130-MW La Bufa Wind Power Project in north-central Mexico. Upon completion, the power generated from La Bufa will be sold to Volkswagen…

Siemens has won the contract with Norwegian company, Statoil, to supply floating offshore wind turbines for a pilot project off the coast of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire. Siemens is set to supply five of its SWT-6.0-154 direct-drive offshore wind turbines for the 30-MW Hywind Scotland Project, which will be the largest floating wind farm in the world. This…

EDF EN Canada Inc., a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles Group, recently announced the commissioning of Rivière-du-Moulin — Phase 2 (200 MW). Rivière-du-Moulin Wind Project represents the largest wind energy facility in Canada at 350-MW total under a single Power Purchase Agreement and the largest onshore wind facility to be developed, built, and put into…

Renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy  is providing technical support to one of the UK’s largest onshore wind projects under development this year. SgurrEnergy is project lender KfW IPEX-Bank’s technical advisor on the Beinnuen wind project, which is located in the Scottish Highlands. The technical team has been working on the project since early 2015 and, following…

EDF EN Canada Inc., a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles Group, have executed an Asset Purchase Agreement with DIM WIND LP, a limited partnership formed by a consortium of three affiliates of the Desjardins Group, Manulife Financial Corporation, and iA Financial Group. The agreement is to divest a 42.5% interest to the consortium in the…

While the construction of a couple of wind turbines installed in Colebrook, Connecticut this summer may have only taken a few weeks, the approval process to install wind power in the region has been years in the making. “No one realizes how long we’ve been fighting for wind power and this project,” said Gregory Zupkus,…

EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) has closed on the transaction to sell a 50% interest in the 200-MW Longhorn Wind Project to a fund managed by BlackRock’s Infrastructure Investment Group. Longhorn Wind follows the closing of Hereford Wind Project (200 MW) in February, marking the second of five projects that BlackRock and EDF Renewable Energy…