The wind industry installed some 12,000 new MW in 2012, keeping companies such as Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, busy throughout the year. Chris Hanson, a vice president with White Construction, owned by IEA, looks back on the year and recounts the high points and what 2014 might hold for the industry.

White Construction Inc. and its Canadian subsidiary H.B. White Canada Corp. built 1,113 MW of renewable energy projects in 2012, the company said. White, a subsidiary of Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives LLC, provides engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for wind and solar energy generating facilities. White Construction and H.B. White Canada completed the following…

  Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives LLC says it has acquired White Construction Inc., one of the nation’s largest renewable energy contractors. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. White Construction will remain based in Clinton, Indiana with Buddy White joining the board of IEA and continuing as the President of White Construction. In addition, the…

Renewable construction company White Construction Inc. will work on the Pioneer Trail Wind Farm in Iroquois and Ford counties in Illinois. The Pioneer Trail wind farm was developed and will be owned by E.ON Climate & Renewables. The wind farm will bring 150 MW of clean renewable energy power to the region.

H.B. White Canada Corp, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Construction, Inc. has been selected by Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation as the EPC Contractor on the Amherst Wind Farm located in Amherst, Nova Scotia. The Amherst Wind Farm is owned by Sprott Power Corporation and will bring 31.5 MW of renewable energy capacity to the Province of Nova Scotia.

Workers are constructing a wind farm in Iroquois County, Illinois that will bring 150 MW of power to the surrounding region. Settlers Trail Wind Farm, which started construction in November of 2010, will consist of 94 GE 1.6 XLE turbines. The project is expected to complete in October 2011.