Wind Energy

Wed February 28, 2018

RMP Selects Projects for Expansion

Rocky Mountain Power has selected four new wind projects to fulfill plans to significantly expand the amount of wind energy serving customers by 2020. The four projects will expand Rocky Mountain Power's owned and contracted wind power by more than 60 percent and add enough new wind energy to power approximately 450,000 average homes....

Tue February 27, 2018

Mortenson Uses TCC-2500 for Rocksprings Wind Farm

M.A. Mortenson Company was selected by French-owned renewable energy company Akuo Energy to construct Rocksprings Wind Farm, a 149-megawatt wind farm. The project, covering 15,620 acres of private land approximately 30 mi....

Wed January 31, 2018

Public Service Co. Seeks New Wind, Solar Farms for Facebook Data Center

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) New Mexico's largest electricity provider is seeking state regulatory approval for power purchase agreements with two companies that would build new wind and solar farms to serve Facebook's new data center....

Mon January 08, 2018

Vermont's First Wind Farm Begins Commercial Operation

Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc. began commercial operation at its newest wind farm, and first in Vermont, the Deerfield Wind Farm, in the towns of Readsboro and Searsburg on Dec. 29....

Wed December 27, 2017

Manitowoc MLC300 Completes Ohio Wind Project Ahead of Schedule

One North American construction company that works in the renewable energy sector discovered the time-saving and logistical benefits of using a Manitowoc MLC300 with fixed-position counterweight (FPC) to construct wind towers....

Wed December 13, 2017

New $167M Wisconsin Wind Farm to Power 25,000 Homes

TOWN OF SEYMOUR, Wis. (AP) A new wind farm in southwestern Wisconsin is expected to power about 25,000 homes. EDP Renewables has finished construction on the $167 million Quilt Block Wind Farm in Lafayette County, Wisconsin Public Radio reported....

Wed November 15, 2017

MidAmerican to Invest $1B for Wind Turbines

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) MidAmerican Energy said it plans to spend $1 billion updating more than 700 older wind turbines across Iowa. The turbines will be retrofitted with newer, more efficient components, including longer blades, to extend their lifespans an estimated 20 years, said Spencer Moore, MidAmerican Energy's vice president of generation....

Emily Buenzle - Mon November 13, 2017

Industry Shows Support for Icebreaker Wind Project

Ohio electrical and steel union workers, entrepreneurs and business owners gathered at a public hearing Nov. 8 at Cleveland City Hall to show their support for the Icebreaker project, the first freshwater offshore wind farm in North America....

Mon November 13, 2017

UD Develops Cheaper, Faster Method to Build Turbines

Working closely with industry partners, University of Delaware researchers have developed a new method for constructing offshore wind farms and proven that it is cheaper, faster and could make possible offshore wind deployment at a scale and pace able to keep up with the region's scheduled retirements of nuclear and coal-fired power plants....

Emily Buenzle - Mon July 31, 2017

Construction Begins on the Biggest Wind Farm in the U.S.

A planned 2,000 megawatt wind farm in the Oklahoma panhandle will be the largest in the U.S. and the second largest in the world once it is completed, GE Renewable Energy and Invenergy, a renewable energy company announced July 26....