Ecolab Inc. - Fri December 28, 2018
Ecolab Invests in Renewable Power With Clearway
Ecolab Inc. , a producer of water, hygiene and energy technologies and services that protect people and vital resources, has signed an agreement to support Clearway Energy Group's 419-megawatt (MW) wind farm, Mesquite Star, in Fisher County, Texas....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Wed December 26, 2018
Energy Farms Rise on Windy Kansas Plains
A flat, dry portion of northwestern Kansas, where, just as in Oklahoma, "the wind comes sweeping down the plain," is the home of a pair of large turbine wind farms currently under construction. Each are designed to provide the local population and a couple major companies with clean, renewable energy....
PR/Newswire - Wed December 12, 2018
County Council Grants Permits for $150M Wind Farm Project in Indiana
Scout Clean Energy ("Scout"), a Colorado-based renewable energy developer, announced Nov. 8 it has obtained local permitting approvals for the 130 megawatt Bitter Ridge wind farm in Jay County, Indiana....
Associated Press - Mon October 22, 2018
Company to Begin Construction on Large Onshore Wind Farm
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A company says it's beginning construction on what will be the onshore wind farm with the most operational capacity in the state. Green Development LLC, is building a seven-turbine wind farm in Johnston, R.I....
Associated Press - Wed September 12, 2018
Energy Dept.: Wind Power Projects Continue in U.S.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy reported that the continued construction of wind-power generating stations is bringing down both the cost of building the installations and the price for wind-generated electricity....
Terex Cranes - Tue September 11, 2018
Terex RT 100US Out-Lifts 130-Ton Crane On Wind Turbine Project
Lattice boom crawler cranes typically steal the wind-turbine-installation show, and with good reason. Decked with their turbine packages, long booms and heavy counterweight, they are the most visible part of the operation, called on to lift turbine components weighing up to 300 tons (272 t)....
Andrew Demillo - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon August 27, 2018
Plan for $4.5B Wind Farm Scrapped After Reg's Denial
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A utility said on July 27 it is dropping plans for what would have been the largest wind farm in the country, a day after regulators in Texas rejected the $4.5 billion project. American Electric Power said it was cancelling plans for the 2,000-megawatt Wind Catcher wind farm, which would have spanned two counties in the Oklahoma panhandle and provided power to customers in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana....
Vineyard Wind PR - Thu June 21, 2018
Vineyard Wind Picked to Negotiate Offshore Wind Contracts
Vineyard Wind, which seeks to build the first large-scale offshore wind farm in the United States, released the following statement in response to the announcement by the Massachusetts Electric Distribution Companies (EDCs) that the company's proposed 800 megawatt (MW) wind farm and electricity transmission project will advance as a preferred solution in the Massachusetts Green Communities Act Section 83C RFP for offshore wind energy projects....
Emily Buenzle - Fri June 01, 2018
Officials Release Details About $250M Wind Farm Project
Rhode Island officials joined developer Deepwater Wind in providing some details about the "Revolution Wind" project at the Port of Providence. The $250 million offshore wind farm will bring power to tens of thousands of homes as it makes Rhode Island a wind industry leader, WPRI reported....
The Associated Press - Fri June 01, 2018
Utility Seeks Bids for Alternative Energy Projects in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — A utility company is seeking proposals for the construction of new alternative energy projects in Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Rocky Mountain Power said May 29, it is looking for bids for projects generating a total of 308,000 megawatt hours of power — enough for about 34,000 average homes in Utah — drawing on solar, wind and geothermal energy....
