Tag: Wind Farm

Tasmanian Wind Farm Deal

Tasmania will boost its wind power generation by almost 50% with the construction of a new $300 million turbine farm in the state’s central highlands. The 49-turbine Cattle Hill wind farm was announced...

Vattenfall Powers Up Plans for Batteries at Welsh Wind Farm

Swedish energy giant Vattenfall has confirmed plans to create Wales' largest wind-plus-storage energy site at the 228MW Pen y Cymoedd wind farm. Later this year the 76-turbine wind farm, the largest onshore wind...

Unilever Confirms UK Sites Now 100 Per Cent Renewable Powered

Unilever has today become the latest high profile firm to confirm its operations are being run using renewable power, after confirming all its UK sites are sourcing 100 per cent of their...

LEGO Smashes 100% Renewable Energy Goal

The LEGO group announced it reached its goal of balancing 100 percent of its energy use with renewable sources. The beloved toymaker's ambitious feat was achieved three years early thanks to its 25...

Wind Power Gives Oklahoma Schools a Lifeline During Budget Cuts

The Oklahoman recently took a look at what the Sooner State's growing wind industry has meant for rural school districts. Its findings: Wind power has made a big difference. Oklahoma has faced steep cuts...

Building Blocks: Lego and DONG Energy to Cut Ribbon on UK’s Largest Wind Turbines

The first commercial offshore wind farm to make use of the next generation of giant 8MW turbines will be officially inaugurated later today at a ceremony to mark the official opening of...

Wales’ Largest Onshore Wind Farm Reaches Full Power

Thirty-eight months after construction started, one of the UK's largest onshore wind farms has come fully online, promising to cut carbon emissions by more than 300,000 tonnes a year. Vattenfall announced yesterday that...

Nebraska Sails Past 1K Megawatts of Wind-Energy Capacity

With the raising of a 400-megawatt wind farm in the state, Nebraska has sailed past 1,000 megawatts — or 1 gigawatt — of wind-generated capacity. Nebraska's turbines provide over 1,300 megawatts of capacity...

Polenergia Gains Approval for Second 600MW Baltic Offshore Wind Project

Polish energy firm Polenergia has this week been given the green light by the Gdańsk regional environmental protection authority to develop a second 600MW offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The legally-binding...

Saudi Arabia To Offer More Than 1 Gigawatt Of Solar & Wind In Second Tender Round

Saudi Arabia is set to offer more than 1 gigawatt of contracts to buy renewable electricity by the fourth quarter of this year, according to an official speaking this week. The plans...

AC Energy to Add Capacity at Pagudpud Wind Farm

AC ENERGY Holdings, Inc., through a renewable energy development unit, is looking to expand by 69 megawatts (MW) its wind farm in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte to bring the total capacity to 150...

Enel Green Power Begins Constructing 300 Megawatt Red Dirt Wind Farm With New Corporate Partner T-Mobile

Enel Green Power has begun construction of the 300 megawatt Red Dirt wind farm in Oklahoma, US, which upon completion will sell its electricity under two long-term power purchase agreements — one...

BT Inks £185m Wind Power Deal

Two major new corporate renewable energy deals have been inked this week, with BT signing a £185m contract with a Scottish wind farm and building materials specialist Wienerberger agreeing to purchase power...

EU Approves Siemens-Gamesa Wind Mega-Merger

The European Commission yesterday approved plans for Siemens to merge its wind business with Spanish rival Gamesa in a bid to create the world's largest wind farm manufacturer by market share. The deal,...

Banks Bags £210m for UK Treble

Banks Renewables has secured £210m in finance to support the construction of three UK wind farms totalling 151MW. The UK outfit worked with lenders Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions, Santander, ING, National Australia...

Swedish Breeze Reaches Germany

Developer GP Joule will install Breeze wind farm management systems from Swedish company Greenbyte on its German assets. The German company will use the products to monitor, analyse and optimise its 23 wind...

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