A 20,000 acre land lease is helping move forward a community wind project in Minnesota. Root River Energy and managing partner National Wind have announced they have secured the 20,000 acres in Mower and Fillmore Counties in Southeast Minnesota. This press release from National Wind says the land represents about two-thirds of the leased acres needed to develop up to …
Wind Works Acquires Interest in 80 MW of Wind Power
Canadian-based Wind Works Power Corp. has acquired half interest in six wind energy projects in Ontario with a total capacity of 80 megawatts. This company press release says Wind Works Power will have the option to up those interests to 100 percent: “With these 6 new projects, we now have a total of 15 wind energy projects in Ontario totaling …
GE Inks Deal to Build U.S.’s Biggest Wind Farm
GE has signed a $1.4 billion deal to deliver more than 300 wind turbines for a 845 megawatt wind farm to be built in Oregon. The Earth2Tech blog says, when built, it would be the largest wind farm in the U.S.: Independent power producer Caithness Energy will develop the wind farm, called Shepherds Flat, and under three power purchase agreements …
Mass. Offshore Wind Farm Takes Big Step Forward
The company building a proposed wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts possibly has found a market for its wind energy … once it starts actually generating the green power. Wind energy company Cape Wind and utility National Grid are negotiating a long-term contract for the utility to purchase the electricity generated by the proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound. …
Montana Announces First Community Wind Project
Several counties in central-Montana are working together to develop, what could be, the largest wind development project of its kind in the state. National Wind, working with Billings-based Montana Wind Resources, LLC and along with area ranchers, have formed Judith Highlands Energy, LLC to develop over 500 megawatts (MW) of community-owned wind projects. “Area ranchers are realizing that National Wind’s …
China & U.S. Companies to Build Wind Turbine Plant
Two powerful renewable energy companies are combining efforts to build a new wind turbine plant in the U.S. TMCnet.com reports that the venture between Chinese company A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd. and the U.S. Renewable Energy Group, or “US-REG,” will build highly advanced wind energy turbines for renewable energy projects throughout North and South America and comes on the heels …
Duke Energy Uses Stimulus Bucks for Wind Batteries
A $22 million grant … thanks to the federal Stimulus Bill … will help Duke Energy research using batteries to store wind energy from a Texas wind farm. This story from UPI says the North Carolina company will match the U.S. Department of Energy grant to design, build and install batteries for the storage of wind energy from its Notrees …
Clemson Gets $98 Mil for Wind Research
South Carolina’s Clemson University is getting $98 million in federal funds for wind energy research that is expected to create hundreds of wind energy jobs and make the area a center for wind research. This press release says the school’s Restoration Institute and its partners have received a $45 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, as well as …
Solar, Wind Latest Additions to Green Education
There’s an old saying that goes, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” While it might be true that college does cost, there are some cheaper options out there. And more of those options are including solar and wind degrees from the less expensive community college route. This article from CNN Money says that more of the more-affordable two-year …
Largest Offshore Wind Farm in New England Cranks Up
The largest community-owned wind facility on the East Coast and the largest off-shore wind farm in New England is now open for business. This press release says the Fox Islands Wind Project in Maine features three large-scale wind turbines that will generate 4.5 megawatts of electricity for the islands of Vinalhaven and North Haven, providing cheap, clean energy to the …