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BayWa r.e. Puchases Constellation Wind Farm in the UK

BayWa r.e. increases its onshore wind pipeline in the UK with the acquisition of High Constellation Wind Farm in Scotland from Blue Energy. The proposed ten turbine wind farm is located on the Kintyre peninsula, roughly 20km South of Tarbert and 30km North of Campbeltown, in Scotland. Once installed, it will have a capacity of […]

Vestas to strengthen it’s presence in Colorado

Vestas will consolidate its blades production to the Windsor Blades factory and repurpose the Brighton Blades site into a North American headquarters for the Global Tooling business – consolidating from six smaller locations. “The wind energy industry in USA has grown tremendously in recent years, which has increased our factories’ capacity and expanded our service […]

Crowley & Watco Reveals Plans For More Offshore Wind Energy Development

With the growing number of wind projects planned for U.S. waters, the partnership brings together industry-leading project management and logistics experts who can provide a “One-stop-shop” for owners, operators, and local port authorities in support of the offshore wind industry. “Crowley and Watco will work together to leverage our respective expertise in logistics, project management, […]

All The New Energy Projects In US Are From Solar & Wind Energy Sector For November, 2020

Overall, in the first 11 months of 2020, solar and wind power accounted for 70% of all new power capacity in the country. More specifically, solar accounted for 41.5% of new power capacity in November 2020, 31.2% in the first 11 months of 2020, and 24% in the first 11 months of 2019. Naturally, if […]

Offshore Wind in US is about to start a new phase

With 53 percent of the country’s population on both coasts, offshore wind is near areas that consume large amounts of electricity. Offshore wind can also meet growing clean energy needs during rainy and cloudy winter months when less solar is energy available. Even more appealing from an energy planner’s perspective is that offshore winds often […]

New US Govt Wants Domestic Manufacturers To Bring Innovation In Distributed Wind Energy Tech

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has issued a request for proposals and is accepting applications for the DOE Competitiveness Improvement Project for distributed wind. Managed by NREL on behalf of DOE’s Wind Energy Technologies Office, the CIP awards cost-shared subcontracts and technical support to manufacturers of small and medium-sized wind turbines. […]

In 2020, Texas Received 22% Of Its Electricity From Wind Only, Beating Coal

Everything is bigger in Texas, and wind power is no exception. Now, for the first time, wind power has beaten coal power in the Lone Star State. In 2020, Texas received 22% of its electricity from wind and only 18% from coal. There are more valuable winds along the southern coast of Texas that provide […]

Tesla Gets Support From Solar & Wind Developer In Direct Sales In New York

In New York, traditional auto dealers have been fighting against both Tesla and other automakers from allowing their customers to buy directly from them. Who’s to say that if Tesla is allowed to sell directly to customers, then Ford or another automaker may be allowed to follow suit at some point? Since 2014, dealerships in […]

Promising Innovation in Solar Mounting System: Small PV to be installed into Large Wind Farms

Switzerland’s Smartvolt has developed a special mounting system that facilitates the quick deployment of small ground-mounted PV systems at the base of wind turbines. The two companies used a Smartvolt mounting system to deploy pre-assembled solar module strings, which can simply be folded out on site. The PV system can be easily dismantled if the […]