Wind Energy News

In preparation for US offshore wind project development and supply chain partnering, I would like to invite representatives from XPRT Media to attend the US Offshore Wind 2019 CONFEX (USOW19) to network with executive speakers from Avangrid, Equinor, Vineyard Wind, Ørsted, EnBW, MHI Vestas, BOEM, NYSERDA, MassCEC and many more ...

Mar. 10, 2019

By FC Business Intelligence

Utilidata, Inc., recently (1/31) announced National Grid is extending its real-time Volt/VAR Optimization (VVO) solution to the utility's customers in Massachusetts. This builds upon successful results from National Grid's deployments of Utilidata software in Rhode Island and New York.Utilidata's relationship with National Grid ...

Feb. 3, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Companies around Europe have now signed nearly 5 GW of power purchase agreements (PPAs) with wind farms. This is almost equivalent to Denmark's total wind energy capacity.These PPAs only started in 2014 and mainly in the ICT sector to power data centres. But now energy-intensive industries are signing them. 2018 saw 1.5 GW of new PPA deals with wind farms. And the aluminium sector was the most ...

Jan. 30, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Fortune 500 brands and a range of other non-utility entities, including cities and universities, are catalyzing America’s growing demand for renewable energy by purchasing a record amount of wind power in 2018 according to a new report released this week by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Consumer demand combined with policy ...

Jan. 30, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

By the end of 2017, offshore wind had only been deployed commercially across seven markets, with UK and Germany accounting for 68% of the grid-connected capacity. However, according to a recent  ...

Jan. 28, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

The national business group Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) recently (1/24) announced it has released policy recommendations to the 116th Congress outlining four key priority areas and specific policy actions to help achieve the broad goals of economic growth, cost savings, and a reliable grid. The full document can be downloaded  ...

Jan. 27, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

The National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium recently (1/24) announced Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts, offshore wind developers EnBW North America and Vineyard Wind, and large-scale clean energy transmission developer Anbaric Development Partners joined the Consortium. Along with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), the U.S. Department of ...

Jan. 27, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Electricity demand in the Middle East will triple by 2050, accelerating the growth of renewable energy and triggering the diversification of economies away from fossil fuels.These are some of the findings of DNV GL’s Energy Transition Outlook 2018, which provides an outlook of the global energy landscape up to 2050.By 2050, solar PV will be the main source of energy in the Middle East and North ...

Jan. 20, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

A new report commissioned by Community Energy, Inc. finds that replacing Colorado’s aging coal plants with a mix of wind and solar backed by battery storage and natural gas would save Colorado electric customers almost $250 million per year, roughly $2.5 billion in net present value through 2040. The modeling study, prepared by Vibrant Clean Energy, LLC, shows the proposed fleet of new clean ...

Jan. 8, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

The Cradle of Hydropower Nested within the Swiss Alps in the canton of Glarus is one of the world’s most advanced hydropower projects – a variable-speed pump storage plant that leverages the country’s natural terrain and water resources to effectively create a giant battery. Whatever battery you may have just imagined, think much, much bigger. This battery has ...

Jan. 1, 2019

By GE Renewable Energy

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Acting Director Walter Cruickshank recently (12/14) announced the completion of the nation's eighth and highest grossing competitive lease sale for renewable energy in federal waters. The lease sale offered approximately 390,000 acres offshore Massachusetts for potential wind energy development and drew competitive ...

Dec. 16, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

More than 680GW of new wind power capacity will come online globally over the 10-year outlook, according to new research by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables. Wood Mackenzie recently upgraded its Global Wind Power Market Outlook Update: Q4 2018 by 2% compared to the outlook published in the third quarter. Most ...

Dec. 11, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Minnesota has been ambitious in meeting its renewable energy goals: the state hit its 25 percent renewable energy by 2025 goal early this year using wind, solar, biomass, and hydro power.A report released today finds that Minnesota could achieve 10 percent solar by 2025 at costs comparable to natural gas generation. Further, the report finds that expected cost decreases in solar, wind, and ...

Dec. 11, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Allete Clean Energy, a Minnesota-based independent power producer and supplier, has recently approved a new 5-year power sale agreement between its Viking wind farms in southern Minnesota and Xcel Energy, Inc., whose original 15-year PPAs will expire in December 2018. As per an official press release, Allan S. Rudeck Jr., President, Allete Clean Energy, said that the company is delighted to ...

Dec. 6, 2018

By Global Market Insights, Inc.

Clean Energy Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Capital Dynamics, has signed an agreement with independent power producer Tenaska to develop 2 GW of solar projects in the U.S. Midwest, the companies announced November 27. The pipeline incorporates 14 solar projects in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) market, situated in the states of Michigan, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, ...

Dec. 5, 2018

By New Energy Update

South Africa's proposed renewables plan overestimates coal-fired capacity in the coming years and the wind industry must prepare cost-competitive projects for potential procurement announcements, wind developers told the Africa New Energy 2018 conference. In August, South Africa published its draft 2018 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), calling for 8.1 GW of new wind capacity and 5.7 GW of ...

Dec. 4, 2018

By New Energy Update

Project efficiency gains, supportive funding markets, and growing demand from corporate customers will support zero-subsidy projects in the coming years but electrification growth is required longer term, leading developers told the 2018 Offshore Wind Europe conference. Last month, the UK government set maximum offshore wind prices of 56 pounds/MWh (62.8 euros/MWh, $71.4/MWh) and 53 ...

Dec. 4, 2018

By New Energy Update

Our pick of the latest wind power news you need to know. Orsted raises 2025 offshore wind target to 15 GW Denmark's Orsted has raised its 2025 offshore wind capacity target by 3 GW to 15 GW, the company announced November 28. By 2030, Orsted aims to install more than 30 GW of capacity, including onshore wind, solar and energy storage ...

Dec. 4, 2018

By New Energy Update

Across the United States, at least ten candidates for governor who campaigned on aggressively moving their states away from fossil fuels toward more renewable energy resources, won their races. A new analysis by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables assesses the political landscape of these states ...

Nov. 28, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

Faith Technologies, a leader in electrical planning, engineering, design and installation, in partnership with Juhl Energy and General Electric (GE), recently began work on a first-of-its-kind solar-wind hybrid project in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. This new solar-wind hybrid will provide clean, low cost, locally generated and renewable energy to the Lake Region Electric ...

Nov. 27, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer