Small Wind Power News
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Biden-Harris Administration Approves Seventh Offshore Wind Project
The Biden-Harris administration this week announced the Department of the Interior’s approval of the Sunrise Wind offshore wind project – the nation’s seventh approval of a commercial-scale offshore wind project under President Biden’s leadership. These seven projects have the potential to provide more than 8 gigawatts of clean, renewable energy to power roughly 3 million homes, and support the ...
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Wärtsilä to deliver one of Scotland’s largest energy storage systems to Zenobe with Quantum High Energy
Technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 300-megawatt (MW) / 600-megawatt hour (MWh) energy storage system under an Engineered Equipment Delivery (EEQ) contract to Zenobe, an electric vehicle fleet and battery storage specialist, in Kilmarnock, Scotland. This is the second energy storage system Wärtsilä is delivering to Zenobe, and it will be one of the largest in Scotland to ...
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EIA Expects Combined U.S. Solar and Wind Generation to Surpass Coal-Fired Generation in 2024
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects, for the first year on record, combined electricity generation from wind and solar to surpass generation from coal in 2024. EIA expects solar generation in 2024 to increase 39% (228 kilowatthours) from 2023, driven by continued increases in solar capacity. "Renewables, particularly solar photovoltaics, are growing rapidly and making large ...
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Osbit supplies tower lifting tools to GE for Dogger Bank Wind Farm
Osbit, the UK-headquartered offshore technology company, has delivered twin wind turbine tower lifting tools to GE Vernova’s Offshore Wind business. The tools will initially be used in constructing the world’s largest offshore wind farm to date, Dogger Bank. The wind farm, a joint venture between SSE Renewables, Equinor and Vårgrønn, will be situated around 130km off ...
By Osbit Ltd.
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Biden-Harris Administration Approves Largest Offshore Wind Project in the Nation
The Biden-Harris administration this week (Oct 31) announced its approval of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) commercial project - the fifth approval of a commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project under President Biden's leadership. The announcement supports the Administration's goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030, following the approval of the ...
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New Research: Improved Wind Speed Forecasts Can Help Urban Power Generation
Wind-generated electricity will play a vital role in global energy capacity as humanity pivots away from fossil fuels towards renewables. Wind speed is a key parameter in estimating wind energy potentials in a location. But predicting wind speed is a difficult task. That presents a challenge for utilities that need to rely on reliable estimates to power their grids. Several models already predict ...
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Millionth Renewable Energy Plant Connected to E.ON Grid
E.ON, Germany's largest distribution system operator, recently connected the millionth renewable energy plant to its distribution system and celebrated an energy transition anniversary. The commissioned wind turbine is located in the municipality of Biesenthal in Brandenburg and will in future feed 6.8 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity into the grid of E.ON subsidiary E.DIS. E.ON's Chief ...
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RWE Gives Green Light for Utility-Scale Battery Storage Project in the Netherlands
RWE is further expanding its battery storage business worldwide. The company has now finalised its investment decision for a Dutch battery storage project with an installed power capacity of 35 megawatts and a storage capacity of 41 megawatt-hours. A total of 110 lithium-ion battery racks are to be installed at RWE's biomass plant in Eemshaven on an area of around 3,000 square metres. RWE plans ...
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Sage Geosystems' Landmark Full-scale Commercial Pilot
Sage Geosystems Inc., a geothermal baseload and energy storage company, this week (Sept 12) announced groundbreaking results and data from their full-scale commercial pilot confirming the performance of its energy storage system that can provide short- or long-duration storage (EarthStore ). Further, the results show Sage's technology is cost-competitive with lithium-ion batteries, pumped storage ...
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Iowa Utilities Board examine power company regulations for cost-effectiveness, reliability
This week, the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) kicked off the first of three public input and discussion sessions to review state laws related to how utilities set their rates. These sessions will wrap up in early November and will result in a set of legislative recommendations to be considered in the 2024 legislative session. This process stemmed from the passage this year of House File 617, which ...
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New York's First State-Owned Utility-Scale Energy Storage System Now Operating in North County
Governor Kathy Hochul this week (Aug 25) announced that New York's first state-owned utility-scale battery energy storage project is now operating in the North Country's Franklin County. The 20-megawatt facility installed and operated by the New York Power Authority connects into the state's electric grid, helping to relieve transmission congestion and pave the way for the utility industry and ...
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Enverus comes full CRCL in latest power and renewables acquisition
AUSTIN, Texas. Enverus, the most trusted energy-dedicated SaaS company, announced today it has acquired CRCL Solutions, a provider of cloud-based algorithms and modeling for wind and solar generation forecasts. CRCL Solutions provides a wide range of advanced forecasting data to help power traders make informed decisions and reduce trading risk. "CRCL Solutions is a key to unlocking part of ...
By Enverus
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Innergex Achieves Construction Financial Close of Its Boswell Springs Wind Project
Closing of a US$534 million (CAN$704 million) construction and term financing and a US$49 million (CAN$65 million) letter of credit (“LC”) facility for the construction and operation of the 329.8 MW Boswell Springs Wind Project The project qualifies for the Energy Community PTC Bonus, which increases PTCs by 10% On-site construction activities have started, and contractors are now ...
By Innergex
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Transgrid Roadmap to Secure Grid in NSW's Clean Energy Transition
Transgrid has released a comprehensive energy roadmap revealing the unprecedented challenges and the $16.5 billion investment required to keep the lights on and achieve NSW's rapid transformation to a cleaner, cheaper energy future.The System Security Roadmap outlines the NSW Transmission Network Service Provider's detailed plan to grow the state's power system and ensure the secure operation of ...
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CAISO Plans Transformative Changes to Process for Connecting Renewables to Grid
In two actions aimed at ensuring California has the necessary infrastructure to meet its reliability and clean-energy goals, the California Independent System Operator (ISO) Board of Governors has approved the organization's 2022-2023 Transmission Plan and a proposal that sets the stage for transformative changes to the process for connecting new resources to the grid.This year's transmission ...
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PG&E and BMW of North America Start V2X Testing in California
As electric vehicles (become more prevalent, with approximately 40% of all EVs in the United States driving on California roads, Pacific Gas and Electric Company and BMW of North America are collaborating to test how vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology can serve as a solution to offset growing demand on the power grid, improve reliability for electric customers, and maximize the usage of ...
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Apex Advances 400 MWh of Energy Storage with Powin Battery Technology
This week, Apex Clean Energy and Powin LLC, a global energy storage platform provider, announced two new battery storage projects in Texas. Apex developed and will construct, own, and operate the projects; Powin is providing its Centipede™ Platform and StackOS™ battery management system. Angelo Storage, co-located with the 195 MW Angelo Solar Project, and Great Kiskadee Storage will ...
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The Biggest offshore wind living lab' in the world to be developed in the Humber
The biggest offshore wind ‘living lab’ in the world will be created off the UK's Grimsby coast through the development of a 5G Testbed that includes Grimsby Port and the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farm. The £2.8m project will accelerate the development of a new generation of digital technologies essential for the huge expansion of offshore wind generation required to meet climate targets. It is ...
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Shifted Energy Expands Grid-Interactive Buildings and Virtual Power Plants with New Seed Funding
Shifted Energy, a leading distributed energy resources (DER) platform, this week (March 6) announced the closing of a $4.3M seed funding round that will help the company expand energy efficiency programs and distribute smart energy products. Co-led by EPIC Ventures and Kapor Capital, with participating investors Buoyant Ventures, Startup Capital Ventures x SBI Fund, and Hunt Development, the ...
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Major Order for Siemens Energy Enables Transmission of Wind Power for 4 Million People
In future, a single grid connection will transport up to two gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power to the onshore power grid. This is made possible by converter systems provided by Siemens Energy and Spanish company Dragados Offshore. The German transmission system operator Amprion has awarded the world's first order for two of these systems to the consortium. In total, up to four gigawatts of ...
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