Latest Wind power News

NRG Energy to purchase South Trent wind farm in Texas

NRG Energy, Inc. has signed a binding letter of intent to purchase the South Trent wind farm near Sweetwater, Texas. Upon successful conclusion of the acquisition, South Trent will become the fourth plant in NRG’s onshore wind portfolio. The 101 megawatt (MW) wind farm, which came online in January 2009, consists of 44 Siemens 2.3 MW wind turbines capable, at maximum capacity, of powering more than 80,000 homes. AEP Energy Partners, Inc. has ... [more]

Wind Energy America commissions and operates Iowas wind turbine

Wind Energy America Inc. has completed the commissioning of the first of two Gamesa G-87 2.0-megawatt (MW) wind turbines which is part of its wholly owned Zachary Ridge LLC (“ZR”), located on Buffalo Ridge in Osceola County, Iowa. WEA has been working with Outland Renewable Energy, LLC, to retrofit and commission these turbines, acquired in September of 2008, in order to achieve full commercial operation. It is expected that commissioning of t... [more]

Cape Wind offshore wind farm will provide good long term value to electric consumers on Cape Cod

Cape Wind’s proposal to build America’s first offshore wind farm on Horseshoe Shoal would provide most of the electricity used on Cape Cod and the Islands from clean, renewable energy - reducing this region’s need to import oil, coal and gas. Cape Wind will create new jobs, help stabilize electric costs, contribute to a healthier environment, increase energy independence and establish Massachusetts as a leader in offshore wind power. Cape Wind... [more]

NV Energy and Pattern Energy enter power purchase agreement for the sale of energy produced from the Spring Valley Wind Project

The 150-megawatt Spring Valley Wind Project will be Nevada’s first major wind project and is expected to be generating electricity by late 2011. The project would create more than 150 jobs during the construction phase and approximately 10 permanent positions. NV Energy and Pattern Energy Group LP announced that the two companies have entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement for the sale of energy produced from the Spring Valley Wind Pr... [more]

Element Power acquires wind development assets from EcoEnergy

Element Power has recently acquired a 1.4 GW portfolio of wind development assets from EcoEnergy, for an undisclosed price. "The acquisition of these projects from EcoEnergy augments both our greenfield development efforts and our previous acquisitions, and contributes to our portfolio of well positioned, high quality assets," stated Raimund Grube, Element Power's President and COO for North America. "By adopting a targeted and highly selectiv... [more]

Other Wind power news and reviews

RI business group opposes wind power agreement (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
An organization that represents some of Rhode Island's largest electricity users has come out against a proposed power-purchase agreement between National Grid and the developer of a wind farm in state waters.

Avon voters to discuss wind-power moratorium at Saturday's town meeting (The Lewiston Sun Journal)
AVON — Avon voters will discuss a wind-power moratorium when they meet for their annual town meeting at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Avon Town Hall. To provide time to draft an ordinance for wind power, selectmen are looking for an 180-day moratorium, said First Selectman Bob Ellis.

Local business opposes wind power plan (WPRI Providence)
An group that represents some of Rhode Island's largest electricty users is opposed to a proposed power-purchase agreement between National Grid and the developer of a wind farm in state waters.

Study: New wind power expensive to integrate (McCook Daily Gazette)
LINCOLN -- Because it is variable and there is no way to store power in the grid, wind-generated electricity costs extra to integrate into the power system, according to a year-long, statewide study of the issue.

Wind advocates say renewable power standards will mean jobs (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Wind power advocates from Ohio and across the country blew through Washington on Tuesday with a job creation message for Congress. Up to 274,000 new green energy jobs could be created in the United States if the federal government begins requiring utilities to produce a portion of their electricity from renewable sources like wind, solar and biomass, they say.

Minister criticizes wind power plants as "image projects" (People's Daily)
"Most of the domestic wind power plants are only 'image projects'," said Miao Wei, vice minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on March 7. He believed that wind power equipment would suffer severe sand abrasion, as sand always comes along wind in China. It was not suitable for China to launch too many wind power projects. The wind plus sand in it contributed a lot to ...

China 'not suitable' for wind power generation (China Daily)
A fast expansion in wind power generation projects is not in accordance with China's reality, as sandstorms always go with wind, which would cause serious damage to the wind power equipment, said Miao Wei, vice minister of Industry and Information Technology, on Sunday, the Beijing Times reported.

Wind power factories called 'image projects' (China Daily)
China's wind power factories are mostly image projects built largely for displaying local governments' achievements rather than for use by ordinary people, the Beijing Times reported Wednesday, citing a top government official.

DOE E-Mails To Wind Energy Lobbyists Cast Cloud Over Green Jobs Proposals (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
The Energy Department worked closely with the wind industry lobby to discredit a Spanish report that criticized wind power as a job killer, internal DOE e-mails reveal.

US Renewables Group Launches Wind Power Firm (socalTech.com)
Santa Monica-based US Renewables Group, a private equity firm focused on renewable power, biofuels, and clean technology, said this morning it has created a new company, Westerly Wind LLC, to provide capital and expertise to developers of wind power systems. The firm said the new company will be headed by Joe Cofelice, who has previously served as President of Catamount Energy Corporate and CEO ...