Apex Clean Energy, the Virginia-based developer, has finalised a deal that will see it selling 65.8MW of Texas wind and solar power to the US Army over nearly three decades for consumption at Fort Hood, the US military’s most populous installation in the world.
Gothaer Leben Renewables – a unit of German insurance group Gothaer – has entered the equity base of the 111MW Nordergründe offshore wind project as a co-investor, developer Wpd said.
Vestas wants to capitalise on the very healthy profit margins available in the growing global O&M business and regain customer satisfaction in the key German service market following its €88m ($95.9m) purchase of European independent service provider Availon, which was announced yesterday.
Envision Energy, the Chinese wind group, will establish a blade innovation centre in Boulder, Colorado, to be led by Kevin Standish – formerly chief engineer of blades at Siemens Wind in the US.
Investment in Taiwan’s fledgling offshore wind sector could hit NT$2.5bn ($74.3m) in 2016, with annual installations set to eventually reach 300MW in the years ahead, the government said this week.
A US federal court has ruled that President Barack Obama’s landmark plan to reduce power plant CO2 emissions can advance while it weighs legal challenges brought by dozens of opponents.
Poland added a record 1.3GW in new wind capacity last year as developers raced to complete wind farms before a change to the country’s renewables support scheme kicks in, according to data from national transmission system operator PSE.
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