The U.K. opened the world’s biggest offshore wind farm today, marking the start of a 33 billion- pound ($52 billion) push to expand sea-based generation more than 10-fold by the end of the decade. New Energy Secretary Ed Davey inaugurated Dong Energy A/S’s Walney farm, located in the Irish Sea about 9 miles off the [...]
BP Wind Energy has selected General Electric (GE) to supply 350 1.6MW wind turbines for projects in Kansas and Pennsylvania, under a $750 million contract which includes five-year service agreements. The first deal is for 88 1.6-82.5 model units for BP’s Mehoopany Wind Farm about 20 miles from Scranton, Pennsylvania, with delivery scheduled for later [...]
Duke Energy Renewables will build, own and operate the 202MW Los Vientos II windpower project in the US state of Texas. The company will start construction of the wind facility in Willacy County by December this year and expects to begin operations by the end of next year. Upon completion of a supply agreement [...]
Scottish & Southern Energy PLC, a U.K. electricity company announced Tuesday it has agreed to sell its 50% interest in the Braes of Doune onshore wind farm to a fund managed by Climate Change Capital for a total cash consideration of GBP61.3 million, excluding working capital. Details of the sale are – the electricity from [...]
German industrial giant Siemens AG says it plans to invest more than €150 million ($217 million) over the next two years to expand its wind-power operations in Denmark. The company said Wednesday that the plans include new research and development centres in Brande and Aalborg, plus expanding offices in Brande and Vejle. To meet the [...]
Spain’s largest oil company, Repsol, is set to enter the UK’s offshore wind market after agreeing to buy SeaEnergy Renewables for £50m in a deal that will see it form a partnership with EDP Renováveis to develop two Scottish projects totalling 2.4GW. After putting up the sale sign a year ago, Aberdeen-based SeaEnergy confirmed today that, [...]
Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy, will acquire a 20MW wind farm in the US state of Wisconsin from a subsidiary of Central Hudson Enterprises. The Shirley wind energy project, located on nearly 500 acres of leased land in Glenmore, began commercial operation in December 2010. The power project, which comprises [...]
Iberdrola, the world’s biggest wind-energy company, said it will sell a stake to Qatar Holdings LLC for 2 billion euros ($2.8 billion) to cement a strategic alliance. The shares climbed 2.6 percent in Madrid. The state-owned investment company’s Qatar Holding Luxembourg II SARL unit will acquire 6.2 percent in Iberdrola through a capital increase and the [...]
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