By National Wind Watch A tense situation ensued in Jaffna following protests against a Wind Power Plant in Thanankilappu. Residents of Thanankilappu arrived at the land where the power plant is being constructed and began vandalizing the temporary structures. A clash broke out between the residents and the workers at the construction site when they…
By Christopher Hopson European Investment Bank to provide €66m to co-finance construction of 436MW of new PV projects Read Full Article Here For more great articles: www.rechargenews.com
By Kelsey Misbrener Bank OZK announced plans for a significant investment for the construction of a solar power plant which will provide enough renewable energy to power its new corporate headquarters and up to 40 other Arkansas locations, according to Tim Hicks, chief administrative officer and executive director of Investor Relations. The bank’s investment of…
By Billy Ludt New Hampshire’s first LEED Platinum office building has transitioned to solar power. ReVision Energy recently installed an 80-panel rooftop solar array at Sullivan Construction in Bedford. The 25.2-kW array will generate nearly 28,000-kW hours of solar electricity. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard is the current benchmark for the…
By Billy Ludt Greenbacker Renewable Energy has reached an agreement with Prism Power Partners to acquire Electric City Solar, a 19-MW construction-ready solar project in Michigan with a 25-year municipal offtake agreement. The transaction marks another successful acquisition of a contracted utility-scale solar project for Greenbacker. “Greenbacker is excited to acquire a long-term contracted asset…
By Kelly Pickerel California-based solar project design and installation firm RP Construction Services (RPCS) announced this week its completion of more than 1 GW of solar projects. For RPCS, 2019 was a record year. The company completed well over 500 MW this year alone — an increase of more than 200% over 2018 — and…
By Billy Ludt Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals and provider of photovoltaic mounting and solar tracker solutions, announced that its fixed-tilt solar racking system is being installed in a 105-MW solar power system in North Carolina. Cypress Creek Renewables developed the project and is providing the engineering, procurement and construction services as…
By Kelsey Misbrener Sol Systems announced the execution of a PPA with Prairieland Energy, Inc. (PEI), a University of Illinois-related organization. This 20-year PPA supports the development, construction and operation of a 12.1-MW solar farm at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The system is projected to produce approximately 20,000 MWh of solar power annually…
By WPED Staff Clearway Energy Group, through its ownership interest in Repowering Partnership II, has completed its first wind repowering project. Elbow Creek, a 122-MW wind farm located in Howard County, Texas, originally completed in 2008, began post-repowering operations in November. Construction for the repowering was led by Mortenson and turbine equipment was provided by…
By WPED Staff Geronimo Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Grid Plc, announced commercial operations for its Crocker Wind Farm, a 200-MW wind energy project located in Clark County, South Dakota. Crocker has virtual power purchase agreements in place with leading corporations, Walmart and Cargill. The project was built by Wanzek Construction and utilizes GE…
By [email protected] (Aaron Cole) General Motors and LG Chem will jointly build and develop batteries for electric vehicles that will go on sale in 2023 and beyond, including Chevy’s confirmed electric pickup, the companies announced Thursday. GM CEO Mary Barra announced the $2.3 billion deal and said the plant would begin construction next year, near…
By National Wind Watch Opposition to extending the Rampion Wind Farm as far as Bognor Regis has been voiced by a campaign group. Currently the wind farm, situated 13km off the coast between Worthing and Brighton, has 116 turbines which generate a maximum of 400 megawatts of energy – enough electricity to supply almost 347,000…
By WPED Staff Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives has been awarded a construction contract for the Thunderhead Wind Project in Antelope and Wheeler counties in Nebraska. The project will consist of 108 GE turbines with 300 MW of capacity. The power will be delivered into the Nebraska electrical grid. Work on the project began in November…
By WPED Staff The offshore wind industry is making great strides in developing technology to build projects further from the shore, including technological innovations in floating foundations and hydrogen storage. However, a new report by Chatham Partners, a boutique law firm specializing in renewable energy, indicates that if such technology were to allow the construction…
By Marta Ady Wood pellet producer Enviva has received a permit to build a new facility in Alabama, US. The firm released a statement thanking the Alabama Department of Environmental Management for its approval, which will pave the way for 85 full-time jobs alongside a further 180 jobs in logging, transportation and local services, and…