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voda 3 oktober 2019 19:54

Vestas wins 230 MW order in US with 20-year service agreement

Vestas has secured an order for 230 MW of V136-3.45 MW turbines delivered in 3.6 MW Power Optimised Mode for a wind project in the U.S. Including previously purchased 2 MW components, the project has a total nameplate capacity of 241 MW. The mixed platform site configuration demonstrates both the flexibility of Vestas’ 2 and 4 MW technology platforms, and Vestas’ ability to create tailormade site layouts designed to optimise the site’s wind resources.

The order includes supply and commissioning of the turbines as well as a 20-year service agreement, designed to ensure optimised performance for the lifetime of the project. Turbine delivery will begin in the second quarter of 2020 with commissioning scheduled for the third quarter of 2020.

The project and customer are undisclosed

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 3 oktober 2019 20:38

Vestas Wins 337 MW order in US

Vestas has received an order for 337 MW of V150-4.2 MW turbines and V136-3.45 turbines delivered in 3.7 MW Power Optimised Mode for a wind project in the US. The order takes Vestas’ announced order intake in US this year past 4.4 GW. The project was originally developed by Roaring Fork Wind, LLC a joint venture between RES (Renewable Energy Systems) and Steelhead Americas, Vestas’ development arm in North America, demonstrating Vestas’ ambitions to be the global leader in sustainable energy solutions and to deliver value at early stages of the development lifecycle.

The order includes supply and commissioning of the turbines as well as a 20-year service agreement, designed to ensure optimised performance for the lifetime of the project. Turbine delivery is planned for the first quarter of 2020 with commissioning scheduled for the third quarter of 2020.

The projects and customer are undisclosed.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 3 oktober 2019 20:41

Vestas wins 359 MW order of V120-2.2 MW turbines in US

Vestas has secured an order for 359 MW of V120-2.2 MW turbines for a wind project in the US Including previously purchased V112-3.45 MW components, the project has a total nameplate capacity of 400 MW. The mixed platform site configuration demonstrates both the flexibility of Vestas’ 2 and 4 MW platforms, and Vestas’ ability to create tailormade site layouts designed to optimise the site’s wind resources.

The order includes supply and commissioning of the turbines as well as a 10-year service agreement, designed to ensure optimised performance for the lifetime of the project. Turbine delivery is planned for the first quarter of 2020 with commissioning scheduled for the third quarter of 2020.

The project and customer are undisclosed.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 4 oktober 2019 18:39

Vestas wins 134 MW order of V110-2.0 MW turbines in US

Vestas has secured an order for 134 MW of V110-2.0 turbines for a wind project in the US Including previously purchased 2 MW components, the project has a total nameplate capacity of 150 MW. The order includes supply and commissioning of the turbines as well as a multi-year service agreement, designed to ensure optimised performance for the lifetime of the project. Turbine delivery will begin in the second quarter of 2020 with commissioning scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2020.

The project and customer are undisclosed.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 4 oktober 2019 18:40

AWEA Launches New Worker Safety Campaign

The American Wind Energy Association’s October 2019 Safety Campaign, Take a Hand in Safety, Protect These Tools, focuses on hand safety awareness for wind energy workers and equips them with the knowledge they need to work safely and efficiently. With a record amount of wind power capacity under development in the US and a record 114,000 Americans in wind energy careers, workplace safety awareness has never been more important.

Mr Tom Kiernan, CEO, AWEA said that “US wind workers make the energy that American businesses and families rely on cleaner and safer. To honor that important work, AWEA is leading the renewable sector with a concerted effort to further strengthen workplace safety culture. We’re particularly proud to announce that the Take a Hand in Safety initiative marks AWEA’s fifth consecutive October safety campaign.”

AWEA makes additional resources available to industry professionals from safety materials and flyers that can be posted in workspaces, to opportunities for direct industry participation in the October safety campaign that help keep wind workers safe and healthy year-round.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 4 oktober 2019 18:45

Vineyard Wind Submits Proposal to Deliver up to 1200 MW of Offshore Wind to Connecticut

Vineyard Wind submitted a set of offshore wind project proposals called “Park City Wind” to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in response to their 2019 solicitation for offshore wind power. The bids submitted include a required 400 MW plan and options to develop projects that will generate 800 MW, 1000 MW and 1200 MW.

Park City Wind, named after the City of Bridgeport, includes projects ranging from 408 MW to 1,200 MW that would be constructed in one of Vineyard Wind’s two federally designated lease areas (Lease Area OCS-A 0501 and Lease Area OCS-A 0522). Both lease areas are located south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket in the midst of the strongest winds on the east coast and would not be visible from any shoreline in Connecticut.

Each Park City Wind option will bring substantial economic development and job creation benefits to Connecticut, providing hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activity and thousands of jobs particularly in and near Bridgeport. Beyond the immediate job and economic opportunities, Vineyard Wind has sought partnerships with a number of preeminent educational and workforce development organizations to ensure that Connecticut residents of all skill levels, ages and backgrounds can have access to a tremendous opportunity in this 21st Century industry.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 8 oktober 2019 19:47

Innergex Begins Commercial Operation of Foard City Wind Farm

Innergex Renewable Energy Inc has begun commercial operation of the 350.3 MW Foard City wind farm, a project consisting of 139 GE wind turbines spreading over 31,449 acres in Foard County in Texas. The wind farm benefits from a 12-year power purchase agreement with Vistra Energy for 300 MW of the Foard City total installed capacity. The remainder of the project’s output will receive a merchant market price. The construction loan of USD 290.9 million was repaid by a USD 282.3 million tax equity investment, with USD 23.4 million converted into a 7-year term loan facility with a 10-year amortization period. The project will benefit from 100% of the US Production Tax Credits, representing USD 0.025 per KWh of electricity produced for the first 10 years of operations. This amounts to an after-tax benefit of approximately USD 32.6 million per year adjusted by inflation annually and, coupled with other tax attributes, will support the USD 282.3 million tax equity investment.

Mr Jean Trudel, Chief Investment and Development Officer of Innergex said that “The commissioning of Foard City is an important milestone for us as it is the largest wind farm project ever built by Innergex. With three wind farms now in operation in Texas as well as one solar photovoltaic project on the way, we’ll have an impressive installed capacity of more than 1,000 MW in the Lone Star State. With even more solar projects currently in development in Hawaii and Ohio, we’re continuing our growth by strategically strengthening our presence in the United States.”

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 10 oktober 2019 19:11

Consumers Energy to Buy Wind Farm in Hillsdale County

Michigan Public Service Commission said that Jackson based Consumers Energy Co has received state approval to purchase a 166 MW wind farm in Hillsdale County and recover the full costs through future rate hikes. Under the plan, Crescent Wind LLC would design, engineer, build, start up and test the project. When completed, Consumers would purchase the wind farm for an undisclosed price. The farm in Adams, Moscow and Wheatland townships is expected to go online before December 31st 2020.

Consumers, in its request for approval of the agreement, said the Crescent Wind project would have a 31-year levelized cost of energy of approximately USD 48 per megawatt hour, lower than its previous projections of future wind-energy costs of USD 57.75 per megawatt hour, but only if Consumers qualifies for the full value of the federal production tax credit. Levelized cost of energy is the measure of the lifetime costs of a project divided by its energy production.

Consumers said the installed cost for the Crescent Wind project is USD 1,506 per kilowatt, lower than the assumed cost of USD 1,560 per kilowatt projected in the company's Renewable Energy Plan.

The utility can't file its next rate case until January 2020, according to the commission.

Over the past several years, Consumers Energy has closed seven coal-fired power plants and is expanding its renewable energy sources to hit 40 percent clean energy by 2040. Along with DTE Energy Co. ,Consumers also plans to reduce carbon emissions 90 percent by 2040.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 10 oktober 2019 19:24

GE Renewable Signs Cypress Onshore Contract in Brazil

GE Renewable Energy announced that it has signed an onshore wind contract with EDF Renewables in Brazil. This deal for GE’s Cypress platform the company’s largest onshore wind turbine is also GE’s first contract with EDF Renewables in the country. GE will be responsible for the production and delivery of 25 turbines, that will operate at 5.3 MW. The new GE machines will be installed at the Ventos da Bahia wind farm, located near the cities of Bonito and Mulungu do Morro, 350 KM from Salvador. Unit heights will range between 101 and 126 meters, with 77-meter carbon blades and a 158-meter rotor.

After installation, these turbines will bring an additional 132.5 MW capacity to EDF Renewables’ Ventos da Bahia wind farm, which today has an installed capacity of 182 MW. The deal also includes 20 years of operation and maintenance services for all the equipment supplied by GE in the facility. The Cypress units will be produced at GE’s facility in Camacari. Blades will be produced by LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy’s business unit located in the Port of Suape.

Mr Vikas Anand, GE Renewable Energy’s CEO for Onshore Wind, Americas, said that "GE is delighted to work with EDF Renewables on this exciting project. GE remains deeply committed to Brazil’s energy future and we are proud to introduce our Cypress turbine to the region’s installed base, enabling additional renewable, sustainable energy access for consumers.”

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 10 oktober 2019 19:34

Clean Power Alliance Inks Wind PPA

Clean Power Alliance signed a power purchase agreement for a new utility scale wind turbine project. The project was approved by CPA’s Board of Directors at their October 3rd board meeting. The project contracts 300 megawatts from the White Hills Wind project in Arizona, with an expected output of 830,000 MWh/year. It is located near Hoover Dam and will be owned and operated by a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. The project, which comes on-line in December 2020 with a 20-year term contract, will count as a PCC-1 renewable resource. The project will enable CPA to lower costs, including reducing the premium between its 100% Green and 50% Clean and 36% Lean Power rates to incentivize more customers to increase their renewable energy rate tiers. It will also allow CPA to comply with state renewable energy mandates in a cost effective and expeditious manner given its 2020 online date. Building the project will require approximately 300 construction workers, delivering on CPA’s mission to invest in a green energy workforce. The developer has also committed to contributing $1 million towards local workforce development initiatives in Clean Power Alliance’s service territory over four years. The project has completed the NEPA permitting process and construction is anticipated to begin in early 2020.

The White Hills Wind project complements CPA’s several other recently signed long-term contracts for solar, wind, and hydroelectric projects. CPA will also be launching its 2019 Clean Energy RFO in Fall, which will have tracks for utility-scale projects as well as smaller distributed energy projects, the latter of which would be located exclusively in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 11 oktober 2019 16:44

Senator Ed Markey Named US Wind Champion Award

Senator Ed Markey has been named a US Wind Champion for the 116th Congress by the American Wind Energy Association at an event hosted at Orsted North America’s office in Boston. AWEA presents US Wind Champion Awards to Members of Congress with exceptional records of support for the American wind industry and have demonstrated clean energy leadership. Senator Markey has been a long-time champion of offshore wind. Since 2011, Senator Markey has introduced a tax credit for offshore wind energy. This year, he introduced the Offshore WIND Act which would create a 30% Investment Tax Credit to help jumpstart America’s highly promising offshore wind industry. Over the next ten years, offshore wind has the potential to create more than 36,000 US jobs and presents a USD 70 billion supply chain opportunity for businesses. The Senator’s voice supporting clear and consistent permitting processes for offshore wind projects inspires confidence in developers and lights the path towards more low-carbon energy to help combat climate change.

Senator Markey said that “From the winds of the Plains to the nor’easters that whip Plymouth, our nation is filled with the potential to harness energy from the wind. Wind energy is a win for American jobs, for American energy security, and for our climate, and AWEA is our great champion in building a clean energy future. I am honored to receive AWEA’s Wind Champion Award and pledge my continued commitment to this energy source that will help power our nation in the 21st century.”

Thomas Brostrom, President of Orsted North America, CEO of Orsted US Offshore Wind and AWEA Board Member said that “Senator Markey has been exactly the type of champion the offshore wind industry has needed. In the U.S. the success of this industry is closely tied to cooperation between the public and private sectors and the Senator embodies that cooperation. We thank him for his leadership and congratulate him for a very well deserved award.”

Source : Strategic Research Institute

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voda 14 oktober 2019 19:05

BNDES Approves Loan for 6.4 GW Wind Power Transmission Project in Brazil

The board of directors of the Brazilian Development Bank has approved a BRL-1.76-billion oan for the development of transmission projects for 6,475 MW of wind farms. The beneficiary is Chimarrao Transmissora de Energia SA, a special purpose company formed by local members of the Spanish group ACS Construccion y Servicios SA and Canada's Brookfield Asset Management Inc.

Under a 24 year term of the loan, the fund will finance the implementation of approximately 1,200 kilometres of power transmission lines, crossing 43 cities in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul state.

Secured during an auction held in December 2018, this transmission portfolio will require a total of BRL 2.24 billion in investments. Estimated to be completed in the first half of 2022, the transmission lines will help supply some 12 million families, BNDES noted.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 14 oktober 2019 19:12

Pattern Energy to Acquire Henvey Inlet and Grady Wind Facilities

Pattern Energy Group Inc announced agreements to acquire ownership interests in two operating wind power facilities, the Henvey Inlet Wind facility in Ontario and the Grady Wind facility in New Mexico. The Company has also entered into an agreement for a USD 260 million private placement of perpetual preferred stock with certain institutional investors and intends to use a portion of the net proceeds to finance the two acquisitions.

Highlights

USD 293 million acquisition of two operating wind facilities with 20- and 25-year power purchase agreement contract terms, in line with business plan. In addition, Pattern Energy will assume the project finance loans, or tax equity, for the individual projects and purchase a C$97 million loan made to Nigig Power Corporation, a subsidiary of the Henvey Inlet First Nation, the partner in the Henvey Inlet Wind project.

At a 10x multiple of the five-year average cash available for distribution2, the acquisitions significantly contribute to the Company's 2019/2020 growth objectives.

520 MW operating capacity (251 MW owned capacity) purchased from Pattern Energy Group LP and Pattern Energy Group 2 LP.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 15 oktober 2019 16:37

Queensland Approves Lacour Energy’s Banana Range Wind Farm 180 MW wind farm

The Queensland state government has given development approval to a new 180 MW wind energy project near Biloela that may also include a big battery. The development approval for Lacour Energy’s Banana Range wind farm was announced by state planning minister Cameron Dick and energy minister Anthony Lynham, who said it took the number of wind power projects in the state, built or under construction or in the pipeline, to more than 2,200 MW.

There is still more work to complete before feasibility is completed, but if the feasibility is successful, the company plans to begin construction towards the end of next year, and it would be in operation by the end of 2022.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 16 oktober 2019 16:08

Wind power in Mexico will reach 15,000 MW in 2024

Mr Leopoldo Rodriguez, president of the Mexican Wind Energy Association (Amdee), said that a total of USD 10,516 million has been invested in the construction of 54 wind farms in 13 states of Mexico such as Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas and Puebla, among others.
At the end of this six-year period, the wind power sector will have the capacity to generate 15,000 megawatts, which will contribute up to 16,000 million pesos (USD 826 million) to the country’s Gross Domestic Product.

However, in order to achieve these goals, further development of the transmission lines will be necessary, since with the lack of this infrastructure it is impossible to evacuate the energy to the distribution network.

However, the development plan of the wind turbines sector expects that in 2024 a total of 18 states will be entered, with the accumulated installation of projects that will generate up to 15,000 megawatts.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 16 oktober 2019 16:09

Consumers Energy to Buy Southern Michigan Wind Farm

Michigan regulators have approved Consumers Energy's plan to buy a wind energy farm in Hillsdale County. The Public Service Commission said that the deal calls for the Jackson-based utility to purchase the 166-megawatt wind farm after Crescent Wind LLC designs, builds and tests the project.

The property is in Adams, Moscow and Wheatland townships. Commercial operations are expected to start no later than the end of 2020.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 18 oktober 2019 17:06

Berkshire Hathaway’s BHE Canada Launch Alberta Wind Power Plant

Berkshire Hathaway Energy’s subsidiary Calgary based BHE Canada said that it will break ground on a USD 200-million, 117.6-megawatt wind farm in southeastern Alberta next year. The Rattlesnake Ridge Wind project will be located southwest of Medicine Hat and produce enough energy to supply the equivalent of 79,000 homes, says

The unnamed large Canadian corporate customer has signed a long-term power purchase agreement for the majority of the Rattlesnake Ridge energy output, Christensen said. The project is being developed by UK based Renewable Energy Systems, which is building two other Alberta wind projects totalling 134.6 MW this year and has 750 MW of renewable energy installed or currently under construction in Canada.

Rattlesnake Ridge is being built despite the end of the Renewable Electricity Program created by the previous New Democrat Alberta government, which offered electricity price guarantees for project proponents who bid in three auctions to build new wind generation.

The Canadian Wind Energy Association says Alberta has the third-largest wind power sector in Canada with about 1,500 megawatts of capacity from 900 turbines at 37 projects. The sector is set to add about 1,300 megawatts over the next two years.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 18 oktober 2019 17:06

IEA wins EPC contract for 130 MW Iowa Wind Farm

Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives announced a new wind energy project award valued at approximately USD 67 million. The award is for construction of the Richland Wind Farm in Sac County in western Iowa. The power generated by the 130-MW project’s planned 53 GE WTG turbines will be delivered into the Iowa electrical grid. Work on the Richland project is scheduled to begin in October with full operation by September 2020. The scope of IEA’s work includes all engineering, procurement and construction of project roads, WTG foundations, the MV collection system and the project substation.

Mr JP Roehm, IEA’s Chief Executive Officer said that “The Richland project demonstrates Iowa’s strong and ongoing commitment to wind energy. The state is already home to nearly 9,000 installed megawatts, and there are more than 1,100 additional megawatts currently under construction there.”

According to the American Wind Energy Association second-quarter market report, Iowa is second only to Texas in installed wind-generated megawatts. There were 8,957 MW of installed wind power capacity in Iowa as of June 30, the report said, with another 1,122 MW under construction.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 22 oktober 2019 20:41

Siemens Gamesa Signs 3 New Orders in Chile

Siemens Gamesa has recently signed three new orders to supply 359 MW to undisclosed customers in Chile, setting a record high of 640 MW of orders in the country for the fiscal year ending on September 30. The contracts bolster SGRE’s leadership position in the Chilean market, and the wind power generated by these turbines will provide enough clean, reliable and affordable electricity to cover the demand of over 900,000 people. This in turn will significantly contribute to Chile’s ambitious decarbonization program, including the closure of 28 coal-fired plants.

The latest three contracts cover the installation and commission of 82 SG 4.5-145 turbines with flexible power rating, as well as provide long-term operation and maintenance services of up to 15 years to some of the projects. Installation of the wind turbines is scheduled for next year.

The orders are also a testament to Siemens Gamesa technological leadership as they consolidate the SG 4.5-145 as one of the most successful wind turbines in Chile for the current year, with over 560 MW of orders. The SG 4.5-145 is a benchmark solution for medium wind sites such as those typically found in the Chile’s most important wind power regions.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

voda 23 oktober 2019 20:34

US DoE Funding Atkins for Technology Development for High-Capacity Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

SNC-Lavalin Group’s Atkins has been selected to receive USD 1.56 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. The funding will be used to develop and implement scale model experiments for conventional and unconventional floating offshore wind turbine concepts, providing the industry a strategic technological advance toward commercial viability. Garry Ford, Executive Vice President, Asia Pacific and Americas, Resources, SNC-Lavalin, said: “This funding represents a significant opportunity to grow our offshore floating wind presence in the U.S. and globally. Through our subsidiary business, Houston Offshore Engineering, we have a well-established and widely recognized team of offshore floating wind experts. We see huge potential in offshore floating wind and are looking forward to working closely with ARPA-E to explore new technologies for the energy market.”

Atkins is at the forefront of the offshore renewable revolution, providing concept and detailed engineering design, owner’s engineering services, as well as technical advice on emerging clean energy technologies. Accessible offshore wind is estimated at more than 25 quadrillion BTUs per year, with more than half of that resource blowing across water too deep to be economically feasible given the turbine capacity of current offshore wind turbine designs. The new concepts in the ARPA-E project could enable access to unused wind resources, enabling greater production and market access for offshore wind energy. The DOE funding will help Atkins develop technology that could support high-capacity (15 megawatt) wind turbines, which could increase cost competitiveness of offshore wind as an energy resource.

Source : Strategic Research Institute

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