The pace of the US offshore wind industry is picking up, despite years of opposition fueled by fossil energy interests. Image courtesy of EDF-RE.
The pace of the US offshore wind industry is picking up, despite years of opposition fueled by fossil energy interests.
The decade-old 500 MW Palen Solar Project has finally won decisive federal approval to go ahead as an estimated $1 billion photovoltaic project in the California desert after years of controversy and varied ownership. The November 1 approval by the US Bureau of Land Management also side-steps years of regulatory consideration of the project by the California Energy Commission, when the plant was still being proposed as a solar thermal project.
EDF Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of EDF Group, has been chosen by Pacific Gas & Electric, the primary utility company serving the northern California community and the San Francisco Bay Area, to provide 40 megawatt-hours of “behind the meter” energy storage for its commercial and industrial customers.
Google has agreed to power purchase agreements with three wind energy companies that will enable it to meet all its needs for electricity from renewable sources within 3 years.
EDF Renewable Energy has this week announced its acquisition of the 179 MW Switch Station 1 and 2 solar projects from First Solar in late-June, a move which brings the US company closer to 10 GW worth of renewable energy projects in operation or development across North America.
Energy company EDF Renewable Energy has this week reportedly signed two separate Power Purchase Agreements for solar and wind energy projects that together total 600 megawatts.
EDF Renewable Energy has commissioned a new business unit focused on Distributed Electricity and Storage that will focus on distributed solar and storage projects up to 30 MW in size.
Leading wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has received a 160 MW wind turbine order from leading independent power producer EDF Renewable Energy. Vestas announced the firm and unconditional order for 80 2.0 MW turbines that will qualify for the United States’ Production Tax Credit for wind energy. The 160 MW order … [continued]
US independent power producer EDF Renewable Energy has acquired the industry-leading commercial- and utility-scale solar PV firm groSolar. On Monday, EDF Renewable Energy announced that it had acquired groSolar (Global Resource Options), “a privately owned company, which provides development and turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of solar photovoltaic (PV) … [continued]
Independent US power producer EDF Renewable Energy, a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, revealed it led the US in terms of new wind energy capacity additions in 2015. EDF Renewable Energy announced earlier this month that it lead the way in the US wind energy market for the development of new … [continued]
