20,000 Communities Demand Local Wind Turbines
Octopus Energy has assembled an army of 20,000 communities clamoring for local wind turbines and cheap electricity.
Octopus Energy has assembled an army of 20,000 communities clamoring for local wind turbines and cheap electricity.
Texas lays clean power doubts to rest as its wind and solar industries grow, and renewables rise to keep the lights on during the latest heat wave.
The 419 MW Mesquite Star wind farm was just completed in Fisher County, Texas, and is now providing electricity for Ecolab, Lowe’s, Intuit, and Brown University. In the case of Intuit (which you may have used to do your taxes this year), the company has now reached its 100% renewable electricity goal. As the headline notes, it has reached that goal 10 years earlier than it had committed.
When a wind power discussion comes up, Texas is often mentioned. It’s not just that Texas has a lot of wind power. (It does.) It’s not just that Texas has a big, very isolated grid. (It does.*) There’s the oft-forgotten fact that when Texas started adopting wind power, it went from almost zero to the national leader in wind power in just 6 years!
Originally Published on the ECOreport. A new Department of Energy map is a bit of an eye opener for those of us getting skeptical about the Golden State’s wind potential. According to an article in the Wallstreet Journal, wind power makes sense in Texas, but not in California, “which isn’t located in the … [continued]
Duke Energy Renewables has ordered 400 MW of wind-energy projects from Vestas Wind Systems to be built in Texas, which sees Vestas owners of the largest global wind-energy order in the past three years. The two projects — Los Vientos III and Los Vientos IV — will consist of 200 Vestas V110-2.0 … [continued]
E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) North America announced yesterday that it had secured institutional equity financing of around $167.7 million dollars and a commitment to fund the expected capital contributions of nearly $55.9 million dollars for its 203MW wind farm project in Texas. The financing was raised of from … [continued]
7 more top cleantech stories of the week for your perusing pleasure: Wind Power 1. Gamesa has agreed to sell 4 U.S. wind farms totaling 480 MW of capacity (!) to Canada’s Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (Algonquin). The price tag? $900 million. Currently, Gamesa is developing and building these wind farms, … [continued]
Duke Energy Renewables is going to construct its fifth wind farm in Texas, and it is to be 202 MW.