Tag: wind energy

Ecopetrol buys Windpeshi renewable energy wind project in La Guajira from Enel SAS

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PANAMA CITY, PANAMA (By Piero Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Jul.2025, Words: 380) — Ecopetrol S.A. completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Wind Autogeneración S.A.S. from Enel S.A.S. Ecopetrol executed the share purchase agreement and recently completed conditions precedent for closing, including regulatory and anti-trust authorizations. The transaction […]

Big firms abandon wind energy plans in Colombia amid regulatory shifts, social issues and grid gaps

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BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (By Steven Grattan, AP, 3.Jun.2025, Words: 761) — Colombia’s ambitious plans for wind energy development, especially in the resource-rich La Guajira region, are facing serious setbacks as major companies pull out and projects stall, industry experts say. Margarita Nieves, director of the Colombian Offshore Wind Research Network, told […]

Aikido on First Floating Offshore Wind Platform

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(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Nov.2024) — Aikido Technologies, Inc., a floating offshore wind technology provider, announced that Chet Morrison Contractors, LLC has completed the fabrication of the Aikido One platform. Morrison, on behalf of Aikido, has performed the final structural assembly of the platform in less than 40 working hours, establishing […]

Seaway7 Awarded Offshore Wind Contract in UK

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(Energy Analytics Institute, 30.Oct.2024) — Subsea7 announced the award to Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, of a substantial contract by Ørsted for the transport and installation of the inter-array cables of the Hornsea 3 offshore wind project located in the UK sector of the North Sea. Subsea7 defines a […]

Equinor Gets Offshore Wind Lease in US Central Atlantic Auction

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(Equinor, 14.Aug.2024) — Equinor has been announced as a provisional winner in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) offshore wind energy lease auction in the U.S. Central Atlantic region. The ~2 gigawatt (GW) lease will have the capacity to produce enough energy to power approximately 900,000 U.S. homes. With a […]

TGS Announces Initiative to Enhance Market Insights

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(TGS, 18.Jun.2024) — TGS is launching a new initiative to enhance market insights in U.S. offshore wind. This initiative aims to establish its flagship product, 4C Offshore, as the leading source for offshore wind and subsea cable market intelligence in this emerging market. As part of this expansion, TGS has […]

Equinor Solidifies New York Offtake Deal for Empire Wind 1

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(Equinor, 4.Jun.2024) — Equinor announced the execution of the Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) for the renewable power generated by the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project. This agreement follows NYSERDA’s February announcement that Equinor had been selected as a […]

California Ports Gear up to Build Offshore Wind Ports

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(American Journal of Transportation, 17.May.2024) — Two California ports, Long Beach and Humboldt Bay, are gearing up to build offshore wind ports but still need financing. The two ports plan to build facilities that will assemble and launch floating offshore wind turbines to be deployed off the coasts of Central and […]

Mainstream’s JV Applies for 2.5 GW Wind Permit off Sweden’s East Coast

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(Mainstream, 31.Oct.2023) — Freja Offshore, a 50-50 joint venture between Mainstream Renewable Power and Hexicon, has submitted a planning application for the up-to 2.5 GW Dyning floating offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, located in Sweden’s economic zone, approximately 45 kilometers southeast of Oxelösund. Dyning will have the potential […]

Equinor Expands Renewable Portfolio in Poland

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(Equinor, 5.Sep.2023) — Equinor has acquired a 26 MW onshore wind farm in Poland from the Helios Group. With this investment, Equinor expands its broad energy offering in Poland and delivers on its market-driven power producer strategy. The Wilko wind farm is located in the Wielkopolska province and will be […]

Equinor puts Trollvind on Hold

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(Equinor, 22.May.2023) — Equinor will postpone a further development of the Trollvind offshore wind initiative indefinitely. This decision is based on several challenges facing the project, including technology availability, rising cost and a strained timetable to deliver on the original concept. The authorities have been informed about the decision. Equinor […]

Boralex Buys 50% Stake in Five US Wind Farms

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(Boralex, 29.Dec.2022) — Boralex Inc. (TSX: BLX), a leader in renewable energy, today announced it has completed the acquisition of EDF Renewables North America’s interest in five operating wind farms with a total installed capacity of 894 megawatts (MW), located in Texas and New Mexico. EDF Renewables’ interest represents 447 […]

TotalEnergies Reveals Initial Power at Scotland Offshore Wind Farm

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(TotalEnergies, 23.Aug.2022) — TotalEnergies and its partner SSE Renewables, announced first power generation from the Seagreen offshore wind farm, 27km off the coast of Angus in Scotland.  The first turbine, of a total of 114, was commissioned in the early hours of Monday morning. The aim is for the 1075 […]

Siemens Gamesa and Greenalia Push Energy Transition in Spain

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(Siemens, 30.May.2022) — Siemens Gamesa and independent power producer Greenalia will install a hat-trick of wind farms in the province of A Coruña, northwest of Spain, for a total capacity of 110MW. The three wind farms will be equipped with 22 SG 5.0-145 turbines, one of the company’s most powerful […]

Invenergy and GE Renewable Energy Start Ops at 998 MW Wind Project

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(Invenergy, 21.Mar.2022) — Invenergy announced commercial operations for the 998-megawatt Traverse Wind Energy Center, the largest wind farm constructed in a single phase in North America.  Located in north central Oklahoma, Traverse joins the operational 199-megawatt Sundance Wind Energy Center and the 287-megawatt Maverick Wind Energy Center, as the last of […]

Pattern Starts Building Wind Projects In NM

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(Pattern Energy, 4.Jan.2021) — Pattern Energy Group LP completed financing and started the full construction process of its Western Spirit Transmission line and its suite of Western Spirit Wind power projects totaling more than 1,050 megawatts (MW), located in Guadalupe, Lincoln and Torrance Counties in central New Mexico. The projects […]

TransAlta Acquires 303 MW Portfolio TransAlta Corp.

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(TransAlta, 23.Dec.2020) — TransAlta Renewables Inc. entered into definitive agreements for the acquisition of three assets from TransAlta Corporation (“TransAlta”) consisting of: — a 100% direct interest in the 207 MW Windrise wind project located in the Municipal District of Willow Creek, Alberta; — a 49% economic interest in the […]

Webinar: Developing Wind Projects

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(Energy Analytics Institute, 26.Nov.2020) — The webinar will highlight issues around developing wind resources and panelists will discuss developing wind projects in different parts of the world, financing and available technologies. Feature speakers include: — Nicholas Jackman, CFO Ansa McAl Ltd. — Martin Voght, Managing Director Renewable Energies, MPC Capital […]

Repsol Begins Producing At Its Delta Wind Project

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(Repsol, 1.Oct.2020) — Repsol, as part of its commitment to an efficient and sustainable energy transition, has reached a new milestone and started to generate wind power with the connection to the grid of the first wind turbines at Delta, one of its two major wind projects located in the […]

Saipem To Build 450 MW Offshore Wind Farm In Italy

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(Reuters, 25.Aug.2020) — Italy’s Saipem has signed an agreement to build a 450 megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm in the Adriatic Sea in northern Italy, the energy services group said on Tuesday. Saipem has agreed with renewable energy companies AGNES and QINT’X to install 56 wind turbines at two sites […]

bpWE To Buy Full Ownership Of Fowler Ridge 1 Wind Asset

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(bpWE, 16.Jul.2020) — bp Wind Energy (bpWE) agreed to acquire the remaining 50% interest in the bp operated, Fowler Ridge 1 wind asset from its current partner, Dominion Fowler Ridge Wind, LLC, a Dominion Energy subsidiary. Located in central Indiana, the asset includes 162 wind turbines with a generating capacity […]

Total Enters Into North Sea Wind Farm Project

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(Total, 3.Jun.2020) — Total has entered into an agreement with SSE Renewables, to acquire a 51% stake in the Seagreen 1 offshore wind farm project for an upfront payment at closing of 70m£ and earn-outs up to 60m£ in aggregate subject to performance conditions. The 1,140 megawatts (MW) project has […]

Wigton Windfarm To List On Jamaica Stock Exchange

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(JIS, 3.Dec.2018) — The Wigton Windfarm (WWF) initial public offering (IPO) on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is expected for March 2019. General Manager of Public-Private Partnerships and Privatisation Services at the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) Denise Arana noted that the process is progressing smoothly and IPO activities will […]

Newsan, Vestas to Invest in Wind Turbines

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(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 24.Jun.2018) – Newsan Group and Vestas have earmarked investments of $22.4 million in Argentina. Newsan Group, an Argentina producer of domestic appliances and the country’s largest shrimp exporter, and Danish giant Vestas, plan the investments to manufacture wind turbines and the gondolas that house them […]

Colombia to Connect 1,360MW of Energy Capacity

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(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 22.Jun.2018) – Wind capacity in Colombia will add 1,360 megawatts of generation capacity to its energy grid. The South American country’s Mines and Energy Ministry reported in a Twitter post that the energy source would be connected to the National Interconnected System through specialized connections, […]

Argentina Launches RenovAr Plan

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(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 31.May.2016) – The Argentine government launched its so-called National Renewable Energies Plan or RenovAr. The plan contemplates installing nearly 1,000 megawatts of energy from various wind, solar and other projects. The plan could attract project investments on the order of $2 billion in the first […]