Australian iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest will invest US$2.2 billion in a wind, solar and battery farm development in central Queensland, via his renewables company Squadron Energy. Forrest yesterday announced that Squadron has acquired the two-stage Clarke Creek project, with contracts already issued for the immediate...
Tech giant Amazon has announced it will invest in two new renewable energy projects in the US and Ireland, which will supply power to data centres for Amazon Web Services. The US project is a 45MW capacity solar farm in Virginia, which will produce an expected...
Danish renewable energy giant Ørsted has selected Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) as its exclusive wind turbine supplier to Hornsea Project Two, the world’s largest offshore wind farm. SGRE will deliver 300 8MW turbines to the UK-based project from a nearby manufacturing facility in the city...
Danish energy group Ørsted has lifted its 2017 profit outlook after striking a US$2.65 billion deal for half of its stake in the world’s biggest offshore wind farm. The company previously known as DONG Energy will divest a 50% stake in the Walney Extension project off...
Construction work is nearing completion at the 332MW Nordsee One offshore wind farm in Germany after the last of 54 turbines was installed at the site in the North Sea. The installation of the turbines at the farm, located around 40km North of the island of...
DONG Energy (CPH:DENERG) has confirmed it will build the world’s largest offshore wind farm after it was awarded the contract for the 1.4GW Hornsea 2 wind power project in the UK. The Danish renewable energy giant will deliver the project at a strike price of £57.50...
Italian energy firm Enel (BIT:ENEL) has announced that construction work has kicked off at its Peruvian Wayra I wind farm, which will become the largest such facility in the South American nation. The 132MW wind farm is located in the Ica region of Peru and will...
General Electric and power development company Invenergy will build the largest wind farm in the US, as part of a US$4.5 billion project to provide electricity to 1.1 million utility customers in the West South Central region of the nation. The 2GW farm, christened Wind Catcher,...
Google expects to start receiving wind power from the 160MW Tellenes wind farm in Norway by early September. The technology giant signed a 12-year deal last year to buy 100% of the electrical output from the 50-turbine strong plant, which is currently undergoing the final phase...
DONG Energy hopes to install a 2MW battery storage system at its giant offshore Burbo Bank wind farm in the UK by the end of the year. The Danish energy firm claims the hybrid system will be an industry first, boosting grid stability at the 90MW...