Latest Wind Power company news

NRG Energy: NRG Energy to purchase South Trent wind farm in Texas

NRG Energy, Inc. has signed a binding letter of intent to purchase the South Trent wind farm near Sweetwater, Texas. Upon successful conclusion of the acquisition, South Trent will become the fourth plant in NRG’s onshore wind portfolio. The 101 megawatt (MW) wind farm, which came online in January 2009, consists o... [more]

Wind Energy America WEA: Wind Energy America commissions and operates Iowas wind turbine

Wind Energy America Inc. has completed the commissioning of the first of two Gamesa G-87 2.0-megawatt (MW) wind turbines which is part of its wholly owned Zachary Ridge LLC (“ZR”), located on Buffalo Ridge in Osceola County, Iowa. WEA has been working with Outland Renewable Energy, LLC, to retrofit and commission th... [more]

Cape Wind: Cape Wind offshore wind farm will provide good long term value to electric consumers on Cape Cod

Cape Wind’s proposal to build America’s first offshore wind farm on Horseshoe Shoal would provide most of the electricity used on Cape Cod and the Islands from clean, renewable energy - reducing this region’s need to import oil, coal and gas. Cape Wind will create new jobs, help stabilize electric costs, contribute to ... [more]

NV Energy: NV Energy and Pattern Energy enter power purchase agreement for the sale of energy produced from the Spring Valley Wind Project

The 150-megawatt Spring Valley Wind Project will be Nevada’s first major wind project and is expected to be generating electricity by late 2011. The project would create more than 150 jobs during the construction phase and approximately 10 permanent positions. NV Energy and Pattern Energy Group LP announced that the... [more]

Element Power: Element Power acquires wind development assets from EcoEnergy

Element Power has recently acquired a 1.4 GW portfolio of wind development assets from EcoEnergy, for an undisclosed price. "The acquisition of these projects from EcoEnergy augments both our greenfield development efforts and our previous acquisitions, and contributes to our portfolio of well positioned, high quali... [more]