Renewable Energy Magazine-Wind newsletter

Clearway Completes Third Major Repowering Project in Texas

Clearway Energy Group has finished repowering the now 160 MW Langford wind farm, increasing its nameplate capacity by 10 MW and generational output by more than 25%. The wind farm in Christoval, Texas, is Clearway’s third repowering in the state following the completion of the 161 MW Wildorado wind farm in February of this year and the 122 MW Elbow Creek wind farm in December 2019. Clearway Energy, Inc. signed agreements to acquire the project earlier this month. 

Ørsted's First Dutch Offshore Wind Farm Commissioned

Ørsted has fully commissioned the Borssele 1 & 2 offshore wind farm. The wind farm has a capacity of 752 MW, making it the largest offshore wind farm in the Netherlands and the second largest operating offshore wind farm in the world. Borssele 1 & 2 provides enough green electricity to power one million Dutch households. Borssele 1 & 2 is Ørsted's first offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.

Slow job growth in November due to COVID leaves 446,000 US clean energy workers unemployed

American clean energy companies added the fewest number of jobs in November in the US since unemployment peaked in May, as COVID-19 cases and shutdowns surged to their highest levels since the pandemic first hit.

PGE’s and NextEra Energy Resources’ Renewable Energy Project Powers Up

Portland General Electric Company has begun commercial power generation at the Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility in Eastern Oregon. Wheatridge is a joint project of PGE and a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. This new facility will play an important role in achieving PGE’s recently established companywide goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.

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