New Wind Turbine Design Clears Key Hurdle Inside Dr. Todd Griffith’s laboratory stands a 6-foot-tall wind turbine that looks like an upside-down eggbeater; it’s actually a small-scale prototype for a radically different type of offshore wind turbine. | LRE Repowers Caprock Wind, Boosting Efficiency and Strengthening US Energy Resilience LRE (Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC) announced the completion of its Caprock Wind repowering project, backed by a 25-year renewable energy purchase agreement with Western Farmers Electric Cooperative (WFEC). The 80-megawatt Caprock Wind repowering replaced 80 aging 1 MW turbines with 20 state-of-the-art 4.5MW turbines. | MDU Resources Announces Plans to Invest in Badger Wind Farm MDU Resources Group, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., has signed a purchase agreement to acquire a 49% ownership interest in the Badger Wind Farm. This acquisition represents 122.5 MW of the project's total 250 MW generation capacity. The purchase agreement is contingent on regulatory approval from the North Dakota Public Service Commission. | Wind Blair Hill Wind farm plans could create £165 million boost to local economy British renewable energy company RES has submitted a Section 36 application to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit (ECU) for its 14-turbine Blair Hill Wind Farm proposal, located 2.7 kilometres north of Newton Stewart in Dumfries and Galloway, which, if approved, would be capable of generating clean, low-cost electricity for the equivalent of over 115,000 homes every year. | Record APAC Offshore Wind Activity Drives Acceleration Of Development Processes Taiwan Sarens collaborating on Greater Changhua offshore windfarm, Taiwan ScottishPower and Stillstrom study explores electric future for offshore wind operations Ørsted Starts Offshore Construction of 920 MW Offshore Wind Farms in Taiwan EDF and Saulteau First Nations Sign Electricity Purchase Agreement for the Taylor Wind Project Panorama Innergex Agrees to be Acquired by CDPQ Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. and CDPQ announced they have entered into a definitive agreement dated February 24, 2025 pursuant to which CDPQ will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Innergex other than those held by CDPQ and certain rolling over executive officers for $13.75 (Canadian) per share in cash. | CCC report presents new pathway to a decarbonised UK in its Seventh Carbon Budget Storage Wärtsilä To Provide 350 MW/1474 Mwh Energy Storage System For EnergyAustralia Technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted by EnergyAustralia to deliver 350 MW / 1474 MWh of capacity to the Wooreen Energy Storage System in Victoria, Australia. The scope of the contract includes engineering design, supply, commissioning, and a 15-year service agreement. The deal was booked in Q4, 2024. | Octopus Energy trials ‘Zero Bills’ upgrade on existing homes Gore Street Capital Selects Gridbeyond To Optimize Energy Storage System In California Agenda Australia Wind Energy 2025 |