Wind

Nestlé and EDP Renewables have signed a 15-year power purchase agreement that will provide approximately 80 percent of the electricity load for five Nestlé facilities in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Offshore energy support vessel operator Seacat Services has been awarded a fresh set of International Organization for Standardization accreditations, following certification by DNV GL.

Vestas has introduced an anti-icing solution which they say will remove ice built up on the blades that would otherwise reduce wind turbines’ annual energy production. 

GE Renewable Energy has signed an agreement with Engie to supply a total of 144 2.5-116 turbines for the Umburanas Wind Farm Complex in upstate Bahia, Brazil.

New Jersey joins New York and Connecticut as the latest state to announce plans for offshore wind development. 

Environmentalists in the United States sued Maine Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday, a week after the Republican signed an executive order halting permits for new wind energy projects in the state.