Enel begins building its largest US windfarm
The massive 400 MW Cimarron Bend wind project in Clark County, Kansas will be Enel Green Power's largest wind farm built so far..
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Greencoat wind generates £48.3million
Greencoat UK Wind generated £48.3m in income from its onshore wind farms last year, up from £32.4m a year earlier thanks largely to better than expected generation figures.
Rame nets $4.4million from sale of Chilean wind power assets
Power producer and developer Rame Energy has sold its stake in the 15 megawatt Raki and Huajache on-grid wind projects in Chile for $4.4million.
Caithness wind farm changes hands for £85million
London-based energy fund Greencoat UK Wind has bought the Stroupster wind farm in Caithness, from BayWa Renewable Energy for £85million.
Plan for major wind farm off world heritage coastline is turned down
A major offshore wind farm which would have been visible from a World Heritage Site coastline has been turned down.
REG gets approval for Welsh windfarm
Renewable Energy Generation has been granted planning permission for the three turbine Pen Bryn Oer wind farm in Wales.
Wind farm plans to ‘push up bills’
Plans to end subsidies for new onshore wind farms will push up energy bills and could face judicial review, the Government has been warned. Energy Secretary Amber Rudd has unveiled proposals to close the existing subsidies payment schemes a year early for new onshore wind projects, to fulfil a Conservation election manifesto promise. The Tories claim the onshore turbines “often fail to win public support and are unable by themselves to provide the firm capacity that a stable energy system requires”.
Wind farms’ £8.8million community benefit
nd farms contribute almost £9 million a year to community projects across Scotland, new figures have shown. The amount of community benefit cash paid to local good causes from on-shore wind farms has now reached just over £8.8 million a year, according to Local Energy Scotland. Grants paid out under the scheme have helped with a wide range of projects, including sending members of a West Lothian dance school to the European Street Dance Championships in Germany. Payments also allowed a new community hall to be build in Daviot, Aberdeenshire, and to a thermal imaging camera so residents in the Sutherland area of the Highlands can see where extra insulation is needed.
Windfarm developer paid £7.5million to turn off its wind turbines
A green energy company has been paid £7.5million – to switch off its turbines and stop producing electricity. This year alone Falck Renewables Wind Ltd received £2.8million not to generate power on 77 separate occasions. The firm was under fire from politicians and campaigners last night as it emerged it wants to extend its Millennium development in the hills above Loch Ness.
Liverpool Bay windfarm one step closer to completion
The RWE Gwynty Môr Offshore windfarm has reached an important milestone after clearance certificates were issued for the project in Liverpool Bay.