Items Tagged with "Avangrid Renewables"

Mired in politics, Amazon wind farm fully operational

Despite a last-minute attempt to halt it, North Carolina's first commercial-scale wind farm, the 300-MW Amazon Wind Farm U.S. East, is now fully operational.The $400 million project most recently made headlines after a group of North Carolina lawmakers sent a letter to the Trump administration askin Read More...

Apple approved for largest wind turbines in Oregon

Apple was cleared by state regulators July 20 to use the biggest wind turbines ever installed in the Pacific Northwest for its Montague Wind Power Project.The tech giant will be allowed to install 3.6-MW turbines at its newest wind farm operation in Oregon through the developers of the project, Avan Read More...

Google signs 3 new PPAs for South Dakota, Iowa wind

Google LLC, on track to reach its goal of using 100% renewable energy by the end of the year, on Nov. 30 announced three new wind power purchase agreements totaling nearly 400 MW.In the largest of the three, the Alphabet Inc. subsidiary will purchase 200 MW of wind energy ge Read More...

Nike heads toward 100% RE with new PPA

Nike Inc. announced on Jan. 18 that it has signed a PPA for a second wind contract with Avangrid Renewables, covering  86 megawatts of wind power from the Karankawa Wind Farm near Corpus Christi, Texas, which is scheduled for completion in 2019. "This agreement enables us to source 100 per Read More...

Wind farm to power Nike operations is now operational

A 307 MW wind farm in Texas that will supply power to Nike and Austin Energy has been completed, project developers announced Feb. 6.The Karankawa Wind Farm is located in San Patricio and Bee Counties in South Texas and consist of 124 GE wind turbines across 18,000 acres, each of which range in capa Read More...

T-Mobile advances RE100 goal with 158 MW Illinois wind farm

T-Mobile announced April 21 a long-term contract for a 158 MW Illinois wind farm that began operation on March 1 and is expected to generate more than 504,100 MWh annually.The telecommunications company completed the agreement with Avangrid Renewables for the Otter Creek Wind Farm in LaSalle County. Read More...

Apple's Oregon data center receives power from new RE projects

A wind farm that will be powering Apple’s Prineville Data Center in Oregon recently completed construction and will provide renewable energy to the company through PPAs.The Montague Wind Farm in Gilliam County, Ore., will contribute to the power supplied to the Apple data center alongside the Read More...

Intel Corp. to power Oregon facilities with solar

Intel announced on Feb. 11 that it has signed a 15-year agreement with PGE to purchase solar power to help provide renewable power for its technology development and manufacturing facilities in Hillsboro, Oregon. This will allow Intel to reduce carbon emissions The power will come from the 138- Read More...