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Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) has requested California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approval of six additional battery energy storage projects totaling 387 MW of capacity, intended to further integrate clean energy from renewable generation sources while helping to ensure future reliability of the electric system. The six project agreements complete … [Read more...] about PG&E Looks to Expand Battery Energy Storage Portfolio

EDF Renewables North America, an independent power producer and service provider, says the 150 MW Merricourt Wind Project achieved commercial operation and has been turned over to Otter Tail Power Co., a subsidiary of Otter Tail Corp. EDF Renewables developed and managed the construction process for Otter Tail Power under an asset purchase agreement and a turnkey engineering, … [Read more...] about EDF Renewables’ Merricourt Wind Achieves Commerical Operation

Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corp., has closed on the acquisition of the company’s first wind energy center, a 400 MW project in northeast Missouri. The purchase of the High Prairie Renewable Energy Center in Adair and Schuyler counties is the first of two planned investments in Missouri-based wind generation, which will add 700 MW of clean energy to the … [Read more...] about Ameren Missouri Closes on First Wind Project

ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of ALLETE Inc., has started commercial operations at its Diamond Spring wind site in southern Oklahoma. The output from the 303 MW Diamond Spring site is contracted to provide renewable energy to Walmart, Smithfield Foods and Starbucks though separate renewable energy sales agreements with 12-15 year terms. Diamond Spring is ALLETE … [Read more...] about ALLETE Clean Energy’s Diamond Spring Achieves Commercial Operations

Enel, through its U.S. renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, has begun operating a 199 MW expansion of the Cimarron Bend wind farm in Clark County, Kan., making the 599 MW facility the largest renewable plant owned by the Enel Group currently in operation worldwide.  The 236.5 MW White Cloud wind farm also began operations in Nodaway County, Mo. The two wind … [Read more...] about Enel Green Power Powers On Two U.S. Wind Farms