Credit: Greenbacker Renewable Energy

The RoxWind project’s wind power is expected to produce nearly 50,300 MWh of annual clean energy, or enough to power approximately 4,500 homes per year. The project has also supported — and continues to provide — local clean energy jobs, including approximately 80 jobs during its construction, dozens of subcontractors for ongoing maintenance and special projects and four full-time service technicians.

The wind farm is Greenbacker’s largest sustainable infrastructure asset in Maine. Its four turbines are also the biggest in the company’s fleet, by both capacity and length, reflecting.

Each of RoxWind’s turbines can produce over 3.8 MW of wind power and has a rotor diameter of 137 meters — roughly the length of 10 full-sized school buses placed end to end.

“RoxWind is a win for all involved, delivering affordable clean power to consumers and driving a future powered by clean energy,” said Charles Wheeler, CEO of GREC. “This milestone is a testament to the Town of Roxbury’s support, and a credit to the expertise of the development teams at Palmer Capital, Solaya Energy and Horseshoe Valley Wind, with whom we look forward to partnering again.”

When it was acquired in 2020 from Palmer Capital, the to-be-constructed project in Roxbury was Greenbacker’s first asset in Maine.

“We are pleased to have partnered with GREC, with their active footprint in Maine, to construct and commission this project in the Town of Roxbury,” said Lindsay Deane-Mayer, senior VP of Palmer. “Bringing a project online is the culmination of many years of focus by the entire development team, the town and various stakeholders. We are grateful for everyone who participated in bringing this project from concept to commercial operation. This project, dedicated to our partner John G. Richardson, will generate clean energy for decades as part of his legacy of giving back to his home state.”

News item from Greenbacker Renewable Energy

The post 4-turbine Maine wind project will power 4,500 homes annually appeared first on Windpower Engineering & Development.

Credit: East Bay Community Energy

The new facility represents a $20 million investment into Alameda County through tax revenue to support public services and will also sustain numerous clean energy jobs across operations and maintenance, following an initial output of more than 115,000 hours of union labor.

“The ribbon-cutting at Altamont today underscores what we can accomplish when community organizations have a voice in the development process of our clean energy choices,” said Corina Lopez, board vice-chair at EBCE and city council member for San Leandro. “We look forward to meeting our goal of providing all our customers with 100% clean energy by 2030, well ahead of California’s official 2045 target date.”

EBCE’s new project honors Scott Haggerty, a 20-year advocate for Alameda County, and replaces 569 100-kW turbines with 23 state-of-the-art environmentally and wildlife-friendly turbines.

“The re-powering of the Altamont wind project has greatly improved environmental impact while meeting the county’s need for clean, affordable wind power,” said Mehul Mehta, executive VP with Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company. “With this project, now the largest wind asset in Greenbacker’s portfolio, we look forward to partnering with EBCE to expand access to renewable energy for the communities and stakeholders within Alameda County for decades to come.”

The clean electricity created from the new turbines will serve as a primary supply source for EBCE’s Renewable 100 program, a power mix of wind and solar energy servicing about 100,000 customers.

“In just a few years, we’ve made great strides in bringing more affordable renewable energy and reinvesting our earnings back into the community to drive local green jobs, valuable programs and more clean power projects,” said Nick Chaset, CEO of East Bay Community Energy.

News item from East Bay Community Energy

The post Developers replace and repower California wind farm appeared first on Windpower Engineering & Development.

“We’re excited to expand our wind portfolio in Iowa with RPMA,” said Charles Wheeler, CEO of Greenbacker. “GREC has experienced phenomenal growth as we near the end of 2020 and Rippey is one of our largest wind projects, typifying this acceleration of acquisitions.”

With the acquisition of Rippey Wind Holding I, Greenbacker will own approximately 760.7 MW of generating capacity (including assets that are to be constructed), comprising 537 MW of utility-scale and distributed solar facilities, 192.6 MW of wind facilities, 19.1 MW of battery storage and 12.0MW of biomass facilities.

“We’re very pleased with the sale of our Rippey Wind Farm to Greenbacker,” said Felix Friedman, Managing Director of RPMA. “As renewable energy continues to become the predominant form of new electrical generation in the US, the sale of our wind operating assets will enable RPMA to further escalate its development efforts in new wind and solar energy projects in Iowa and neighboring states.”

News item from Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company

The post Greenbacker Renewable Energy acquires 50-MW Iowa operating wind farm appeared first on Windpower Engineering & Development.