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Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) is one of the state's largest purchasers of wind energy. [3] In 2016, Nebraska had 1,335 MW of installed wind power generation capacity, producing 10.1% of the electricity generated in-state. [4] This increased to a capacity of 2,142 MW and a 19.92% of generation in 2019. [5]
Alstom Wind (Spain) – subsidiary of General Electric since 2015; Enron Wind (now defunct) – wind-turbine manufacturing assets bought by General Electric in 2002; Fuji Heavy Industries (Japan) – the wind turbine business was acquired by Hitachi in 2012; Gamesa (Spain) NEG Micon (Spain) – was bought by Gamesa; NEG Micon – now part of Vestas
Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project Wyoming 41°42′N 107°12′W / 41.700°N 107.200°W / 41.700; -107.200 ( Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy
The Grande Prairie Wind Farm is a 400 megawatt (MW) wind farm spanning northeastern Holt County in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It increased wind generating capacity in the state by 50% to become the largest such facility upon its completion in late 2016.
In 2023, U.S. wind power production fell by 2% despite an increase of 6.2 gigawatts in capacity, primarily due to weaker-than-normal winds in the Midwest. This marked the first decrease in 25 years and was reflected in the capacity factor dropping to an eight-year low of 33.5%.
In 2005, the company (then called Zilkha Renewable Energy, and owned by Selim Zilkha and Michael Zilkha) was purchased by investment bank Goldman Sachs for an undisclosed sum and renamed Horizon Wind Energy. In 2007, the company was acquired by Energias de Portugal for $2.15 billion [1] and later renamed EDP Renewables North America. [2]
In an effort to promote its newest EVs, GM is offering them in its fleet of company cars certain GM employees get to drive. They get other new perks.
Hancock County Wind Energy Center in Hancock County, Iowa, with 148 Vestas V47-660 kW wind turbines for a total nameplate capacity of 97.68 MW. Half of the wind turbines are southwest of Klemme and the other half are south-southeast of Duncan. NextEra Energy owns the wind farm, which began operating in 2002