U.S. wind operators tool up to capture summer price spikes

Jul 13, 2022

Preventative maintenance, accurate weather forecasting and hedging of grid congestion will help wind farm owners optimise soaring power prices this summer.

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Navajo secures 200 MW wind site in Xinjiang
Feb 19, 2009
npower gets consent for Kiln Pit Hill Wind Farm
Feb 19, 2009
Shiloh II wind farm commissioned
Feb 19, 2009
Tedder Hill is an ideal location for a wind farm: E.ON
Feb 19, 2009
Exclusivity agreements to be offered for offshore windfarms
Feb 19, 2009
SeaEnergy gets preferred bidder status for two wind farm sites
Feb 19, 2009
Reducing the amount of energy reflected back to the radar
Feb 5, 2009
Wind farm workers rescued
Feb 4, 2009
Global wind energy capacity grew by 28.8 percent in 2008
Feb 4, 2009
Oncor to build $1.3 billion worth of wind transmission lines
Feb 4, 2009
Massive potential for offshore wind energy affirmed
Feb 4, 2009
20 wind turbines were installed for every working day of 2008
Feb 4, 2009
Simplifying remote access for data aggregation and performance assessment
Feb 4, 2009
Extracting maximum information from routine SCADA data
Feb 4, 2009
EC marks €500 million budget for offshore wind farms
Jan 30, 2009

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