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In today’s highly competitive and wind-saturated markets, some turbines have an overlooked advantage potentially worth over $10 million on a standard wind belt project. In this white paper, Vestas explains how the shape of a turbine’s production—how much energy it produces at which wind speeds—can drastically impact the average price of the electricity it generates.

Facebook completed an agreement Aug. 6 with the Lincoln Land Wind project in Illinois to source approximately 170 MW of renewable energy from the 300 MW project.

Smart Energy Decisions presented the Virtual Renewable Energy Sourcing Forum on July 27-31, creating an opportunity for corporate energy buyers to engage in cutting-edge general sessions and meet with suppliers and peers without the need to travel. John Failla, Founder and Editorial Director of Smart Energy Decisions welcomed attendees, noting that “a lot has changed over the past four months but not the goals of the event: to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy sourcing.”

A 525 MW wind project in Texas that will supply Facebook and McDonald's with clean energy was purchased by CMS Enterprises and will begin operations this fall.

Ball Corporation announced July 21 two new VPPAs with wind projects in Europe that will provide 93.4 MW of energy to cover approximately 63% of their electricity load in their European aluminum beverage packaging plants.

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.

McDonald's recently signed a VPPA for 220 MW from Aviator Wind West - the country's largest single-phase, single-site wind project - developed by Apex Clean Energy in Texas. Read this case study to learn how this super-size deal began at the Smart Energy Decisions Innovation Summit.

Applied Materials announced July 21 their new commitment to source 100% renewable energy by 2030.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced July 21 a solicitation for 2,500 MW of offshore wind energy, the largest combined clean energy solicitation in the U.S., in addition to the one announced last year for nearly 1,700 MW of clean energy.