Apex Clean Energy Brings 625 MW of U.S. Wind, Storage Projects Online in Year's First Half

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Apex Clean Energy (Charlottesville, Virginia) recently announced that it brought 625 megawatts (MW) of wind power and battery energy storage systems (BESS) online in the first half of 2025 in projects spanning Maine, Illinois and Texas. Industrial Info is tracking several more planned Apex projects across the U.S.; however, legislative and permitting headwinds may present a challenge to the development of some of these.

This year's power additions expand Apex's operating and constructing portfolio to more than 3 gigawatts of capacity. Among the recently completed projects is Apex's fifth windfarm in Illinois, the Prosperity Windfarm in Piatt County. Construction kicked off in the first half of 2024 and lasted about a year before the project started operating commercially. The facility includes 50 Vestas turbines, each rated at slightly more than 6 MW, to provide aggregate power generation of about 300 MW. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Project Database can learn more by viewing the project report.

The startup of another windfarm in Washington County, Maine, marked Apex's initial entry into the ISO New England market. The Downeast Windfarm uses 30 Vestas turbines, each rated at 4.2 MW, to provide 126 MW of emissions-free power. Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor Reed & Reed Incorporated (Woolwich, Maine) broke ground on the project in 2023, taking about two years to complete it. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project report.

Apex also brought online two battery storage facilities in Texas. Each represents 100 MW of capacity with a 200-megawatt-hour output. Angelo Storage in Tom Green County was Apex's third storage facility to reach operations and is wholly owned by Apex. The other storage facility, the Great Kiskadee BESS unit in Hidalgo County, is the first operational project for SA Grid Solutions, a joint venture of Apex, SK Gas (Seoul, South Korea) and SK Eternix (Seongnam, South Korea). Subscribers can learn more by viewing the reports on the Angelo and Great Kiskadee projects.

Industrial Info is tracking more than $12 billion worth of other active Apex wind, solar and battery projects, although it is almost certain that not all of these will move forward as planned. On day one of his second term in office, U.S. President Donald Trump issued executive orders waging war on both offshore and onshore wind developments, and this was cemented further in the spending and tax bill passed July 4, which phases out tax credits for renewable energy projects much sooner than originally planned. Relatively few of the more of the 45 Apex projects being tracked by IIR have broken ground yet and need to start by July next year to qualify for the credits.

One Apex plant seemingly out of immediate danger of losing the tax credit is a solar farm expected to be completed in the next few months in Erie County, Ohio. Apex broke ground on the Wheatstone facility in 2023, employing EPC contractor DEPCOM Power Incorporated (Scottsdale, Arizona) to place more than 230,000 solar modules that will begin providing 125 MW of generation later this year. Subscribers can click here to learn more about the project.

Other Apex projects may fall victim to the passage of time or potential delays in equipment supply. At least a few Apex windfarms are planned to begin construction within the coming year, potentially meriting the valuable tax credits. Among the more promising of these is the 203-MW Lotus Windfarm in Macoupin County, Illinois, construction of which is planned to kick off this summer, entailing the placement of 45 turbines, each rated at 4.5 MW, to provide total output of about 203 MW. The windfarm could potentially be completed in mid-2027, marking Apex's sixth completed windfarm in the Illinois. Subscribers can click here to learn more.

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