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Released July 02, 2021 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--IEA White Construction, a subsidiary of Infrastructure & Energy Alternatives Incorporated (NASDAQ:IEA) (Indianapolis, Indiana), was awarded a contract earlier this week to manage the repowering of a decade-old windfarm in Illinois--one of many such projects facing an already-aging fleet of wind-energy generation. IEA White also is at work on new windfarms in seven states. Industrial Info is tracking about $2.2 billion in active projects across the U.S. involving IEA White, about $1.9 billion of which is attributed to projects under construction.
Click on the image at right for a graph detailing active projects involving IEA White, by the plant's parent company.
Vitol Group (Geneva, Switzerland) quickly moved on plans for the $175 million repowering of the Big Sky Windfarm near Ohio, Illinois, after it acquired the facility from investment management company BlackRock Incorporated (NYSE:BLK) (New York, New York) in April. Vitol expects the efforts of IEA White and other contractors will increase Big Sky's 240-megawatt (MW) output about 60% by the end of 2022 through the installation of more efficient wind turbines.
IEA White, which manages utility-scale renewable energy projects, will handle engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services, including the decommissioning and removal of five existing turbines. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can click here for a detailed project report.
IEA White expects a raft of similar repowering projects will keep it busy in the coming years. "As the wind energy industry matures and turbine technology improves, we anticipate repowering projects will become more common," said J.P. Roehm, the chief executive officer of IEA White, in a press release concerning the agreement with Vitol. "It's a great way to increase clean energy production without having to construct a new farm from scratch."
Windfarms typically have lifespans of 20 years, and about 40 gigawatts (GW) of U.S. wind-power capacity is more than a decade old, according to IEA White. The company also cites a report from Wood Mackenzie that 6.1 GW of U.S.-based wind-energy generation is expected to be repowered between 2026 and 2030.
Illinois also is home to two windfarm projects involving IEA White already under construction: Cordelio Power's (Toronto, Ontario) $190 million Glacier Sands Windfarm in Mason City, which is designed to generate 185 MW from 43 turbines, and Akuo Energy's (San Antonio, Texas) $110 million Bennington Windfarm in Toluca, which is designed to generate 92.4 MW from 33 turbines. Both projects are set to wrap up in the fourth quarter. Subscribers can read Industrial Info's detailed reports on the Glacier Sands and Bennington projects.
The neighboring state of Indiana is home to a trio of IEA White projects for EDP Renewables North America LLC (Houston, Texas): the estimated $574 million Crossroads Windfarm in Chalmers, which is expected to generate 302 MW from 80 GE turbines, and a $15 million transmission line that will run 10 miles from an accompanying $9.5 million substation to an existing substation, supplying power to the grid. All three components are expected to be completed toward the end of the year. Subscribers can learn more from Industrial Info's detailed project reports on the windfarm, transmission line and substation.
Wind-energy generation accounts for about 72% of the investment in projects featuring IEA White's services, with the rest attributed to solar-energy generation, according to Industrial Info's project database. The latter includes Enel Green Power North America's (Andover, Massachusetts) $200 million Blue Jay Solar I project in Iola, Texas, and a related $60 million battery energy storage system (BESS), both of which began construction in April and are set to wrap up toward the end of the year. Blue Jay is designed to generate 210 MW from about 821,400 photovoltaic (PV), bifacial panels. Subscribers can learn more from Industrial Info's project reports on the solar plant and BESS.
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Click on the image at right for a graph detailing active projects involving IEA White, by the plant's parent company.Vitol Group (Geneva, Switzerland) quickly moved on plans for the $175 million repowering of the Big Sky Windfarm near Ohio, Illinois, after it acquired the facility from investment management company BlackRock Incorporated (NYSE:BLK) (New York, New York) in April. Vitol expects the efforts of IEA White and other contractors will increase Big Sky's 240-megawatt (MW) output about 60% by the end of 2022 through the installation of more efficient wind turbines.
IEA White, which manages utility-scale renewable energy projects, will handle engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services, including the decommissioning and removal of five existing turbines. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can click here for a detailed project report.
IEA White expects a raft of similar repowering projects will keep it busy in the coming years. "As the wind energy industry matures and turbine technology improves, we anticipate repowering projects will become more common," said J.P. Roehm, the chief executive officer of IEA White, in a press release concerning the agreement with Vitol. "It's a great way to increase clean energy production without having to construct a new farm from scratch."
Windfarms typically have lifespans of 20 years, and about 40 gigawatts (GW) of U.S. wind-power capacity is more than a decade old, according to IEA White. The company also cites a report from Wood Mackenzie that 6.1 GW of U.S.-based wind-energy generation is expected to be repowered between 2026 and 2030.
Illinois also is home to two windfarm projects involving IEA White already under construction: Cordelio Power's (Toronto, Ontario) $190 million Glacier Sands Windfarm in Mason City, which is designed to generate 185 MW from 43 turbines, and Akuo Energy's (San Antonio, Texas) $110 million Bennington Windfarm in Toluca, which is designed to generate 92.4 MW from 33 turbines. Both projects are set to wrap up in the fourth quarter. Subscribers can read Industrial Info's detailed reports on the Glacier Sands and Bennington projects.
The neighboring state of Indiana is home to a trio of IEA White projects for EDP Renewables North America LLC (Houston, Texas): the estimated $574 million Crossroads Windfarm in Chalmers, which is expected to generate 302 MW from 80 GE turbines, and a $15 million transmission line that will run 10 miles from an accompanying $9.5 million substation to an existing substation, supplying power to the grid. All three components are expected to be completed toward the end of the year. Subscribers can learn more from Industrial Info's detailed project reports on the windfarm, transmission line and substation.
Wind-energy generation accounts for about 72% of the investment in projects featuring IEA White's services, with the rest attributed to solar-energy generation, according to Industrial Info's project database. The latter includes Enel Green Power North America's (Andover, Massachusetts) $200 million Blue Jay Solar I project in Iola, Texas, and a related $60 million battery energy storage system (BESS), both of which began construction in April and are set to wrap up toward the end of the year. Blue Jay is designed to generate 210 MW from about 821,400 photovoltaic (PV), bifacial panels. Subscribers can learn more from Industrial Info's project reports on the solar plant and BESS.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, six offices in North America and 12 international offices, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities. Follow IIR on: Facebook - Twitter - LinkedIn.
