RWE has commenced construction of the 122MW Baron Winds wind farm in New York.
The project, in Steuben County, will feature 24 Vestas and eight Siemens Gamesa turbines.
Construction is expected to be complete in late 2022.
In 2018, Baron Winds was one of 26 projects to receive an award from New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) as part of its 2017 Renewable Energy Standard Solicitation for the purchase of New York Tier-1 Eligible Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).
Each REC represents the environmental attributes of one megawatt hour of electricity generated and will support New York’s goal to obtain 70 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.
“We are pleased to be working with RWE through our large-scale renewables program, and the start of construction of their Baron Winds project reflects another concrete step toward meeting New York’s nation-leading clean energy goals,” said Doreen Harris, NYSERDA president and CEO.
The US accounts for more than one third of the RWE Group’s renewables capacity, which has installed more than 5GW of onshore wind, solar PV and storage generating capacity since 2007, out of which RWW owns around 4GW.