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Whether its new projects, new partnerships, or new markets, Clearway is helping pave the way for renewable energy and making headlines with a focused viewpoint and honest voice. See our press releases and news clippings below. For all press inquiries please email: zadie.oleksiw@clearwayenergy.com
November 29, 2022
Grant Recipients Announced for Pinnacle Wind Farm’s Annual Community Benefit Fund
Keyser, WV – The US Wind Force Foundation, Inc. today announced the grant recipients for the Community Benefit Fund sponsored by Pinnacle Wind, which is indirectly owned and operated by Clearway Energy Group. Sixteen grants ranging from $400 to $3,000 and totaling $23,030 were allocated to local organizations, bringing the wind farm’s total donations to
October 11, 2022
Clearway Energy Group Signs Long-Term Power Purchase Agreements with PacifiCorp for Two Wind Projects
SAN FRANCISCO – Today, Clearway Energy Group (“Clearway”) announced a new set of long-term power purchase agreements (PPA) with PacifiCorp, a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary. The PPAs will directly support the construction of two wind energy projects: the 280 MW Two Rivers Wind project, which is jointly developed and owned with BluEarth Renewables US LLC (“BluEarth”)
August 31, 2022
Pinnacle Wind Farm’s 2022 Grant Application Now Open for Area Nonprofits
Keyser, WV – US Wind Force Foundation, Inc. today announced that it is accepting applications from qualified nonprofits for grant funding from the Pinnacle Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund. Pinnacle Wind Farm is indirectly owned and operated by Clearway Energy Group (“Clearway”). The Clearway Community Benefit Fund was established to provide locally-controlled financial resources for
August 11, 2022
Clearway Completes O‘ahu’s First Utility-Scale Solar + Storage Power Plant
Mililani, Hawai‘i — Clearway Energy Group (Clearway), a national independent power producer and leading solar energy developer in Hawai’i, announced today that it completed construction and reached commercial operations at its Mililani Solar I plant. This is Clearway’s fourth solar plant on O’ahu and the island’s first utility-scale solar and battery storage power plant, which
June 21, 2022
Leading US Solar Companies Announce Consortium to Spend Over $6bn on Solar Modules and Support Expansion of Domestic Supply Chain
Leading independent power producers, The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES), Clearway Energy Group (Clearway), Cypress Creek Renewables, and D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI), have formed the US Solar Buyer Consortium to support expansion of the domestic solar supply chain and drive the growth of the American solar industry. Increasing solar energy deployment is essential to
May 25, 2022
Clearway Community Benefit Fund Allocates Grants to 21 West Virginia Organizations
Elk Garden, W.Va. – The US Wind Force Foundation, Inc. today announced the recipients of the first round of grants from Clearway’s Black Rock Community Benefit Fund. Twenty-one grants ranging from $500 to $20,000 and totaling $133,214 were allocated to nonprofits, community services organizations, educational institutions, and other institutions in Grant and Mineral counties. The
May 25, 2022
Clearway Enterprise’s Sponsor, Global Infrastructure Partners, Announces Strategic Partnership with TotalEnergies
PRINCETON, NJ and SAN FRANCISCO — Clearway Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CWEN, CWEN.A) (the “Company”) and its renewable development partner and parent company, Clearway Energy Group LLC (“Clearway Group”), today announced that Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has formed a strategic partnership with TotalEnergies SE (“TotalEnergies”) in the U.S. renewable energy sector. Through this partnership, TotalEnergies will
May 6, 2022
Clearway Cuts Ribbon at Black Rock Wind Farm, West Virginia’s Newest Power Plant
SAN FRANCISCO – Clearway Energy Group (“Clearway”) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the commencement of commercial operations for the newly-constructed Black Rock, a 115 megawatt (MW) wind farm that spans West Virginia’s Grant and Mineral counties. Black Rock is contracted under long-term power purchase agreements with customers Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) and AEP
March 23, 2022
Clearway Celebrates 340 MW Mesquite Sky Wind Farm Completion with Iconic Customers in West Texas
SAN FRANCISCO – Clearway Energy Group (Clearway) joined Deere & Company and Whirlpool Corporation to celebrate reaching commercial operations last quarter at its 340 MW Mesquite Sky wind farm in Callahan County, Texas. The two corporate customers previously signed long-term virtual power purchase agreements for Mesquite Sky’s renewable energy, helping each company make progress toward
February 11, 2022
Black Rock Community Benefit Fund Grant Application Open for Area Nonprofits
Elk Garden, W.Va. – Clearway Energy Group (“Clearway”) today announced that the Black Rock Community Benefit Fund is now accepting applications from qualified nonprofits for grant funding. Black Rock, a 115-megawatt wind farm in Grant and Mineral counties, is indirectly owned and operated by Clearway. The Black Rock Community Benefit Fund was established to provide
February 10, 2022
Clearway Completes Black Rock Wind Farm in Northeastern West Virginia
SAN FRANCISCO – Clearway Energy Group (“Clearway”) announced today that it reached commercial operations on Black Rock, a 115 MW wind farm that spans West Virginia’s Grant and Mineral counties and will increase the state’s wind energy generation by 15 percent. Black Rock is contracted under long-term power purchase agreements with customers Toyota Motor North
December 16, 2021
Clearway Completes Additional Long-Term Solar + Energy Storage Contracts for Riverside, CA. Projects
San Francisco, CA. – Clearway Energy Group LLC (Clearway) announced today that the entire output from its Arica Solar + Energy Storage Project, under development on land controlled by Bureau of Land Management (BLM) jurisdiction, in Riverside, CA., is under contract. The three customers, Clean Power Alliance (CPA), Peninsula Clean Energy, and PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP)