Houston, Texas-based renewables developer Connectgen LLC has obtained a final conditional use permit for its 200-MW Pike Creek Wind project in Illinois.
The permit was awarded by Logan County Board last month, the developer said on Monday.
Houston, Texas-based renewables developer Connectgen LLC has obtained a final conditional use permit for its 200-MW Pike Creek Wind project in Illinois.
The permit was awarded by Logan County Board last month, the developer said on Monday.
Caton Fenz already thought that 2022 was going to be a good year. The CEO of Houston-based ConnectGen, which builds wind and solar power plants that sell electricity to utilities, had planned to hire about five or six new workers.
Then Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act last month, and Fenz’s four-year-old company is now looking for a dozen employees.
The Western Area Power Administration approved interconnection requests for ConnectGen’s 504-MW Rail Tie wind project in Southeast Wyoming, the Houston-based renewable energy company said Tuesday.
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, or NYSERDA, on Thursday announced the selection of 22 large-scale solar and energy storage projects it says will generate $2.7 billion in private investment and move the state closer to its goal of delivering 70% renewable energy by the end of the decade.