NYSERDA, which is running the clean energy contracting for the state, is a particularly crucial entity considering both Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s clean energy agenda and the "essential" status of utilities projects even as the pandemic continues.

Mortenson to install turbines to produce 240 MW in Montana

Construction sector firms are helping corporations and utilities navigate low-cost clean-energy sources and distributed generation in a changing electricity marketplace.

While wind energy may still seem like a relatively new technology, it has matured to the point that consultants expect owners will invest about $2 billion a year to partially repower older turbines and make them more efficient. 

Chicago-based wind-generation developer Invenergy and GE Renewable Energy last month made public the construction start in Oklahoma of a 2,000-MW wind farm—set to be the largest in the U.S. and the second largest in the world.