US electric utility American Electric Power (AEP) has approvals from regulators to move ahead and complete construction of at least 60% of its near-1.5GW North Central wind expansion for by the fourth quarter 2021.
The company’s progress on the giant build-out in south-west of the country, confirmed to Recharge, is good news for a wind industry struggling with Covid-19 impacts that have put 25GW in project investments worth $35bn at risk, plus 35,000 of 120,000 industry jobs, according to trade body the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).
