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Mark Del Franco
Focusing on all aspects of the wind industry, Mark Del Franco has served as editor of North American Windpower magazine since 2008. From the ongoing saga of the production tax credit to the development of the U.S. offshore wind industry to Ontario's feed-in tariff struggles, Del Franco has covered it all in U.S. and Canada.
REpower Plunges Into Ontario Wind Market With New Manufacturing Plant
REpower Systems, a subsidiary of Suzlon Group, says it will build - or retrofit - a rotor-blade manufacturing facility in southern Ontario as...
Updated: AWEA’s Bode Resigns, Gramlich Named Interim CEO
Denise Bode, chief executive officer at the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), will resign the post and return to private practice as a...
DOE Offshore Wind Grants Provide Impetus To Get ‘Steel In The Water’
The DOE provided a major boost for the fledgling offshore wind industry by announcing grants for seven U.S. offshore wind projects to ensure...
Candidate Vows To Fix Ontario’s ‘Broken’ Energy Planning System
When it comes to engaging the community and eliciting public support, Liberal Party hopeful Glen Murray says Ontario wind energy developers have done...
Baucus Working Feverishly To Extend Wind Energy PTC This Year
With the production tax credit (PTC) for wind energy set to expire on Dec. 31, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., says he is working...
Alberta Primed For ‘Once In A Decade’ Wind Energy Opportunity
While oil and gas remain primary components of Alberta's energy mix, wind power has a once-in-a-decade opportunity to play a more central role...
Big Election Night For Wind Energy, But Challenges Lie Ahead
President Barack Obama beat back a spirited challenge from former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to win re-election in a tightly contested presidential race....
Canada’s Wind Turbine Health Study Draws Criticism From Industry
An effort by the Canadian government to study the impact of wind turbine noise on human health has gotten off to a rocky...
CanWEA: Ontario Wind Energy ‘Can Never Assume Community Support’
Ontario's wind energy capacity has grown dramatically over the past five years. Despite this success, the province's wind power market has been plagued...
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty Steps Down, Leaving Province’s Wind Energy Future Uncertain
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty - one of the chief architects of the province's Green Energy Act (GEA), which established a feed-in tariff for...
New Rule Could Lead To More Wind Energy Curtailment In Midwest
New market rules that take effect next week in Southwest Power Pool's (SPP) footprint figure to significantly impact new wind farms being placed...
With Sharpened Industry Focus, Is OSHA Coming To A Wind Farm Near You?
For years, the wind power industry maintained that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) did not understand the nuances of wind energy...
New York Procurement Delay Frustrates Wind Energy Developers
The New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) - the agency that administers the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS) for the...
More PTC Fallout: Katana Summit Will Close If It Doesn’t Find A Buyer
Katana Summit says it will close its two manufacturing plants in Columbus, Neb., and Ephrata, Wash., if a buyer does not materialize for...
Hit The Road! AWEA Shows The Door To Exelon Following Anti-PTC Tactics
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has removed Chicago-based Exelon Corp. from its membership ranks after learning that Exelon lobbied Congress to kill...
Contemplating A Vestas Marriage: Money, Strategy And Legal Loopholes
Embattled wind turbine maker Vestas has been the subject of numerous takeover rumors over the past few years and has been suspected as...
Recent Wind Industry Layoffs Likely To Have Long-Term Ramifications
The recent spate of wind industry layoffs could have significant long-term ramifications for research and development (R&D) and the quest to lower the...
Edison’s Broken Bow Wind Project Nears Completion
Edison Mission Group's (EMG) 80 MW Broken Bow Wind Project, located in Custer County, Neb., is nearing completion, Charley Parnell, the company's vice...
juwi Wind Shutters Ohio Office, Looks Toward Canada
Developer juwi Wind has terminated the four remaining staffers at its Cleveland-based wind development office, officially completing a move that began in 2010,...
Wind Energy Jobs, PTC Become Top White House Priorities
The U.S. wind energy industry is already painfully aware of the consequences stemming from a possible expiration of the production tax credit (PTC),...