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Europe Makes Big Offshore Wind Commitment

The governments of Germany, Belgium and Denmark came together with industry partners this week to commit to deploying 60 GW of offshore wind power...
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Report: Challenges, Trends Facing Wind Industry Over Next 12 Months

A new report, launched by wind consultancy K2 Management and specialist insurance broker JLT Specialty Ltd., has identified key challenges and trends that are...
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Town Council Pushes For Offshore Wind In Gulf Of Maine

Despite the president’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, town councilors in New Hampshire are trying to take action on climate...
oklahoma

Turbine Blade Fails At NextEra Oklahoma Wind Farm

The blade on one of the GE 1.7 MW turbines at the Breckinridge Wind Energy Center will need to be replaced, says project owner NextEra.
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Spanish Telecommunications Company Commits To 100% Renewables

Spain-based telecommunications company Telefonica is upping its renewable energy goal of 50% by 2020 to 100% by 2030. The company, a new member of RE100,...
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Kansas City Power & Light To Retire Coal Units, Look Toward Wind

Kansas City Power & Light Co. (KCP&L) is planning to retire six generating units at the company’s Montrose, Lake Road and Sibley coal plants. In 2015,...

Forest Service Issues Record Of Decision On TransWest Express

After almost seven years of interagency and stakeholder collaboration and environmental analysis, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has released its final records of decision...

Wind To The Rescue: Underfunded Oklahoma Schools Benefit From Project Revenue

Oklahoma has been facing significant cuts to its education budget in recent years, but property tax revenue from local wind farms has helped keep several public schools above water.
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Wind Energy Fully Powers Third SC Johnson Site

Furthering the company’s commitment to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, SC Johnson, a manufacturer of household cleaning products, says its manufacturing site in Bay City, Mich.,...
southwest

Wind Accounts For Big Chunk Of Xcel Energy’s Southwest Mix

Xcel Energy is highlighting its newest corporate sustainability report, which shows the company’s growth in renewable energy across its eight-state service area, stretching from...
wind power

WINDPOWER 2017 Closes With Diverse Panel On Wind Trends

American wind power’s future growth will be driven by a diverse range of customers and trends, says the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), highlighting...
renewables

Report: U.S. Renewables Generation Four Decades Ahead Of Schedule

According to the SUN DAY Campaign, renewable energy's share of power generation has reached a level that the U.S. Energy Information Administration did not expect to happen for another 40 years.

Renewables-Focused DONG Energy Finds Buyer For O&G Unit

Last year, Denmark-based energy group DONG Energy announced its intention to stray away from its oil and gas (O&G) business and focus more on...
renewables

Merged Firms Officially Establish ArcVera Renewables

The combined company of V-Bar LLC and Chinook Wind LLC has officially commenced operations as ArcVera Renewables. The two announced their agreement to merge on...
anaheim

A Rundown Of AWEA’s WINDPOWER 2017

“Wind power has grown to be America’s largest source of renewable capacity because we’ve delivered on our promises," remarked AWEA CEO Tom Kiernan at this week's show in Anaheim, Calif.
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PJM Capacity Auction Procures Half A Gigawatt Of Wind

During its annual capacity auction, regional transmission organization PJM Interconnection recently procured 165,109 MW of resources for the period of June 1, 2020, to...
merger

Kansas Regulators Deny Petition For Reconsideration Of Westar, Great Plains Merger

The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) has denied the petition for reconsideration filed jointly by Great Plains Energy Inc. and Westar Energy Inc. regarding the...

IRENA: Nearly 10 Million Employed In Renewables Sector In 2016

More than 9.8 million people were employed in the renewable energy sector in 2016, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy...

GE Chosen To Provide Cybersecurity For Invenergy Fleet

GE Renewable Energy says it has inked a cybersecurity agreement with clean energy provider Invenergy not only to secure Invenergy’s wind turbine fleet, but...
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GE Marks Milestones For Repowering Wind, Investing In Renewables

GE Energy Financial Services, a business unit of GE, has surpassed $15 billion in renewable energy investments across wind, solar and other renewable energy...

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