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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.
Citing PTC Uncertainty, Vestas Lays Off Workers At Colorado Manufacturing Facility
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has announced that due to uncertainty surrounding the extension of the wind energy production tax credit (PTC), it...
Adversaries No More: The Defense Department’s Mighty Wind Energy Plans
Ever since the earliest turbines were installed in California in the 1980s, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has had an unfavorable view...
Is Treasury More Closely Scrutinizing Cash-Grant Applications?
Western Wind Energy Corp. recently announced that it had received a Section 1603 cash grant in the amount of $78.3 million for its...
Exclusive: Sen. Udall Calls For The PTC’s Immediate Extension
Since he pledged to fight for the extension of the federal production tax credit (PTC) back in June, Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., has...
Colorado’s Former Governor Says State Will Be Impacted If PTC Stalls
Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter - who was instrumental in putting the building blocks in place for both wind development and the associated...
Battle Lines Drawn In Michigan Over Renewable Portfolio Standard
A Michigan group is preparing to meet a July 9 deadline to obtain enough signatures to support a ballot proposal that would raise...
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Tom Carper To ‘Work Like A Demon’ To Pass ITC
As the steady drumbeat to extend the expiring production tax credit (PTC) washes over the wind industry, the investment tax credit (ITC) -...
Whoa, Canada! U.S. Wind Energy Companies Look To The North
The uncertainty surrounding the extension of the production tax credit (PTC) for wind power in the U.S. has led some developers and suppliers...
Rove vs. Gibbs: Political Motivations Mar PTC Extension Debate
The highly anticipated debate between Karl Rove, former deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to President George W. Bush, and Robert Gibbs,...
WINDPOWER 2012 Opens Amid Exciting But Challenging Times
As the American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA) WINDPOWER 2012 Conference and Exhibition convenes this week in Atlanta, the wind industry finds itself at...
PTC Concerns Dominate WINDPOWER 2012 Opening Session
The opening session of the American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA) WINDPOWER 2012 Conference & Exhibition focused heavily on the imminent expiration of the...
DOC Slaps Countervailing Duties On Chinese Wind Turbine Tower Producers
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued a preliminary determination that the Chinese government provided massive subsidies to Chinese producers of utility-scale...
Massive Repowering Effort Under Way In Birthplace Of U.S. Wind Energy
The wind power industry's largest-ever repowering effort is well under way at enXco's Shiloh IV wind farm in Solano County, Calif. enXco is...
Ports Do Their Part In Wind Energy PTC Message Delivery
A consortium of ports - including the Port of Vancouver USA (POV) and the Port of San Diego - has written to the...
Safety Trumps Production At Duke Energy’s Notrees Wind Farm
Duke Energy's 153 MW Notrees Wind Farm recently celebrated more than three years without a recorded safety incident since construction on the project...
Vestas’ V112-3.0 MW Wind Turbine Set For North American Debut
The first North American installation of the Vestas V112-3.0 MW wind turbine is scheduled to begin later this month at EDP Renewables' (EDPR)...
Pattern Energy Takes ‘Surgical Approach’ To Eagle Mitigation
San Francisco-based developer Pattern Energy has devised a program that combines cutting-edge technology with a human element in order to mitigate a California...
Ontario Government Faces Second Massive Offshore Wind Energy Lawsuit
Last September, Toronto-based Trillium Power filed a $2.25 billion lawsuit against the Ontario government in response to its moratorium on offshore wind power...
Should The Wind Industry Push For A PTC Phase-Out?
In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., suggested that the wind industry might be better served by a multiyear gradual...
UTC’s Clipper Sale Underscores Harsh Wind Power Market Realities
Hartford, Conn.-based United Technologies Corp. (UTC) announced on March 15 that it was selling off Carpinteria, Calif.-based wind turbine manufacturer Clipper Windpower as...