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New OCA Lead Consultant Makes the U.S.-Europe Connection

Michael J. Saint James has been appointed lead consultant for offshore operations with Offshore Construction Associates (OCA), an engineering and management consultancy firm that...

Capstone Infrastructure Acquires Watford Wind Facility

Capstone Infrastructure Corp., a company that owns and operates more than 500 MW of wind, hydro, solar, biomass and natural gas power across Canada, is acquiring...

EDF Places Copenhagen Wind Project Into Service

EDF Renewables North America says the 80 MW Copenhagen Wind Project, located in Lewis and Jefferson counties in upstate New York, is fully operational...
boston

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Sets Up Shop In Boston

Manufacturer and service provider MHI Vestas Offshore Wind is establishing its first U.S. office in Boston, enabling the company to focus closely on sales...

Invenergy Flips Switch On MidAmerican Energy Storage System

Renewable energy developer Invenergy has initiated commercial operations of a utility-scale battery storage system located in Knoxville, Iowa, for MidAmerican Energy. The 4 MWh...

Maxwell Rolls Out Enhanced Ultracapacitor Cell

Maxwell Technologies Inc. has debuted a new 3.0 V ultracapacitor product platform, designed to expand the energy-storage capacity of electric pitch-control systems for wind...

Xcel Inaugurates Start of Construction on Foxtail

Xcel Energy has officially broken ground on the 150 MW Foxtail Wind project, located on 35,000 acres in central North Dakota. West Fargo-based Wanzek Construction,...

Ørsted Buys Lincoln Clean Energy

Wind power developer Ørsted has acquired a 100% equity interest in Lincoln Clean Energy LLC (LCE) from I Squared Capital for $580 million. U.S.-based LCE...

Lazard Taps Skelly for Advisory Role

Lazard Ltd. has appointed Michael Skelly as a senior advisor in financial advisory, with a focus on energy, sustainability and infrastructure. Skelly, who will be...
pennsylvania

New Pennsylvania Conservative Energy Forum Pushes For ‘All Of The Above’ Approach

The Pennsylvania Conservative Energy Forum (PennCEF) has commenced operations as an organization comprising conservative individuals, organizations and businesses who want the state to develop...
texas

EDPR Inks Texas Wind PPA

EDP Renewables North America LLC, a subsidiary of EDP Renováveis SA (EDPR), has secured a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with an undisclosed buyer to...
women

New Partner Joins DOE Program To Advance Women’s Leadership In Clean Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-led U.S. Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) program has announced that the Texas A&M Energy Institute is joining...
terminate

DOE, Clean Line Go Separate Ways On Plains & Eastern Transmission

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Clean Line Energy have mutually agreed to terminate their participation agreement for Clean Line's Plains & Eastern...
new mexico

New Mexico Regulators Green-Light Xcel Wind Expansion

New Mexico regulators have approved an expansion of wind energy generation in Xcel Energy’s New Mexico and Texas service areas. According to the Minneapolis-based...
florida

Florida Utility Reflects On Two Years Of Wind Energy

Florida energy provider Gulf Power is reflecting on its extensive wind energy growth: At the beginning of 2016, the company says it became the...
clean energy

Xcel’s Clean Energy Plan Moves Forward In Colorado

On Wednesday, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) granted a request to allow Xcel Energy to model and present its Clean Energy Plan (CEP)...
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GE Secures Nearly 3 GW Of North American Wind Orders

GE Renewable Energy has secured commitments in North America for 2.9 GW of its variably rated 2.2 MW to 2.5 MW onshore wind turbine...
siemens gamesa

Siemens Gamesa Names New Executive Position For Cyber Security

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has appointed Alan Feeley its new chief cyber security officer, a new position within the company. In addition to his...

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...

AEP Ohio To Invest In Renewables Via Extended Electric Security Plan

AEP Ohio, a unit of American Electric Power (AEP), has filed a proposal with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to extend its...

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