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FERC Approves Reliability Standard VSL
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) completed the penalty-setting matrix for violations of mandatory electric reliability standards when it approved assignments of violation...
Xcel Energy Files To Expand Colorado Windsource
Denver-based Xcel Energy has filed with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission for changes to its Windsource program in Colorado that will allow the...
Helimax Contributes To WESNet Research Fund
Helimax, a wind energy consulting firm based in Montreal, has announced its financial and intellectual participation in the Wind Energy Strategic Network (WESNet),...
Karish Electronics Establishes Office In California
Karish Electronics, a distributor of wind parts and components, has established an office in Orange, Calif. The company was founded in 1994 by...
Duke Energy Expands Wind Operations With Acquisition
Charlotte, N.C.-based Duke Energy has acquired Catamount Energy Corp. from funds affiliated with private equity firm Diamond Castle Holdings LLC. According to Duke...
Hawaiian Electric Co. RFP
Hawaiian Electric Co. has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for up to 100 MW of renewable energy. The RFP allows bidders to...
HTS Transmission Cable System Commissioned
Hauppauge, N.Y.-based American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC), Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy have announced the commissioning of the...
FERC: U.S. Needs New Electricity Generation, Transmission
Higher fuel prices, increased capital costs and continued uncertainty about climate policy are helping fuel the rising costs of electricity faced by consumers...
Garrad Hassan Opens Four Additional Offices
Garrad Hassan Group, a global provider of products and services for the wind industry, has announced the opening of four new offices. In...
Atlantic Energy Solutions And Tradition Energy Form Alliance
Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-based Atlantic Energy Solutions, an energy services company that incorporates wind, solar and other renewable resources, has formed a strategic alliance...
OSEA Polls Ontario Residents On Renewables
The Ontario Sustainable Energy Association (OSEA) has released new polling results showing a majority of Ontarians anticipate obtaining their power from renewable sources...
Wind Energy Companies Form Trade Association
Several wind energy companies have formed Wind for Illinois (WFI), a nonprofit trade association working to expand wind power in the state of...
CWind Offers New Wind Turbine Design
CWind, a subsidiary of Canada-based New World Generation, has completed testing of the company's new friction drive wind turbine. Based on data collected...
Court Rules In Favor Of Cape Wind
Barnstable Superior Court Judge Robert Kane has allowed motions by Cape Wind and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to dismiss four of five counts...
Bluewater Wind Signs PPA For 200 MW Of Offshore Wind Power
Bluewater Wind Delaware LLC, a subsidiary of Babcock & Brown, has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Delmarva Power for up...
Transmission Contractor Chosen For Top Crop, Meadow Lake
Houston-based Horizon Wind Energy has selected Chicago-based Sargent & Lundy LLC to design the 345 kV interconnection switchyards, the 345/34.5 kV project substations,...
Minneapolis Law Firm Purchases RECs
Minneapolis-based law firm Fredrikson & Byron has launched a new green initiative, Aim to Sustain, which encompasses a long-term strategy for reducing carbon...
Construction Begins At Flat Ridge Wind Farm
Topeka, Kan.-based Westar Energy Inc. and BP Alternative Energy North America Inc. plan to conduct a ground breaking ceremony today for the Flat...
Nordic Windpower Appoints New CFO
Nordic Windpower Ltd., a manufacturer of wind turbines with offices in Sweden and California, has announced that Prakash Ramachandran, a finance expert in...
Siemens To Develop Second Illinois Plant
Alpharetta, Ga.-based Siemens Energy & Automation Inc. has announced that it will invest more than $20 million to develop a second plant in...