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New North Dakota Program Helps Solve Wind Reclamation Issues
The North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA), in cooperation with the Public Service Commission, has developed a wind energy restoration and reclamation oversight program.
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Vestas Wins U.S. Wind Order For 2 MW And 4 MW Platforms
Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order in the U.S. for 136 MW of turbines, including both 2 MW and 4 MW platforms.
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Why Scheduling Is Important For Wind-Farm Profitability
The date on which the first profitable power flows from a new wind farm has a special place on construction schedules. It marks the...
South Dakota Puts Incentives To Work For Wind
Ranked fourth in overall wind generation potential for U.S. states by the American Wind Energy Association, South Dakota has yet to break...
BPL Repositions Grid Solutions Through Acquisition
Editor's Note: In 2008, NAW will deliver insightful news and analysis about the integration of renewable resources on the power grid in...
Utilities Turn To A “Power Prepay” For White Creek
Construction of the 205 MW White Creek Wind Project in Klickitat County, Wash., was completed at the end of November 2007, ahead of...
Quebec Reserves 500 MW “For The Regions”
In September, Hydro-Quebec released the details of 66 wind energy facility proposals submitted in response to a 2,000 MW request for proposals...
Utilities Grapple With Green Marketing
Utility green pricing programs (GPPs) have become an increasingly familiar offering across the U.S., but many utilities still have chosen not to launch...
Nova Scotia Supports Industry With Wind Maps And Approval Guidelines
The Nova Scotia Department of Energy (NSDOE), in conjunction with researchers from Universite de Moncton and the Applied Geomatics Research Group at Nova...
Wind Power Seeks Place In Coal-Powered Kentucky
The predominantly coal-powered Commonwealth of Kentucky currently has no operational utility-scale wind farms. The Department of Energy (DOE) reports on its Energy Efficiency...
Audubon Maintains Conditional Support For Wind Power
The Maine chapter of the National Audubon Society (NAS) has withdrawn its request to intervene in a Maine Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC)...
WINDPOWER 2007 Delivers Road Map For 20x’30 Vision
The American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA) WINDPOWER 2007 conference in early June provided the association with a platform to delineate both the extensive...
Haida Nation Formalizes Support For Offshore Wind Power
NaiKun Wind Development Inc., a subsidiary of Vancouver-based NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc., has made aggressive progress since March in the development of...
FERC Recognizes Favoritism In Interconnection Policy
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) officially acknowledged the unique characteristics of renewable generation facilities with its approval in April of the California...
Offshore Market Potential Ignites Aggressive Bids For REpower
Suzlon Energy A/S and AREVA Group SA have made headlines recently for their competing bids to take over Germany-based wind turbine manufacturer REpower...
CREZ Nominations Deliver 8,000 MW Panhandle Proposal
The latest phase in Texas' competitive renewable energy zone (CREZ) initiative has revealed a proposal that could help the state address a need...
Centre CORUS To Support Nordic Wind Energy Technologies
The TechnoCentre éolien Gaspésie - les �les, a Murdochville, Quebec-based organization dedicated to the advancement of Quebec's wind industry, recently inaugurated Centre CORUS,...
Utilities Anticipate A Hydrogen Future
Xcel Energy, a Minneapolis-headquartered electricity and natural gas provider, and the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently unveiled their $2...
Green Pricing Drives Interest, Not Sales
Shelton Group, a Knoxville, Tenn.-based communications agency, recently released the results of its Energy Pulse 2006 survey, which investigates energy consumption habits and...
Canadian, U.S. Wind Markets Experience Parallel Growth and Challenges
In its 2005 budget, the Canadian government committed to increasing the Wind Power Production Incentive (WPPI) program to a target of 4,000 MW...