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AEP Issues RFP for Wind, Solar Power Projects
AEP Energy Partners (AEPEP), a subsidiary of American Electric Power Co., is seeking proposals for offtake from new solar and new or repowered wind...
Offshore Wind: ‘If We Blow It, We Won’t Catch Up’
Citing findings in a new IEA report, Offshore Wind Outlook 2019, the Business Network for Offshore Wind contends that other countries are sprinting ahead...
Wind Power O&M Expenditures Set to Boom
According to a new report by IHS Markit, U.S. wind power operations and maintenance (O&M) annual spending is expected to increase to more than...
U.S. Wind Power Hits 100 GW
There is now more than 100 GW of wind energy operating across the U.S. - enough to power 32 million American homes - according...
Massachusetts Goes With Mayflower Wind
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has selected Mayflower Wind Energy LLC - a joint venture of Shell New Energies US LLC and EDPR Offshore North...
Lawmakers Seek To Boost Federal Wind R&D Funding
U.S. Sens. Tina Smith, D-Minn., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, have introduced bipartisan legislation that would renew and expand the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE)...
Senvion Reaches M&A Deal With Siemens Gamesa
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has reached an agreement to acquire selected European assets of Senvion Group for EUR 200 million.
The assets included in...
Report: Wind PPA Prices Are On The Rise
LevelTen has released its Q3 2019 PPA Pricing Index, which includes U.S. wind and solar power purchase agreement (PPA) price breakdowns during the quarter,...
Pattern Development, Henvey Inlet First Nation Complete 300 MW Ontario Project
Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern Development) and Nigig Power Corp. have announced the completion of the 300 MW Henvey Inlet Wind power facility in...
Iowa State Researchers Study Wind Blade De-Icing
Engineers at Iowa State University are studying the icing of wind turbine blades in an effort to improve power production of wind energy in...
Connecticut Offshore Wind Bids Roll In
Several developers have publicly announced their bids in response to Connecticut's new offshore wind solicitation.
In August, Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection released...
Berkeley Lab: Expected Useful Life Of Wind Farms Keeps Rising
A national lab study says the expected useful life of U.S. wind projects has increased to 30 years.
The findings come from a new paper...
Report: Texas Wind On Track To Outpace Coal For Electricity In 2020
In 2020, the state of Texas is expected to get more of its electricity from wind power than from coal, according to new findings...
Dominion Energy Proposes 2.6 GW Offshore Wind Project
Virginia-based utility Dominion Energy has proposed an offshore wind project totaling more than 2.6 GW.
If approved, the 220-turbine project would be located 27 miles...
Report: Renewable Resources Now Beat New Gas Plants On Price
The economics guiding U.S. investments in electricity generation have reached a historic tipping point: Combinations of solar, wind, storage, efficiency and demand response are...
Is It Time For Renewable Energy MLPs?
On June 13, U.S. Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kan., and Mike Thompson, D-Calif., together with U.S. Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., re-introduced...
BNEF: Global Renewables Capacity Set To Have Quadrupled In Past Decade
Global investment in new renewable energy capacity over this decade - 2010 to 2019 inclusive - is on course to hit $2.6 trillion, with...
Wells Fargo’s Hopkins: As Renewable Tax Credits Phase Out, Industry Must Develop New Financing...
Earlier this year, Wells Fargo announced leadership changes for its renewable energy and environmental finance business. Phil Hopkins, who co-led the group with Barry...
Facebook To Purchase Power From Aviator Wind In Texas
Facebook plans to purchase an approximately 200 MW portion of the 525 MW Aviator Wind project in Texas.
Aviator Wind, being developed by Apex Clean...
NREL Predicts Accelerated Offshore Wind Growth Over Next Decade
In 2018, the U.S. offshore wind project development and operational pipeline grew 1.4% to a potential generating capacity of 25,824 MW, according to a...