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Done Deal: Oklahoma’s Wind Tax Credits Are Ending Soon
Citing “challenging budgetary circumstances," Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has put her signature to legislation that will kill wind production tax credits a few years early.
US Wind Tackles Viewshed Concerns For Maryland Offshore Wind Project
Vying for the Maryland offshore renewable energy credit, the wind developer has offered to move the first line of turbines farther offshore, as far as five miles to the east.
Oklahoma Senate Green-Lights Early Sunset Of Wind Tax Credits
Having passed both the House and Senate, a bill ending Oklahoma's wind tax credits on July 1 now heads to the desk of the governor, who proposed the early sunset in the first place.
Chicago Public Buildings To Be Powered Entirely By Renewables
On Sunday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a commitment to transition the city’s hundreds of municipal buildings to 100% renewable energy by 2025.
According to...
Clean Energy Day: Engineering The Next Generation
With its Clean Energy Activity Day pilot program, MassCEC is bringing clean energy technologies, including wind power, to life for elementary and middle school students across the state.
CanWEA Spring Forum: Keynote Speaker Says ‘Wind Energy’s Time Has Come’
The Canadian Wind Energy Association's (CanWEA) annual Spring Forum, held April 4-5 at the Hilton Lac-Leamy Hotel in the National Capital Region, highlighted the...
Big Wind, Solar And Transmission Investment Planned In Mountain States
Rocky Mountain Power's integrated resource plan calls for a significant commitment to wind power, including upgrading turbines and adding up to 1.1 GW of new projects by 2020.
Gamesa And Siemens Wind Power Officially Become One
With today’s registration of the combined company in the Mercantile Registry of Biscay in Spain, the big merger between Gamesa and Siemens Wind Power...
Unearthing The Footprints Of Pattern Development’s Meikle Wind
While handling road and platform excavations for the Meikle Wind project in British Columbia, the developer discovered dinosaur tracks estimated to be nearly 100 million years old.
Anheuser-Busch InBev Makes 100% Renewables Commitment
Cheers to sustainability and a clean energy future! Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, whose brands include Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois, has announced...
Trump Fires Executive Order At Obama’s Clean Power Plan
Just as he vowed to do, President Donald Trump has issued a review of the Obama administration's landmark emissions-reduction initiative. However, it's not doomsday for the renewables industry, some groups say.
AWEA, IWEA: Expect Big Things For Iowa’s Wind Industry
By continuing to grow the state’s thriving wind industry, more than 17,000 wind-related jobs could be in Iowa by 2020, according to recent Navigant...
U.S. Senator Blasts ‘Unreliable’ Wind, Says No To Clean Line Contract
Speaking out against buying power from the Plains & Eastern Clean Line, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander claimed that the TVA's previous experiences with wind power showed how “unreliable” the energy source can be.
AWEA: Ohio Wind Industry In Jeopardy Under Proposed Bill
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) is speaking out against a proposed Ohio bill that the group says would reduce the state’s renewable portfolio...
Xcel Energy Proposes Another Hefty U.S. Wind Expansion
The Minneapolis-based company is seeking to bring 1,230 MW of wind power to Texas and New Mexico. Just last week, Xcel also announced big wind plans for the Upper Midwest.
Nordex Appoints New CEO After ‘Disappointing’ Market Forecast
The supervisory board of German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has appointed Jose Luis Blanco to succeed Lars Bondo Krogsgaard as CEO of the company.
Nordex...
Avangrid Emerges Victorious In $9M North Carolina Offshore Wind Sale
After 17 rounds, a wind energy area of 122,405 acres offshore Kitty Hawk, N.C., received a bid of $9,066,650 from Avangrid Renewables LLC.
Oklahoma House Says Yes To Early Phaseout Of Wind Tax Credits
On March 9, Oklahoma’s House of Representatives passed H.B.2298, which would end the state’s production tax credit for wind energy production three-and-a-half years earlier...
Corporate Purchasers vs. State Mandates: What Will Drive Renewables Demand?
New market entrants, including corporate purchasers, are now primary drivers of renewable energy demand in the U.S., says a new Moody's report.
BOEM Announces Offshore Wind Action In The Northeast
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) says it has received unsolicited lease requests from two companies looking to...