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WWEA: Global Wind Expected To Reach 500 GW By Year-End
The World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) Half-year Report has found that worldwide wind capacity reached 456,486 MW by the end of June, out of...
Siemens Turbine Fails At Sempra’s Auwahi Wind Complex
On Sunday, Oct. 2., components of a Siemens 3.0 MW direct-drive wind turbine inexplicably separated from the tower and fell to the ground at the 21 MW Auwahi Wind complex in Hawaii.
With New Milestone Reached, Paris Agreement To Take Effect Soon
The European Union has formally joined the Paris Agreement, which has now surpassed an emissions threshold needed to make the climate deal official.
With the...
Canada Has A New Plan For Slashing Carbon Pollution, But Not Everyone Is On...
The government has laid out a new carbon pricing approach that CanWEA says will spur renewable energy generation into the country's grid. However, a few provinces have spoken out against the proposal.
It’s A Yes: Colorado PUC Makes Decision On Xcel’s Rush Creek Wind Giant
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved a broadly supported settlement that will allow Xcel Energy to develop, own and operate the 600...
DOE: The Falling Prices And Climbing Deployment Of Clean Technologies
A recent DOE report highlighting the accelerated deployment of clean energy technologies, including wind turbines, states that land-based wind accounted for 41% of all new capacity brought online in 2015.
Clean Power Plan Heard In Court; Renewables Groups Stay Confident
Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments for and against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power...
Wind Industry ‘Shocked’ As Ontario Halts LRP Mechanism
The decision will halt procurement of over 1,000 MW of wind and other renewables in order to save nearly C$3.8 billion in electricity system costs relative to Ontario’s 2013 Long-Term Energy Plan forecast.
Slew Of Vestas Turbines Ordered For 2 GW Iowa Project
Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order from MidAmerican Energy Co., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, for 214 MW of V110-2.0 MW...
Utility Puts Out Massive RFP For More Midwest Wind Energy
Open to projects interconnecting in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, Xcel Energy's RFP could bring up to 1,500 MW of new wind power to customers.
World Energy Council Explains ‘How To Get It Right’ With Renewables Integration
Renewables, including hydro, now account for over 30% of the total global installed power generation capacity and 23% of total global electricity production, according...
Clean Line Takes Illinois Wind Transmission Project Dismissal To Court
Clean Line Energy, along with a number of other entities, is asking the Illinois Supreme Court to appeal a decision that reversed the approval of the 500-mile Rock Island Clean Line.
U.S. Wind Developer Noble Environmental Power Files For Bankruptcy
Essex, Conn.-based Noble Environmental Power LLC (NEP), a renewable energy company that owns and operates 726 MW of wind projects in New York and...
Feds’ Desert Renewables Plan Called ‘A Model T In A Tesla World’
Coalition says the BLM's Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan reverses course on clean energy development, rendering 3 million acres that had been available for wind and solar development off limits.
Experts Anticipate Significant Cost Reductions For Wind Energy
A new Berkeley Lab study shows that technology advancements, such as bigger and more efficient turbines, are expected to lower wind energy costs between 24% to 30% by 2030 and 35% to 41% by 2050.
Federal Agencies Unveil New Strategy To Spur U.S. Offshore Wind
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Interior (DOI) have released a publication on a collaborative, strategic plan to continue accelerating the...
Emerging UAS Industry To Help Young U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Forge Ahead
In addition to operations and maintenance and pre-construction surveying, drones can be used to help detect listed species, such as the North Atlantic right whale, around offshore wind sites.
Xcel Energy Reaches Settlement On 600 MW Rush Creek
Minneapolis-headquartered Xcel Energy and multiple parties have agreed to a settlement that would allow Xcel to build, own and operate the 600 MW Rush...
U.S., China Officially Get On Board The Paris Agreement
More than 190 countries decided to adopt the agreement, which sets a goal of limiting a global warming increase to “well below” 2 degrees C and could include the development of renewable energy.
Enbridge, Spectra Merge In Massive $28B Energy Infrastructure Deal
The combined entity will form North America’s largest energy infrastructure company, with a renewables and an alternative energy portfolio totaling approximately 2,000 MW.