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Exclusive: Sen. Grassley Sets The Record Straight On Trump And Wind
Regardless of the presidential outcome, the U.S. senator - the father of the production tax credit - intends to put up a fight against anyone who tries to hurt the U.S. wind industry.
NREL: How Will The Eastern U.S. Accommodate More Wind And Solar?
In a new study, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) used high-performance computing capabilities and innovative visualization tools to...
U.S. Renewable Energy Fared Quite Well In H1, Says Report
Wind and solar grew almost 25% during the first six months of 2016 compared with the first half of 2015, according to SUN DAY Campaign.
Massive Wind XI Project Gets The Go-Ahead In Iowa
With approval from the Iowa Utilities Board, MidAmerican Energy Co. is moving forward with its Wind XI project, which will add up to 2...
MAKE: Policy Clarity Negatively Impacts Long-Term Global Wind Growth
Although policy clarity in key wind markets is providing a near-term boost to MAKE's global outlook, it is also negatively impacting long-term growth, according...
How’s U.S. Distributed Wind Power Doing?
According to the DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, more than one-third of new distributed wind capacity added last year was for industrial uses.
‘Rock-Bottom’ Wind Energy Pricing Means Buying Opportunity For Utilities, Corporations
Wind energy pricing remains attractive to utility and commercial purchasers, according to an annual report released by the U.S. Department of Energy and prepared...
DOE Report Touts U.S. Wind’s Strength With 74 GW Total Capacity
According to the 2015 Wind Technologies Market Report released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, wind capacity...
Federal Lawsuit Filed Against Clean Line’s Wind Transmission Project
Arkansas landowner groups say they have "lingering doubts about the substance and merits" of the U.S. Department of Energy's approval of the Plains & Eastern Clean Line.
Study: Resource At Cape Wind May Be More Powerful, Turbulent Than Expected
Although European studies of offshore wind contend that unstable conditions occur only 20% of the time, a new study finds Cape Wind conditions may actually be unstable between 40%-80% of the time.
DOI Proposes Lease Sale For 122,405-Acre WEA Offshore North Carolina
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Ross Hopper have announced a proposed lease sale...
DOE Offers $30M To Expand U.S.–India Partnership For Clean Energy Research
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability has released a new funding opportunity for joint research on smart...
Global Wind Ownership Increasingly Becoming More Fragmented
The top 25 global wind asset owners controlled 41% of worldwide grid-connected capacity at the end of 2015 - representing a 6% decline since 2012, according to a MAKE report.
Newly Signed Energy Bill Poised To Jump-Start Offshore Wind In Mass.
Set to procure 1.6 GW of offshore wind over the next decade, the state ought to get a gold medal for "shifting our clean energy transition into high gear," according to the National Wildlife Federation.
12 Wind OEMs, 12 Criteria: Who Comes Out On Top?
A new Navigant report offers an objective assessment of the major turbine players' relative strengths and weaknesses in the global industry.
EPA’s Clean Power Plan Celebrates Its First Birthday
Today, the hashtag #CleanPowerPlan is trending on Twitter. That’s because, exactly one year ago, on Aug. 3, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
N.Y. Gets Green Light On 50% By 2030 Clean Energy Standard
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, D-N.Y., says that the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved the state’s clean energy standard, which will require...
Mass. Legislature Passes Nation’s Largest Offshore Wind Bill To Date
The new bill requires utilities to procure 1,600 MW of offshore wind, accelerating the Bay State's adoption of renewable resources and opening the door to the U.S. commercial offshore wind market.
Alliant Energy Invests $1B To Expand Iowa Wind Presence
Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Alliant Energy, along with Gov. Terry Branstad, has announced an investment of approximately $1 billion to expand its wind operations in...
AWEA Q2 Report Finds Wind Investment Growing, Industry ‘Thriving’
Having emerged from several years of policy uncertainty, wind energy is now on track to grow from supplying around 5% of U.S. electricity today to 20% by 2030, says AWEA.