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New Mexico College Uses Federal Funding To Train Students In Wind Energy
The North American Wind Research and Training Center at Tucumcari, N.M.-based Mesalands Community College has announced that it has used funds received under...
BlueScout Technologies Makes Layoffs, Says ‘Viability Dependent On Securing Capital’
Chantilly, Va.-based BlueScout Technologies (formerly Catch the Wind), a provider of predictive optical control systems for the wind energy industry, says it has...
Wind Gear Manufacturer Moventas Planning ‘Temporary Layoffs’
Wind and industrial gear manufacturer and service provider Moventas Gears Oy says it will issue 'temporary' layoffs next week in order to 'match...
Texas Breaks Another Wind Energy Integration Record
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) says it achieved a new wind power integration record of 8.638 GW on Dec. 25 at...
Renewable Energy Deployment Posts Strong Increase In U.K.
Renewable energy is powering forward in the U.K., according to the 2012 update to the Renewable Energy Roadmap, which was recently released by...
UMass Receives Funding For Wind Energy Research
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) has awarded a $260,000 grant to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Lowell's Wind Energy Research Group. The...
GL Group, DNV To Merge
GL Group - a provider of classification, verification and engineering consulting services to the renewable energy, maritime and fossil-fuel industries - is merging...
Q3 Wind Speeds Were Below Average In North America
AWS Truepower LLC, a provider of renewable energy consulting and information services, has released its quarterly analytical Wind Trends Bulletins for Europe, India,...
Southwest Power Pool Breaks Wind Energy Penetration Record
At one point during the evening of Dec. 2, 30.2% of Southwest Power Pool's (SPP) power generation came from wind energy - a...
New ‘Offshore WindHub’ To Serve As Resource For Nascent Offshore Wind Industry
The U.S. Offshore Wind Collaborative (USOWC) has released its Offshore WindHub, an information portal designed for stakeholders in the developing U.S. offshore wind...
NextEra Energy Resources Achieves 10 GW Milestone
With the dedication of the 400 MW Limon Wind Project in Colorado, NextEra Energy Resources LLC says it has commissioned 10 GW of...
NRG Energy Completes Merger With GenOn Energy
NRG Energy Inc. and GenOn Energy Inc. have officially completed their merger, thus creating the largest competitive power generator in the U.S., according...
Chinese Court Expected To Hold Additional Hearing On AMSC-Sinovel Case
AMSC says it expects China's Supreme People's Court to hold an additional hearing regarding AMSC's case against Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd. regarding...
Western Wind Energy Extends Loan Due Dates
Western Wind Energy Corp. says it has extended C$25 million in short-term notes to various extended due dates up to and including April...
New Permitting Road Maps Released For Offshore Wind Power Development In Maine
Following last week's U.S. Department of Energy awards to two Maine offshore wind engineering, site evaluation and planning projects, the Maine Composites Alliance,...
European Commission Awards 1.2 Billion Euros To Renewable Energy Projects
The European Commission (EC) has awarded over 1.2 billion euros in funding to 23 innovative renewable energy demonstration projects. The projects cover a...
Shermco Industries Acquired By Asset Management Firm
Shermco Industries Inc. - a provider of testing, maintenance, repair, engineering, training and commissioning services for low-, medium- and high-voltage electrical equipment, motors...
New Memorial Fund’s Proceeds To Be Used For Offshore Wind Technology
The University of Maine has formed the Matthew R. Simmons Memorial Fund at the school's Advanced Structures and Composites Center. Seeded with $250,000,...
First Wind Scholarship Program Opens For Fourth Year
Boston-based wind developer First Wind says that applications are available for its annual scholarship program. As part of the 2013 program, as many...
TVA Demonstrates Wind Power Leadership in 2012
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) says it added more than 1,100 MW of installed capacity from seven wind power sites this year. The...