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IRENA: Nearly 10 Million Employed In Renewables Sector In 2016
More than 9.8 million people were employed in the renewable energy sector in 2016, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy...
GE Chosen To Provide Cybersecurity For Invenergy Fleet
GE Renewable Energy says it has inked a cybersecurity agreement with clean energy provider Invenergy not only to secure Invenergy’s wind turbine fleet, but...
GE Marks Milestones For Repowering Wind, Investing In Renewables
GE Energy Financial Services, a business unit of GE, has surpassed $15 billion in renewable energy investments across wind, solar and other renewable energy...
Wind Intelligence Firm MAKE Scooped Up By Verisk Analytics
MAKE, a research and advisory business for renewable energy, has been acquired by Verisk Analytics, a Jersey City, N.J.-based data analytics provider.
MAKE, which specializes...
United Wind Teams With Ag Consulting Firm For Distributed Wind Solutions
Distributed wind company United Wind Inc. has announced a partnership with an accounting and consulting firm for the food and agriculture industry. Under the partnership, United Wind will analyze and customize WindLease solutions for selected clients across the U.S.
Blattner Celebrates 5 GW Of Installed Renewables In 2016
Avon, Minn.-headquartered Blattner Energy Inc., a power generation contractor and provider of renewable energy construction in North America, installed approximately 5 GW of renewable...
Sixteen Trends That Will Buoy U.S. Wind Power Into The 2020s
The head of the American Wind Energy Association lays out a slew of industry, market and policy trends that will outlive the wind production tax credit after its phaseout.
Sierra Club Names Its First All-Female Board Executive Committee
For the first time in the Sierra Club’s 125-year history, the group has elected an all-female board executive committee.
The Sierra Club’s board of directors...
Offshore Wind Investor LEGO Shatters 100% Renewables Goal
Having supported the development of more than 160 MW of renewable energy since 2012, the LEGO Group has achieved its 100% renewable energy target...
Suzlon Highlights ‘Another Profitable Year’
Suzlon Group has announced its audited quarterly (Q4 FY17) and annual (FY17) results, showing an all-time-high commissioning for the company: In FY17, Suzlon installed...
Vestas Goes With Portugal For Newest R&D Center
Vestas is opening up a new engineering design center in Porto, Portugal, in order to strengthen the company’s research and development (R&D) capabilities.
The new...
U.S. Takes Hit In ‘Attractiveness’ Ranking For Renewables
The U.S. is no longer the most enticing renewable energy market for investors, according to EY’s latest Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI). China...
Hefty U.S. Wind Portfolio Scooped Up By Global Investor
London-headquartered Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, a global investment manager specializing in low-carbon and renewable energy infrastructure assets, has acquired Scout Clean Energy, a Colorado-based developer...
Carbon-Cutting DTE Energy To Bring In ‘Substantially More’ Renewables
As part of a new plan to reduce its carbon emissions by more than 80% by 2050, Detroit-based DTE Energy will incorporate “substantially more”...
Energy Groups To Perry: Diverse Energy Sources Do Enhance Grid Reliability
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), along with the Solar Energy Industries Association, Advanced Energy Economy and the American Council on Renewable Energy, has...
WoWE Becomes ‘Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy’
In order to reflect its expansion of programs beyond wind power, Women of Wind Energy (WoWE) is now Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable...
Global Wind Market Trends Shaken Up By China
Due to a decrease in activity in China, the number of new wind installations was down compared with 2015. In addition, Vestas took back the No. 1 turbine supplier spot from Goldwind.
Joint Industry Project To Improve Site Assessment Of Offshore Wind Farms
DNV GL is inviting stakeholders to a joint industry project (JIP) aimed at improving the collection and assessment of data at offshore wind farms.
With...
EDF EN Acquiring Stake In Onshore Wind Company Futuren
EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN) has reached a full and final agreement with the controlling shareholders of onshore wind company Futuren to purchase a...
Nordex: First-Quarter Results ‘In Line’ With Expectations
The Nordex Group has reported sales and earnings that were in line with guidance during the first quarter ended March 31.
Nordex reported a modest 2%...