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New York Green Bank Is Officially Open For Business
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., says the New York Green Bank has started business operations. The program is intended to stimulate private-sector financing of...
Deepwater Wind Takes ‘Leap Forward,’ Taps Alstom To Supply Rhode Island Offshore Demo
Deepwater Wind has signed an agreement for Alstom to supply the Block Island Wind Farm with five Haliade 150-6 MW offshore wind turbines....
U.S. Renewable Energy Maintains Growth In 2013
Renewable energy provided 13% of U.S. electricity generation in 2013, up from 12% in 2012 and just 8% in 2007, according to a...
Iberdrola’s Blue Creek Wind Farm Pays Ohio Counties Over $2.7M In PILOT Funds
Iberdrola Renewables has handed checks totaling over $2.7 million to local officials in Van Wert and Paulding counties, Ohio, to commemorate the first...
European Commission OKs Vestas-MHI Offshore Wind Joint Venture
Under EU merger regulation, the European Commission has approved the offshore wind joint venture (JV) between Vestas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). According...
Illinois City Buys Wind-Generated Renewable Energy Certificates
JustGreen, a subsidiary of Just Energy Group Inc., has announced that the City of Joliet, Ill., has purchased renewable energy certificates (RECs) to...
Canadian Wind Sector Sees Record Year In 2013
Canada recorded exceptionally strong growth in 2013 with a record of close to 1.6 GW of new wind energy capacity installed, placing it...
Services Provider Availon Reaches 2 GW Milestone
Availon says its portfolio of wind turbines under maintenance has reached the 2 GW milestone since its foundation in 2007. The company notes...
ZF Services Adds UpWind Solutions To Authorized Network
ZF Services LLC, the strategic after-market business unit of ZF Friedrichshafen AG in North America, has signed San Diego-based UpWind Solutions to its...
Fate Of Fishermen’s Energy Offshore Wind Pilot Hinges On Two Approvals
As New Jersey-based Fishermen's Energy awaits a New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) decision on whether it can use renewable energy certificates...
GWEC: Global Wind Installations Drop In 2013, But 2014 ‘Looks Much Brighter’
In 2013, newly installed global wind capacity dropped by almost 10 GW from 2012's figures, totaling 35.467 GW, according to a new report...
First Offshore Wind Farm Proposed For U.S. West Coast Wins Key Approval
The U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has given the green light for Principle Power Inc. to...
Senvion Suspends Offshore Wind Blade Production At Subsidiary
Senvion, formerly known as REpower, has suspended production of offshore wind turbine blades at its Germany-based PowerBlades subsidiary and is introducing short-time working...
Vestas Marks Completion Of Two-Year Turnaround Plan
In its annual financial results report, Vestas says it completed the company's two-year turnaround program at the end of 2013 and has delivered...
Wind Project Halted After Lawsuit Threat From Bird Groups
Strong opposition from two bird conservation groups has successfully halted plans for a wind turbine project at the Camp Perry Air National Guard...
New Report Maps Out Potential RPS Markets For Renewable Energy Generators
The Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) has released a new report that provides information regarding where a renewable energy generator in a particular...
DONG Wins Investment From Goldman Sachs And Others; Director Steps Down
The Danish Parliament's Finance Committee has signed off on the final implementation of the approximately $2 billion investment agreement in Dong Energy from...
Met One Instruments Acquires Atmospheric Systems Corp.
Oregon-based Met One Instruments Inc. has announced the acquisition of Atmospheric Systems Corp., a California-based provider of meteorological remote sensing using SODAR to...
U.S. Energy Department To Fund Wind Tower Research
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $2 million in funding meant to help develop taller wind turbine towers. The department says...
U.S. Wind Industry Has Record Number Of Megawatts Under Construction
As many predicted, the fallout from policy uncertainty led to a big drop in new installed wind capacity in the U.S. last year....