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Consulting Firms Establish JV To Enter U.S. Offshore Market
U.K.-based Pelagian and Boston-based Pioneer Consulting have established P2 Offshore Consulting, a new joint venture (JV) focused on providing marine consulting and management...
Mercom Report Tallies Up Wind Deals Of The Third Quarter
Total funding in the wind sector came in at $5.6 billion during the third quarter of this year (Q3'13), including venture capital (VC)...
IEA Report Suggests Wind Could Generate Almost 20% Of World’s Electricity By 2050
Wind power currently generates 2.6% of the world's electricity, but the resource could make up an 18% share by 2050, according to a...
NRG To Purchase Edison Mission Energy’s Assets For $2.6 Billion
NRG Energy Inc. has announced plans to buy most of bankrupt independent power producer Edison Mission Energy's (EME) assets for more than $2.6...
Swedish Company Buys U.S. Bearings Maker Kaydon Corp.
Sweden-based SKF Group has closed its acquisition of Kaydon Corp., a Michigan-based company that, among other things, provides bearings to the wind turbine...
New Portal Offers Local Businesses A Chance To Work On New Jersey Energy Link
The Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) has announced a new supply-chain portal meant to help local contracting and service businesses find opportunities related to...
Global Wind Market Slowly Closes In On 300 GW Milestone
Although global wind capacity reached 296.25 GW by the end of June, only 13.98 GW were added worldwide in the first six months...
U.S. Renewables Outpace Coal, Oil And Nuclear Combined
Renewable energy sources accounted for 30.03% of all new U.S. electrical generating capacity installed in the first nine months of this year, totaling...
Xcel’s Plan To Add 750 MW Of Wind Power Wins Approval
Minnesota regulators have approved Xcel Energy's proposal to add 750 MW of wind power capacity on the Upper Midwest grid. The Minnesota Public...
Statoil Abandons Offshore Wind Pilot Amid Maine’s Choppy Regulatory Waters
Citing delay, uncertainty and changes in the state's regulatory framework, Norwegian energy company Statoil says it will 'demobilize all activities and resources' associated...
SNL Report: Only One U.S. Wind Farm Came Online During The Third Quarter
The U.S. only saw one wind farm, comprising about 43 MW, enter service in the third quarter, meaning the country has installed a...
Southwest Power Pool Grid Keeps Breaking Wind Energy Records
Regional transmission organization Southwest Power Pool (SPP) reports that its eight-state market recently reached a new wind generation peak, at least its third...
Landowner To Ontario Wind Developers: ‘You Guys Did A Lousy Job’
A farmer representing the business interests of 37,000 farm families had pointed words for the actions of wind developers trying to negotiate land...
Group Claims Wind Power Is More Expensive Than Federal Reports Suggest
The Institute for Energy Research (IER), a Washington, D.C.-based group, has released a new report that claims U.S. government-funded studies ignore significant costs...
Vestas Reveals Cause Of Wind Turbine Collapse
Following a months-long investigation, Vestas has revealed why one of its turbines collapsed at an Irish wind farm on March 22. The V52...
Nebraska Utility Votes Against Adding More Wind Power This Year
Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) will not add more wind power to its generation mix this year after a proposed resolution to purchase...
The Switch Ramps Up Full-Power Converter Factory In China
The Switch and partner Scanfil, a contract manufacturer and systems supplier for professional electronics, have set up volume production of full-power wind turbine...
Consortium Readies Floating Wind Turbine For Operation In Fukushima
The consortium developing a floating wind turbine demonstration project offshore Fukushima, Japan, says its 2 MW turbine is slated to begin operation in...
BNEF: Global Clean Energy Investment Keeps Falling
Global investment in clean energy was $45.9 billion in the third quarter of this year (Q3'13), down 14% from the second quarter and...
First Wind Marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month With Pink Turbine
To show support for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Boston-based developer First Wind says it is again lighting one of its wind turbines...