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Vestas Closing Wind Turbine Nacelle Plant In Italy
Vestas is shuttering its nacelle assembly factory in Taranto, Italy. According to the company, 120 employees at the factory, including management, are expected...
Capstone Completes Acquisition Of Renewable Energy Developers
Capstone Infrastructure Corp. has acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Renewable Energy Developers Inc. (RED). RED, formerly Sprott Power...
Exelon’s Continental Wind LLC Closes $613M Senior Secured Notes Sale
Exelon Corp. reports that its indirect subsidiary Continental Wind LLC has closed a non-recourse project financing consisting of $613 million in 6% senior...
Siemens In Process Of Cutting 15,000 Jobs Worldwide
Siemens AG has revealed details about its ongoing plans to make 'workforce adjustments' as part of its Siemens 2014 initiative, a previously instituted...
Survey: 75% Of New Jerseyans Want In-State Offshore Wind
The Sierra Club has released a new poll conducted by Monmouth University showing strong public support for developing more renewable energy, including offshore...
First-Half U.S. Wind Power Production Up 20% Year-Over-Year
U.S. energy production from wind power grew 20.14% in the first six months of this year compared to the same time frame in...
BOEM To Assess Competitive Interest In West Coast Offshore Wind Site
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a request to determine whether there is competitive interest in leasing an area offshore...
New Nacelle Testing Facility Signs Up First Customer
The Lindoe Offshore Renewables Center (LORC) and Vestas have signed a contract to test the turbine maker's nacelles at a new facility in...
Vestas And Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Form Offshore Wind Joint Venture
Vestas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) have agreed to form a joint venture (JV) dedicated to offshore wind energy. The announcement comes...
Regulators OK Minnesota Power’s Plan To Add Wind, Reduce Coal
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved Minnesota Power's 2013 resource plan, which includes adding 200 MW of wind energy to the utility's...
Pattern Energy Group IPO Stock Starts Trading
Pattern Energy Group Inc. has announced the pricing of its initial public offering (IPO) of 16 million shares of its Class A common...
Could Renewable Energy Save Utilities Billions?
Incorporating high levels of wind and solar power into the Western Interconnection grid, which includes 13 U.S. states and some parts of Canada...
EDPR North America Drops 300 MW Wind Project In Oregon
EDP Renewables North America (EDPR) has asked regulators to withdraw its siting application for the Antelope Ridge wind farm, a 300 MW project...
Market Slowdown Will Cause Wind To Fall Behind Solar For The First Time
This year is set to be the first in which solar has added more megawatts of capacity than wind, according to a new...
EPA Honors 24 Organizations For Green Power Efforts
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has presented its 13th annual Green Power Leadership Awards to 21 Green Power Partners and three suppliers...
Blade Manufacturer LM Wind Power To Expand Into South Africa
Wind turbine blade maker LM Wind Power has announced intentions to expand its manufacturing base to the African continent. In 2011, LM Wind...
IHS Report: Why Full-Power Wind Converters Aren’t Overtaking The Market Yet
The global market for utility-scale onshore wind converters continues to be led by doubly fed (DFIG) converters, according to a new report from...
Toshiba Corp. Enters Wind Development Business
Toshiba Corp. has announced that it will enter the wind development space by acquiring Sigma Power Janex Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Janex...
Massachusetts Utilities File 565 MW Wind Energy Plan
Massachusetts' four utility companies have jointly filed contracts with state regulators for a total 565 MW of wind energy. According to the Gov....
GMP And Regulators Reach Bat Protection Agreement For Vermont Wind Farm
The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and Green Mountain Power (GMP) have agreed on a plan through which the utility will minimize the...