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N.C. Counties See Boost In Renewable Energy Investments
North Carolina's clean energy policies have contributed to substantial county-level investments in renewable energy projects, according to new analysis of a recent RTI...
New Alliance Wants Legislators To Seek 100% Renewable Energy
A newly established global alliance of civil society organizations, academics, business associations and policymakers has launched a new international campaign calling upon legislators...
ZBB Energy Secures Loan Guarantee From Ex-Im Bank
ZBB Energy Corp., a developer of renewable energy power, has announced that the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) will guarantee...
PTC Update: IRS Clarifies ‘Commence Construction’ Requirements
In order to qualify for the production tax credit (PTC), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) says that renewable energy projects starting construction in...
Ontario Wind Power: Worthwhile Investment Or Expensive Waste?
Two conflicting reports have set the debate over whether Ontario's Green Energy Act (GEA) harms the region's economy. Established in 2009, the GEA...
Walmart Announces New Renewable Energy Goals
Walmart President and CEO Mike Duke has announced the company's next step on the path to achieving its goal of being supplied 100%...
Global Clean Energy Investment Sees Lowest Quarter Since 2009
Global clean energy investment in the first quarter of this year was lower than in any quarter for the past four years, according...
Community Wind Farm In Vermont Notes Production Milestone
The 10 MW Georgia Mountain Community Wind (GMCW) farm, located in Milton and Georgia, Vt., operated at a 63.7% capacity factor and produced...
Xcel Rated No. 1 Utility Provider Of Wind Energy In U.S.
Citing a newly released report from the American Wind Energy Association, Xcel Energy says it remained the No. 1 utility provider of wind...
DOE Program Puts College Students And Wind Power To The Test
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the teams selected to take part in the inaugural DOE Collegiate Wind Competition. According to...
Gov. O’Malley Signs Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act Into Law
Gov. Martin O'Malley, D-Md., signed into law on Tuesday the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013, legislation meant to create a framework...
AWEA Reveals Numbers Behind U.S. Wind Sector’s Record-Breaking Year
Did you know that in 2012, U.S. wind energy - for the first time - was the No. 1 new source of electricity...
Senate Confirms Sally Jewell As New Interior Secretary
On Wednesday, the Senate confirmed Sally Jewell to replace Ken Salazar as the secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI). President...
AES Notes 400,000 MWh Energy-Storage Milestone
AES Energy Storage says its AES Laurel Mountain facility, located in Belington, W.Va., has surpassed the 400,000 MWh mark of regulation service to...
Suzlon’s REpower Subsidiary Reaches 1 GW Mark In U.K.
Suzlon Group subsidiary REpower Systems, a manufacturer of onshore and offshore wind turbines, has reached 1 GW of installed capacity in the U.K....
Pattern’s Ocotillo Wind Project Earns Awards For Environmental Work
Pattern Energy Group LP has announced that both the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) and the California Association of Environmental Professionals have...
Renewables Made Up 82% Of New U.S. Generating Capacity In First Quarter
Renewable energy sources, including wind, solar, biomass, geothermal and hydro, accounted for 82% of all new domestic electrical generating capacity installed in the...
California Achieves Another Wind Energy Record
The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) says turbines spinning within its power grid combined to produce a new record of 4,196 MW of...
First Wind Chooses WTGservice.com Maintenance Management System
3Floorsup has announced that First Wind will adopt WTGservice.com, a Web-based maintenance management system, for in-house service operations. According to 3Floorsup, the wind-industry-specific...
Post-Fukushima, Japan Looks To Floating Offshore Wind Turbines
The Environment Ministry of Japan will begin installing two floating offshore wind turbines this summer as a way to help diversify the country's...