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Siemens Turbine Rotor Blade Breaks Off At Iowa Wind Farm
A rotor blade of a Siemens SWT-2.3-108 wind turbine broke off at the Eclipse wind farm, a 200 MW project located in Guthrie...
Wells Fargo Invested $6 Billion In Green Initiatives Last Year
In 2012, Wells Fargo & Co. invested more than $6 billion in environmental financing, including for 'green' building and renewable energy projects. According...
‘World’s Largest’ Offshore Wind Farm Powers Up
DONG Energy has announced that full capacity has been reached at the 630 MW first phase of the London Array offshore wind farm,...
Judge Tosses Out Lawsuit Over Canceled Wind Power Contract
A federal judge has dismissed a $103 million lawsuit filed by developer EDF Renewable Energy, formerly named enXco, against Minneapolis-based utility Xcel Energy...
Mass. Lawmakers Urge Energy Department To Approve Cape Wind Loan Guarantee
The entire Massachusetts congressional delegation, including the state's nine U.S. representatives and two U.S. senators, has sent a joint letter to the U.S....
IRS: PTC Will Be Worth Slightly More In 2013
Wind developers have received a touch of good news, as the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that the federal production tax credit...
Wind Market Report: Latin America Poised To Outgrow North America
The Americas region will add nearly 92 GW of new wind power capacity from 2013 to 2020, but the rate of growth will...
Are The Feds Holding Wind Developers To A Double Standard?
For more than a decade, wind developers have been notified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that their wind projects may...
NCPA Study Evaluates U.S. Mining Potential Of Rare-Earth Materials
The U.S. must reform its mine permit process and safety regulations to get to the vast underground resources of rare-earth materials that could...
Finavera Intends To Issue Shares, Appoints VP Of Finance
Finavera Wind Energy Inc. has announced that it intends to issue 200,955 shares for the settlement of an aggregate of $42,200 of debt...
Vestas Turbine Catches Fire At Ontario Wind Farm
A Vestas V-80 turbine caught fire on Tuesday at the Kingsbridge 1 wind farm, located north of Goderich, Ontario. Alberta-based utility Capital Power,...
BP Announces Plans To Sell U.S. Wind Business
Conglomerate BP says it will divest its U.S. wind portfolio - more than 2.6 GW of installed capacity - in order to focus...
State Report Verifies Sheffield Wind Project Is Safe For Nearby Water
Boston-based First Wind says that, for the second year in a row, the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources' Biomonitoring and Aquatic Studies Program...
USDA Seeking Applications For Rural Renewable Energy Projects
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack says the USDA is seeking applications to provide assistance to agricultural producers and rural small...
HELUKABEL Opens Canadian Sales And Distribution Facility
HELUKABEL, a manufacturer of cable, wire and cable accessories, has announced that its North American operations are growing with the opening of its...
As Focus Shifts To O&M, Duke Energy Renewables Leaps Into Services Market
According to IHS Emerging Energy Research, annual expenditures of wind farm operations and maintenance (O&M) will exceed $5.6 billion by 2025 - more...
Vast Majority Of Indiana Residents Support Wind Development
Residents in Indiana are 'overwhelmingly' open to the development of wind farms, according to research from Purdue University. Linda Prokopy, an associate professor...
Poll Shows Americans Want More Emphasis On Domestic Renewable Energy
A majority of Americans want the U.S. to place more emphasis on the domestic production of renewable energy than on that of oil,...
Midwest Wind Energy Exits Project Development, Sells Off Portfolio
Illinois-based Midwest Wind Energy (MWE) will no longer actively develop wind farms and has sold the majority of its project development portfolio to...
Vestas Investigates V52 Turbine Collapse At Ireland Wind Farm
Turbine manufacturer Vestas says a 'thorough investigation' will begin to determine the factors that led to the collapse of its V52 850 kW...