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Developer Makes The Case For Urban Wind Energy Development
Kruger Energy's 100 MW Monteregie wind farm, located 20 km outside of Montreal, is surely opening a lot of eyes - mainly because...
AWEA: PTC Deadline Propels U.S. Wind Energy Industry To New Record
Thanks, in part, to the looming expiration of the federal production tax credit, the U.S. wind energy industry installed 13.124 GW of capacity...
Can Brazil Maintain Its Rock-Bottom Wind Energy Prices?
Brazil's latest wind energy auction, held last December, produced some of the lowest prices for wind power generation outside of China: The A-5...
First Wind Launches Program To Protect Endangered Species At Wind Project Sites
Boston-based developer First Wind says it has begun work on a habitat conservation project designed to protect endangered seabirds on Maui. The Makamakaole...
Global Offshore Wind Energy Capacity Expected To Skyrocket By 2020; U.K. To See 800%...
The depletion of fossil-fuel reserves and the declining cost of wind energy generation are expected to lead to a surge in offshore wind...
EPA Reveals Top Renewable Energy Users
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released an updated list of the top 50 organizations for voluntarily using clean energy from resources...
Developers Investing Heavily In Scottish Offshore Wind Power Market
Offshore wind energy developers have invested nearly 165 million pounds in the Scottish economy, with 65 million pounds invested in 2012 alone, according...
The Biggest Wind Energy Deals Of 2012
Fueled by policy uncertainty, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the wind energy sector spiked in 2012, while venture-capital (VC) funding decreased slightly, according...
Europe Continues Offshore Wind Energy Growth In 2012
European countries installed and connected to the grid 293 offshore wind turbines - representing 1.165 GW of capacity - in 2012, the European...
BlueScout Technologies Files For Chapter 7; Top Execs Resign
Chantilly, Va.-based BlueScout Technologies (formerly Catch the Wind), a provider of predictive optical control systems for the wind energy industry, has announced that...
Making Clean Energy Cleaner: Researchers Developing Bio-Based Wind Turbines, Solar Panels
Renewable energy technologies, which are generally accepted as clean and sustainable, are confronted with the irony that they often employ non-sustainable, petroleum-based materials....
GL Renewables Publishes New Offshore Wind Turbine Certification Guidelines
GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) has published its new 'Guidelines for the Certification of Offshore Wind Turbines,' which were compiled by GL Renewables...
New York Wind Energy Integration Up 18% In 2012
Most of the 745 MW of new power generation that came online in the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) market in 2012...
New Resource Maps U.S. Clean Energy Jobs
Where are the clean energy jobs? A new resource launched by the Ecotech Institute - a college focused entirely on preparing the U.S....
New Renewable Energy Credit Accreditation Program Launched
The American National Standard Institute (ANSI), the coordinator of the U.S. voluntary standardization system, and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council Inc. (IREC) have...
Asset Management Firm Partners With Former Wind Energy Execs To Create New Development Company
Asset management firm Blackstone has formed a partnership with a team led by Pedro Barriuso, former executive chairman of Element Power and former...
Renewable Energy Investment Hindered By Gaps In Risk Coverage, Study Says
Gaps in risk coverage can discourage investment in renewable energy projects, finds a new analysis released by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). New...
Siemens Notes Mixed Wind Power Results For Fiscal Q1
Siemens has released its earnings report for the first fiscal quarter (Q1) of this year. The company's Energy segment reported a profit of...
ZF Nearing Completion Of Wind Service Operations Expansion
ZF Services LLC says it is close to completing an expansion of its wind service operations. The company, which was awarded a grant...
Obama Inaugural Address Reaffirms Commitment To Clean Energy
In his inaugural address Monday, President Barack Obama reiterated that his dedication to clean energy will continue into his second term. Among other...