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Second Wind, Pentalum Team Up On Remote Sensing For Wind Energy

Second Wind, a developer and manufacturer of remote sensing equipment for the wind energy industry, and Pentalum Technologies, a developer of light detection...

EDF’s Triple Play Spells Big Business For Quebec Wind Energy Suppliers

By completing three wind farms in Quebec in the past four months, EDF has provided a much-needed economic boost for the region and...

U.S. Slaps Hefty Tariffs On Wind Towers From China, Vietnam

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has determined that the U.S. wind energy industry has been materially injured by dumped and subsidized imports...

Smaller And Lighter 10 MW Wind Turbines May Be On The Horizon

A new project spearheaded by Spanish technology research and development center Tecnalia aims to design high-capacity offshore wind turbines that are much smaller...

Bloomberg: 2012 U.S. Wind Installations Topped 13 GW

The U.S. wind industry installed a record 13.2 GW of new nameplate generating capacity in 2012, with a surge of new installations coming...

DOI Designates Land For Wind And Solar Energy Development In Arizona

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced the first-ever statewide plan to identify and set aside previously disturbed lands for wind...

Poll Shows Strong Support For Offshore Wind In Maryland

A new poll shows that 72% of Maryland voters support offshore wind energy development, which represents an 8% increase over the results of...

GE Confirms Decrease In Wind Turbine Orders In Q4

GE has released its earnings report for the fourth quarter of 2012, and despite its 13% year-over-year growth, the company reported a decrease...

Wind Energy Was Top Source Of New U.S. Generating Capacity In 2012

Renewable energy sources - including wind, solar, geothermal, water and biomass - accounted for 49.1% of all new U.S. electrical generating capacity installed...

Atlantic Wind Connection Picks Contractors For NJ Energy Link

The Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) - the developer of an offshore wind transmission 'backbone' planned by independent transmission company Trans-Elect and developer Atlantic...

Wind Tunnel For Anemometer Calibration Opens In Vermont

SOH Wind Engineering has completed the construction of a massive wind tunnel that will be used to calibrate anemometers and test wind actions...

Trillium Power Vows To Forge Ahead With Offshore Wind Plans

Despite an Ontario judge's dismissal of the case, Trillium Power is forging ahead with its C$2.25 billion lawsuit against the Ontario government, as...

Vestas To Ramp Up Production At Colorado Manufacturing Facility

Vestas has secured an agreement to supply its wind turbine towers to a number of non-Vestas wind projects over the next two years....

U.S. Government’s Largest Wind Farm Planned For Nuclear Weapons Facility

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded a contract to Siemens Government Technologies Inc. to construct and operate the U.S. government's largest...

Atlantic Wind Connection Outlines Plans For First Phase Of Offshore Wind Transmission ‘Backbone’

The companies behind the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) - an offshore wind transmission 'backbone' planned by independent transmission company Trans-Elect and developer Atlantic...

BOEM To Hold Seminar For Prospective Offshore Wind Energy Developers

The U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has scheduled public seminars in Rhode Island and Virginia to...

ERCOT Expects $8.9 Billion Of Investment In Texas Transmission

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) expects Texas transmission providers to complete improvement projects totaling $8.9 billion by the end of 2017....

First Wind Gambles On PTC Extension – And Wins

Faced with the prospect of being saddled with wind energy assets unable to be financed, many wind developers abruptly halted projects that could...

Clean Energy Investment Tumbles In 2012, But A Few Bright Spots Remain

Clean energy investment declined 11% in 2012, weighed down by regulatory uncertainty and policy changes in big markets such as the U.S., India,...

Wind Energy Surpasses Coal In Ontario Power Market

Although nuclear power continues to dominate Ontario's energy supply, wind energy is increasing its share of the province's power mix. According to recent...

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