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Massachusetts Offshore Wind Energy Hub Gets The Green Light
The Massachusetts Department of Energy and Environmental Affairs says it has received approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to build the...
SPP Approves Reliability Studies For 3.5 GW Clean Energy Transmission Line
The Southwest Power Pool's (SPP) Transmission Working Group (TWG) has passed a unanimous motion approving the reliability studies completed as part of the...
Europe Expected To Maintain Lead In Offshore Wind, But China Picking Up Speed
A total of 5.314 GW of offshore wind projects were in operation at the end of October, according to Navigant Consulting's recently released...
AREVA Picks Scotland For Offshore Wind Turbine Factory
France-based AREVA has announced that it will locate a new offshore wind turbine factory in eastern Scotland. From the facility, the company will...
Western Wind Energy Closes On $25 Million Loan
Western Wind Energy Corp. says it has closed a term loan facility with an institutional lender to borrow - through its wholly owned...
Scientific Critique Finds Canada’s Wind Turbine Health Study Was Flawed
The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) is speaking out against a recently published paper that claims wind turbine noise adversely impacts sleep and...
New Alliance Will Promote Wind Energy In Politically Conservative U.S. Districts
A new coalition has been formed to promote the wind energy industry and its role in cultivating jobs and revitalizing manufacturing. Called the...
Wind Energy Could Supply 12% Of Global Electricity By 2020
Wind power could supply up to 12% of global electricity by 2020 while creating 1.4 million new jobs and reducing carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions...
GE Wind Turbines Power Equivalent Of Hong Kong And London
GE has announced that it has installed 20,000 wind turbines around the world, which the company says represents enough electricity to power the...
Partnership Aims To Speed Wind Turbine Commissioning
Aggreko, a provider of temporary power generation, temperature control and oil-free compressed-air solutions, and ComRent International, a provider of load-bank rentals and services,...
Alberta Primed For ‘Once In A Decade’ Wind Energy Opportunity
While oil and gas remain primary components of Alberta's energy mix, wind power has a once-in-a-decade opportunity to play a more central role...
Renewable Energy To Rival Coal As World’s Primary Energy Source By 2035
Renewables - including wind energy and solar power - will become the world's second-largest source of power generation by 2015 and will close...
Massachusetts Officials To Host Meetings On Offshore Wind Energy Development Process
This week, officials at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) will host the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau...
With Policy In Question, Wind Energy Jobs Plummet In Third Quarter
More than 10,800 U.S. jobs in the clean energy and related sectors were announced in the third quarter, but that number represents a...
Gamesa’s Development Business Offsets Slowdown In Wind Turbine Division
Gamesa has reported consolidated sales of 2.294 billion euros for the period from January through September. Gamesa says the gains in its wind...
NRG Energy, GenOn Shareholders Approve Merger
NRG Energy Inc. and GenOn Energy Inc. have announced that the stockholders of both companies have approved the previously announced merger of the...
Siemens To Reduce Wind Energy Production Capacity In U.S., Focus On Other Regions
Siemens' wind power business generated a 35% increase in fiscal fourth-quarter revenue, thanks to a conversion of orders from the backlog, the company...
China’s Wind Power Market Expected To Overcome Obstacles By Next Year
China, the world's leading wind energy market, faces a number of obstacles, including constrained grid capacity, wind power curtailment, offshore wind project delays...
Vestas To Cut Another 3,000 Employees By End Of Next Year As Company Struggles...
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has announced yet another round of layoffs as a part of the cost-cutting strategy revealed in its third-quarter...
AMSC Still Recuperating From Legal Actions Against Sinovel
AMSC has reported a net loss of $15.9 million, or $0.31 per share, for the second fiscal quarter of this year. This compares...