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Castrol Industrial Signs Deal With Vestas

Castrol Industrial, a provider of lubricants for the wind energy market, says it has signed an agreement to supply its synthetic lubricants to...

Wind Turbine Manufacturer Fuhrlander Files For Insolvency

German wind turbine manufacturer Fuhrlander AG has filed for insolvency in a local court. In a statement, the company said its financial difficulties...

CanWEA, CanSIA Team Up On Renewable Energy Events

The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) and the Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA) have partnered to offer a discount to exhibitors and delegates...

GE Working With ETT On Upgrades To Texas Transmission System

GE says it is working with Electric Transmission Texas LLC, a joint venture between subsidiaries of American Electric Power and MidAmerican Energy Holdings...

Energy-Storage Companies Partner To Tackle Renewable Energy Integration

Energy-storage providers Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. and EnerDel Inc. say they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to co-market and cross-sell each other's...

CPUC Streamlines Renewable Energy Interconnection Procedures

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has adopted a substantial revision to Rule 21 - the state's interconnection procedures - which removes some...

GL Renewables Certifies Offshore Wind Energy Safety Training Course

GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) has certified Deutsche WindGuard Offshore GmbH's Customized Offshore Awareness and Safety Training course. The certification demonstrates that the...

LADWP Approves Renewable Energy Transmission Project; Will Carry 2 GW Of Wind And Solar

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Board of Water and Power Commissioners has approved the final environmental document required to...

Ecotech Institute Installs New Wind Energy Training Systems

Ecotech Institute, a college focused exclusively on preparing graduates for careers in the fields of renewable energy and energy efficiency, has installed new...

ABB Opens Grid Cable Manufacturing Plant In North Carolina

ABB has opened a new high-voltage-cable manufacturing facility in Huntersville, N.C. The new plant will supply high-voltage and extra-high-voltage transmission cables for both...

Past The Theoretical: Fulfilling Offshore Wind Energy’s Vast Potential

There are enough offshore wind resources along the U.S. East Coast to meet the electricity demands of at least one-third of the country,...

Chinese Wind Energy Developer Sues U.S. Government

Ralls Corp., a Delaware-based wind farm developer owned by two Chinese businessmen, has sued the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...

PTC Doubts Cause Blade And Nacelle Manufacturer To Lay Off 92 Employees

Citing the uncertainty surrounding the renewal of the wind energy production tax credit (PTC), South Dakota-based Molded Fiber Glass (MFG), a manufacturer of...

OSHA’s New ‘Wind Response Team’ Addresses Wind Turbine Safety, Training

Suzlon Wind Energy Corp. partnered with the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) to train over 40 people from the Occupational Health and Safety...

Gurit, HAWATT Collaborate On Production Systems For Wind Energy Rotor Blades

Gurit, a Switzerland-based manufacturer of composite materials and related technologies, and HAWART Sondermaschinenbau GmbH, Germany-based designer and manufacturer of tooling equipment for rotor...

More PTC Fallout: Siemens Cuts 37% Of Its U.S. Wind Energy Workforce

Citing 'uncertain and changing market conditions' - including doubts surrounding the extension of the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) - Siemens Energy...

Could Making The Wind Energy PTC A Cash Incentive Lead To Taxpayer Savings?

One of the biggest obstacles to the wind energy production tax credit's (PTC) renewal is the cost to taxpayers. However, a new report...

MAKE Downgrades Wind Power Installation Forecast For 2013

Grid-connected wind energy installations are expected to decrease 0.4% for the period between 2012 and 2014 due to counterbalancing regional changes in 2012...

Global Study Finds 85% Of Consumers Want More Renewable Energy

A new global study reveals that 85% of consumers want more renewable energy, and 49% are willing to pay more for products made...

TUV Rheinland Receives Wind Turbine Accreditation

TUV Rheinland has been accredited by the German Accreditation Body (DAkkS) as a certification body for type and component certification of wind turbines...

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