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Detroit Zoo Commits To 100 Percent Wind Power
The nonprofit Detroit Zoological Society (DZS), which operates the Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Zoo, says it will power the Detroit Zoo...
Siemens And RWE Fined After Fatal 2009 Wind Farm Accident
Siemens Public Ltd. Co. and RWE Innogy UK Ltd. have each been fined as a result of the 2009 death of a wind...
Northern Power Systems’ 100 kW Turbine Reaches Grid Parity
Northern Power Systems Corp. (NPS) says it has decreased the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of wind power by its turbines after making...
Gamesa’s G114-2.0 MW Gets Brazil’s Local Content Certification
Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social (BNDES) - Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development - has certified that Gamesa's G114-2.0...
Wind Developer Ralls Corp. vs. U.S. Government: Case Settled
After a three-year legal battle, Ralls Corp. and the U.S. government have settled the case over a controversial acquisition of wind projects. According...
NREL Study Highlights Growth Of U.S. Renewables
U.S. renewable electricity grew to 15.5% of the country's total installed capacity and 13.5% of total electricity generation in 2014, according to a...
GM To Power Texas Assembly Plant With Wind Energy
General Motors has announced that its Arlington, Texas, assembly plant will soon use 30 MW of wind energy to power its operations -...
Seventh-Annual Clean Energy Ministerial Comes To San Francisco In 2016
The U.S. will host the seventh Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM7) in San Francisco next June, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and California Gov....
Vestas Now Compliant With Brazil’s Local Manufacturing Requirements
Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social (BNDES) of Brazil has certified that Vestas complies with the FINAME II code, the set of...
Coca-Cola, BMW, Google Among Initiative’s New 100% Renewables Pledges
RE100, an initiative of corporations that pledge commitments to 100% renewable energy, says a new wave of major businesses has joined, bringing the...
Block Island Project Wraps Up First Offshore Construction Season
Deepwater Wind says it has completed the first offshore construction season for its 30 MW Block Island Wind Farm, with all five steel...
EWEA COP21 Sessions Highlight Global Role Of Wind Power
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) hosted a side event at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris to highlight the...
Senvion Canada Marks 1 GW Wind Milestone In Quebec
With the commissioning of the Mont-Rothery wind farm, Senvion Canada Inc. is celebrating an installed capacity of over 1 GW of wind power...
Vestas Buys UpWind Solutions For $60 Million
Danish wind turbine company Vestas has acquired San Diego-headquartered UpWind Solutions Inc., which currently services wind power plants with a total capacity of...
ACCIONA Pledges Billions To Renewable Energy
Announcing the commitment at the COP21 talks in Paris, ACCIONA has pledged to achieve 100% carbon neutrality across its entire global operations by...
Global Green Bank Network Forms To Speed Shift To Clean Energy
A group of six green banks and two nonprofits has established a Green Bank Network to speed a shift to clean energy by...
Google Nearly Doubles Renewable Energy Portfolio With New PPAs
Google has signed nearly 1 GW in new renewable energy purchase contracts and, therefore, almost doubled how much clean energy the internet giant...
Europe On Track For Step Change In Annual Offshore Wind Capacity
This year, 3.6 GW of offshore wind capacity are expected to be added to the global electricity grid, and by the end of...
Gov. Cuomo Calls For 50% Renewables In N.Y. By 2030
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, D-N.Y., has directed the New York State Department of Public Service to design and enact a new clean energy...
Bosch Rexroth AG’s Gearbox Business Officially Acquired By ZF
With the go-ahead from anti-trust authorities, ZF Friedrichshafen AG has officially closed its acquisition of the industrial gears and wind turbine gearbox business...