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NextEra To Buy Majority Stake In Hawaiian Electric In $4.3 Billion Deal
NextEra Energy Inc. and Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. (HEI) have announced a definitive agreement under which the companies have agreed to merge. The...
Black & Veatch And Dynapower Form Energy Storage Alliance
Black & Veatch and Dynapower Co. have signed an agreement to create a strategic alliance focused on developing and deploying grid-scale energy storage...
Wind Energy Helps Alberta’s Power Grid Stay Reliable
Alberta's power grid remained reliable this year, thanks, in part, to newly added wind energy. According to the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO),...
Virginia Offshore Wind Pilot Moves A Step Forward
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has published an environmental assessment (EA) for a 12 MW offshore wind pilot project off the...
Alstom Inaugurates Haliade Offshore Wind Turbine Factories
Alstom has inaugurated offshore wind turbine production plants in France. The factories, located in Saint-Nazaire, will be devoted to manufacturing nacelles and generators...
Fishermen’s Energy Taps TUV SUD PMSS To Join Offshore Wind Team
Fishermen's Energy has selected TUV SUD PMSS to serve as an independent engineering advisor for the developer's 25 MW offshore wind demonstration project,...
AWS Truepower Expands Tool Offering With Acquisition Of Windographer
AWS Truepower, a provider of renewable energy consulting and information services, has purchased the assets of Windographer from Mistaya Engineering Inc. Financial terms...
MIT Review Finds No Health Risks From Wind Turbines
A new Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study has found no direct link between wind turbines and human health problems. According to the...
Minnesota Can Accommodate Up To 40% Renewables Penetration, Finds Study
A study conducted by Minnesota public utilities in cooperation with the Midcontinent Independent System Operator says Minnesota's power system can accommodate renewable generation...
U.S. Interior Sets January Date For Huge Massachusetts Offshore Wind Auction
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced that more than 742,000 acres offshore Massachusetts will be offered for commercial wind energy...
New Jersey Regulators Reject Fishermen’s Energy Again
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has again rejected Fishermen's Energy's 25 MW offshore wind demonstration project, proposed off the coast...
Wind Energy Dominates New U.S. Power In October
Wind power provided over two-thirds (68.41%) of new U.S. electrical generating capacity in October, according to the latest Energy Infrastructure Update report from...
Data Center Interest In Renewable Energy Is On The Rise
Renewable energy is among the top emerging technologies being considered by data center owners to help address power and cooling costs, according to...
Gamesa Expands Nacelle Production Plant In India
Spain-based Gamesa has reinforced its operations in India, having expanded its local wind turbine nacelle plant in Mamandur. The company says the enhanced...
U.S. EPA Crowns 2014 Green Power Leaders
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its annual Green Power Leadership Awards, recognizing 19 Green Power Partners and four suppliers across...
ABS Group To Help Oversee Block Island Offshore Wind Project
Houston-based ABS Group has announced it will serve as the certified verification agent (CVA) for Deepwater Wind's 30 MW Block Island offshore wind...
Are Fitch Ratings’ Claims About Wind Farm Underperformance Unfounded?
The issue of wind farm underperformance continues to be scrutinized. Credit agency Fitch Ratings recently concluded that U.S. wind farm underperformance is primarily...
Google To Power New Data Center With Dutch Wind Energy
Internet giant Google has entered a deal to fully power its new data center in the Netherlands with locally generated wind energy. The...
LEEDCo Adds Fred. Olsen Windcarrier To Offshore Wind Development Team
Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo) has announced that wind turbine installation firm Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AS is joining the development team for...
GE Celebrates Its 25,000th Wind Turbine Installation
GE has celebrated its 25,000th wind turbine installation, and the company says it now has more than 38 GW of installed turbines around...