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Global Offshore Wind Energy Capacity Expected To Skyrocket By 2020; U.K. To See 800%...
The depletion of fossil-fuel reserves and the declining cost of wind energy generation are expected to lead to a surge in offshore wind...
The Biggest Wind Energy Deals Of 2012
Fueled by policy uncertainty, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the wind energy sector spiked in 2012, while venture-capital (VC) funding decreased slightly, according...
Europe Continues Offshore Wind Energy Growth In 2012
European countries installed and connected to the grid 293 offshore wind turbines - representing 1.165 GW of capacity - in 2012, the European...
BlueScout Technologies Files For Chapter 7; Top Execs Resign
Chantilly, Va.-based BlueScout Technologies (formerly Catch the Wind), a provider of predictive optical control systems for the wind energy industry, has announced that...
Making Clean Energy Cleaner: Researchers Developing Bio-Based Wind Turbines, Solar Panels
Renewable energy technologies, which are generally accepted as clean and sustainable, are confronted with the irony that they often employ non-sustainable, petroleum-based materials....
New York Wind Energy Integration Up 18% In 2012
Most of the 745 MW of new power generation that came online in the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) market in 2012...
Asset Management Firm Partners With Former Wind Energy Execs To Create New Development Company
Asset management firm Blackstone has formed a partnership with a team led by Pedro Barriuso, former executive chairman of Element Power and former...
Renewable Energy Investment Hindered By Gaps In Risk Coverage, Study Says
Gaps in risk coverage can discourage investment in renewable energy projects, finds a new analysis released by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). New...
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...
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...
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...