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BOEM Opens Lease Window For North Carolina Offshore Wind
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a call for information and nominations to gauge the offshore wind industry's interest in...
MassCEC Issues Construction Bids For New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) is soliciting construction bids for the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal to support the construction, assembly and...
Alliant Energy Agrees To Sell RMT To White Construction’s Parent Company
Alliant Energy Corp. has agreed to sell construction services provider RMT to Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives (IEA), the parent company of rival construction...
DOE Offshore Wind Grants Provide Impetus To Get ‘Steel In The Water’
The DOE provided a major boost for the fledgling offshore wind industry by announcing grants for seven U.S. offshore wind projects to ensure...
Offshore Wind Developers, Environmentalists Sign Pact To Protect Endangered Right Whales
Offshore wind developers and environmental organizations have agreed to a series of voluntary measures to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale,...
HHI Develops Offshore Wind Generator
Korean manufacturer Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has developed 5.85 MW permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) for offshore wind turbines. Based on the generator's...
AWEA Updates PTC Status In Lame Duck Congress
While the discussions about avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff dominate lame duck Congress, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) says that talks surrounding...
DONG Energy, Vestas Collaborate On V164 Testing
DONG Energy and Vestas Wind Systems have agreed to collaborate on the testing of Vestas' V164-8.0 MW wind turbine at a test center...
Iberdrola Exits German Wind Energy Market, Plans To Shed More Assets
Spain-based Iberdrola has announced that it is exiting the German wind energy market and has sold its remaining assets in the country to...
SnoPUD Hopes New Energy-Storage System Will Increase Utilities’ Use Of Renewable Energy
The Snohomish County (Wash.) Public Utility District (SnoPUD) and 1Energy Systems are partnering to develop and deploy an energy-storage system that they hope...
Debt-Market Challenges Could Impede Growth Of India’s Renewable Energy Market
Although India has the potential for enormous wind power growth, financing challenges may make renewable energy more expensive there than in the U.S....
Innovative Smart Grid Program Helps City Keep Wind Energy Local
The small town of Summerside, located on Canada's Prince Edward Island, is home to approximately 15,000 people and 21 MW of wind energy....
India Set For Massive Wind Energy Growth Through 2030
Wind energy could soon supply 5 GW per year in India, thus helping to fight chronic power shortages in the country, finds a...
Renewable Energy Projects Represent Growing Share Of New Generation
Renewable energy projects - including wind, solar, geothermal, biomass and water - accounted for 41.14% of new U.S. electrical generating capacity installed in...
BOEM To Hold Offshore Wind Energy Lease Sales For Development On Outer Continental Shelf
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced that it will hold competitive lease sales for renewable...
Study: Global Renewable Energy At A ‘Tipping Point’ As Governments Decrease Subsidies
The global renewable energy industry is at a tipping point, as developed markets are starting to close the door on generous subsidy programs...
GE Working With NREL To Develop New Wind Turbine Blade Design
GE is working with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University on a project to improve the...
AMSC Cuts 25% Of Its Workforce Due To ‘Challenging Conditions’
As a result of what the company calls 'challenging conditions in the wind power market,' AMSC says it has reduced its workforce by...
Wind Energy Output Tops Record-Breaking 10 GW In Midwest ISO Region
For the first time, wind energy output in the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator's (MISO) territory - which includes 11 U.S. states and...
Vestas In Talks With Mitsubishi Heavy Industries To Develop 8 MW Wind Turbine
Vestas is reportedly in talks with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to develop an 8 MW offshore wind turbine, Bloomberg Businessweek reports. In August,...