New & Noteworthy

Massachusetts DPU Approves Cape Wind’s PPA With NSTAR

Following an eight-month proceeding, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has approved the 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) between NSTAR Electric Co....

Industrialized Nations Failing To Deliver On Renewable Energy Promises To Developing World

Just $8 billion flowed from developed to developing nations to foster the deployment of large-scale clean energy generation and biofuels production in 2011,...

Ontario Offshore Wind Saga Intensifies As Another Company Threatens Action

Wind power developer Windstream Energy says it intends to seek C$475.23 million from the Ontario government for alleged damages and lost profits resulting...

Katana Summit Sells Nebraska Wind Tower Manufacturing Facility

Valmont Industries Inc. - a manufacturer of engineered products for infrastructure and mechanized irrigation equipment for agriculture, and a provider of coating services...

Sprott Power Completes Acquisition Of Shear Wind

Sprott Power Corp. says it has completed the acquisition of Canadian wind energy developer Shear Wind Inc., as well as entered an agreement...

VC Funding For Renewable Energy To Triple By 2020

The venture capital (VC) funding market for renewable energy is set to triple by 2020, thanks to positive regulatory policies, environmental support for...

Ming Yang Signs Deal To Develop 2.5 GW Of Wind Projects In India

China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Ltd. has announced that its subsidiary Guangdong Mingyang Wind Power Industry Group Ltd. has entered into a...

Study: Offshore Wind Energy Growth Will Cut Onshore Rotor Blade Market Share

The growing proliferation of offshore wind farms will lead to a decline in the wind turbine rotor blade market share for onshore installations,...

Texas Sets New Wind Energy Output Record

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the grid operator for most of the state, says it set a new wind energy record...

Learning From Kansas: Why Utilities Are Embracing Wind Energy

In Kansas, wind energy generation is at least equivalent in cost - and often cheaper - than traditional sources of energy, according to...

Massachusetts Offshore Wind Energy Hub Gets The Green Light

The Massachusetts Department of Energy and Environmental Affairs says it has received approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to build the...

SPP Approves Reliability Studies For 3.5 GW Clean Energy Transmission Line

The Southwest Power Pool's (SPP) Transmission Working Group (TWG) has passed a unanimous motion approving the reliability studies completed as part of the...

Europe Expected To Maintain Lead In Offshore Wind, But China Picking Up Speed

A total of 5.314 GW of offshore wind projects were in operation at the end of October, according to Navigant Consulting's recently released...

Wind Energy Could Supply 12% Of Global Electricity By 2020

Wind power could supply up to 12% of global electricity by 2020 while creating 1.4 million new jobs and reducing carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions...

Alberta Primed For ‘Once In A Decade’ Wind Energy Opportunity

While oil and gas remain primary components of Alberta's energy mix, wind power has a once-in-a-decade opportunity to play a more central role...

Renewable Energy To Rival Coal As World’s Primary Energy Source By 2035

Renewables - including wind energy and solar power - will become the world's second-largest source of power generation by 2015 and will close...

With Policy In Question, Wind Energy Jobs Plummet In Third Quarter

More than 10,800 U.S. jobs in the clean energy and related sectors were announced in the third quarter, but that number represents a...

Siemens To Reduce Wind Energy Production Capacity In U.S., Focus On Other Regions

Siemens' wind power business generated a 35% increase in fiscal fourth-quarter revenue, thanks to a conversion of orders from the backlog, the company...

China’s Wind Power Market Expected To Overcome Obstacles By Next Year

China, the world's leading wind energy market, faces a number of obstacles, including constrained grid capacity, wind power curtailment, offshore wind project delays...

Vestas To Cut Another 3,000 Employees By End Of Next Year As Company Struggles...

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has announced yet another round of layoffs as a part of the cost-cutting strategy revealed in its third-quarter...

Stay Connected

2,015FansLike
15,856FollowersFollow