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Citing PTC Uncertainty, Vestas Lays Off Workers At Colorado Manufacturing Facility

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has announced that due to uncertainty surrounding the extension of the wind energy production tax credit (PTC), it...

DONG Energy Buys 900 MW Of Offshore Wind Projects

DONG Energy says it has acquired a 100% ownership interest in three offshore wind farms in Germany - Gode Wind 1, 2 and...

BOEM Seeks Comment On Statoil’s Proposal For Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Off Maine Coast

The U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has taken the next step in the assessment of a...

Sage-Grouse Research To Continue At Site Of Proposed 3 GW Wind Farm In Wyoming

After a year of research at three sites to examine the potential impacts of wind energy development on the sage grouse, the National...

50 GW And Counting: Wind Energy Installation Momentum Continues In Q2

With the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) Dec. 31 in-service deadline looming, the wind industry continued its momentum in the second quarter,...

Sprott Power To Acquire Shear Wind

Sprott Power Corp., a Canada-based developer, owner and operator of renewable energy projects, has announced that it will acquire Canadian wind energy developer...

U.S. Wind Tower And Blade Manufacturers Face Uncertain Future

The U.S. wind energy industry is already reeling as a result of the production tax credit's (PTC) uncertain future, and the impact has...

UTC Completes Sale Of Clipper Windpower To Private Equity Firm

United Technologies Corp. (UTC) has completed the sale of its Clipper Windpower unit to private equity firm Platinum Equity. The terms of the...

BOEM Advances Deepwater Wind’s Offshore Wind Transmission Project

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a decision of no competitive interest for the construction of a transmission system...

Obama Expedites Seven Massive Renewable Energy Projects

President Barack Obama has called for seven renewable energy projects - including two massive wind farms - to be expedited. The projects are...

Otter Tail Putting Wind Tower Manufacturer DMI Industries Up For Sale

As part of its second-quarter earnings update, Otter Tail Corp. has announced that it is selling wind tower manufacturer DMI Industries for $20...

Adversaries No More: The Defense Department’s Mighty Wind Energy Plans

Ever since the earliest turbines were installed in California in the 1980s, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has had an unfavorable view...

LM Wind Power Announces U.S. Layoffs Amid PTC Uncertainty

Wind turbine blade manufacturer LM Wind Power has announced that it is laying off 94 employees and 140 temporary workers at its Little...

Fire At Hawaii Wind Project Site Destroys Energy-Storage Building

A fire broke out Wednesday at an energy-storage building that is part of the Kahuku Wind project on Oahu's north shore, Hawaii News...

Will President-Elect Nieto Unlock Mexico’s Vast Wind Energy Potential?

For nearly two decades, Mexico has walked slowly down a path of energy regulatory reform that could lead to a future where Mexico...

Shareholder Wants To Replace Board At Western Wind

Citing a 'complete lack of confidence' in the management of Western Wind's ability to execute a credible sale process, Savitr Capital, a Western...

Wind Farm Worker Held Up At Gunpoint In Ontario

Over the past few years, wind energy has been the subject of criticism and backlash in Ontario, but the anti-wind sentiment escalated to...

Sandia National Labs Developing New Vertical-Axis Offshore Wind Turbine Designs

Sandia National Laboratories' wind energy researchers are re-evaluating vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) to help solve some of the problems associated with generating electricity...

Commerce Department: China, Vietnam Illegally Dumped Wind Turbine Towers Into U.S.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued a preliminary determination that utility-scale wind turbine towers made in China and Vietnam were illegally...

For Sale: Western Wind Energy Corp. And All Of Its Assets

Vancouver, British Columbia-based Western Wind Energy Corp. has announced that it is putting the entire company up for sale, as well as all...

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