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WindShare Uses Crowdfunding To Finance Community Wind
A new start-up, WindShare LLC, is offering a crowdfunding method for consumers to support the development of community wind projects.
Through WindShare, investors can provide...
Washington City Operations To Be Powered Entirely By Wind
The City of Mercer Island, Wash., has announced a commitment to run exclusively on wind power starting in 2019.
Mercer Island plans to buy 20 years...
SDG&E Plans Energy Storage To Boost California Clean Energy
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has signed contracts for five new local battery storage facilities for a total of 83.5 MW.
According to the...
GE And LM Wind Power Complete $1.65B Merger
GE has completed its $1.65 billion acquisition of LM Wind Power, a Denmark-based technology developer and manufacturer of rotor blades for the wind energy industry.
The...
New Danish Alliance Seeks U.S. Offshore Wind Partnerships
Forming a Danish offshore wind alliance looking to team up with American companies, Bladt Industries, ISC Consulting Engineers, LICengineering and Semco Maritime have joined...
U.S. Wind Power Now Supports More Than 100,000 Jobs In All 50 States
Having installed more than 8 GW of new wind power for a second straight year, the U.S. industry now supports a record-high 102,500 jobs.
U.S. Renewables Consulting Firms Announce Merger
V-Bar LLC, a wind and solar engineering consultant based out of Golden, Colo., is merging with Chinook Wind LLC, an Everson, Wash.-headquartered renewable energy...
US Wind Tackles Viewshed Concerns For Maryland Offshore Wind Project
Vying for the Maryland offshore renewable energy credit, the wind developer has offered to move the first line of turbines farther offshore, as far as five miles to the east.
Boston Health Care Nonprofit With Big Renewables Goals Signs Up For Wind
As part of its carbon-reduction plans, Boston-based nonprofit Partners HealthCare has signed a contract to buy power from a 28.8 MW wind project to...
Duke Energy Plans Renewables Growth As Part Of Grid Modernization
Duke Energy has launched a $13 billion, 10-year initiative to modernize North Carolina’s electric system. Among the goals of the “Power/Forward Carolinas” project is...
The Highs And Lows Of Clean Energy Investment In Q1
Global clean energy investment totaled $53.6 billion in the first quarter of this year (Q1’17) - down 17% from Q1’16 but only 7% lower...
Chicago Public Buildings To Be Powered Entirely By Renewables
On Sunday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a commitment to transition the city’s hundreds of municipal buildings to 100% renewable energy by 2025.
According to...
Wind Turbine Powers Robotic Waste-Sorting System
The first of its kind in the country, a robotic waste-sorting system powered by wind energy is operating in Malmo, Sweden.
ZenRobotics Ltd. delivered the...
Ohio Siting Board Delays Certification Request For Icebreaker Offshore Wind Farm
This week, the Ohio Power Siting Board "kicked back" Lake Erie Energy Development Corp.'s (LEEDCo) certification request for construction of the $120 million, 20.7...
Clean Energy Day: Engineering The Next Generation
With its Clean Energy Activity Day pilot program, MassCEC is bringing clean energy technologies, including wind power, to life for elementary and middle school students across the state.
Report: Renewables Added Nearly 140 GW To Global Capacity In 2016
As the cost of clean technology continues to fall, the world added record levels of renewable energy capacity in 2016, at an investment level...
Arizona Utility To Expand Renewables Investments, Reduce Coal Reliance
Tucson Electric Power (TEP), which provides electric service to nearly 420,000 customers in southern Arizona, has announced plans to expand the utility’s renewable energy...
Unimacts Opens New Logistics, Operation Center For Wind Customers
Unimacts, a global industrial manufacturing and supply-chain, third-party logistics company, says it has opened a new logistics and operation center in Brande, Denmark, to support...
CanWEA Spring Forum: Keynote Speaker Says ‘Wind Energy’s Time Has Come’
The Canadian Wind Energy Association's (CanWEA) annual Spring Forum, held April 4-5 at the Hilton Lac-Leamy Hotel in the National Capital Region, highlighted the...
CanWEA Celebrates Canadian Wind Leaders With 2017 Annual Awards
At the 32nd Annual Awards of the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA), which took place last night in Gatineau, Quebec, the association honored several industry...