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Iberdrola Begins Work On Its First German Offshore Wind Farm, Plans 11 GW Of...
Iberdrola says it has begun the engineering phase of its first German offshore wind farm. The 1.6 billion euro project, called Wikinger, is...
Whoa, Canada! U.S. Wind Energy Companies Look To The North
The uncertainty surrounding the extension of the production tax credit (PTC) for wind power in the U.S. has led some developers and suppliers...
Clean Energy Road Map To Help California Deploy 12 GW Of Renewable Energy By...
The University of California, Berkeley's (UC Berkeley) Center for Law, Energy and the Environment has released a new report proposing policy solutions for...
U.N.: Onshore Wind Power Will Be Cost-Competitive With Combined-Cycle Gas By 2016
Global investment in renewable energy reached a record $257 billion in 2011, with solar energy attracting nearly twice as much investment than wind...
U.S. Ranks Fourth In Wind Energy Manufacturing As China Maintains Cleantech Lead
China continues to lead the global clean energy technology manufacturing race, with the U.S. lagging in critical market-share areas, including in wind power...
ABS Studies Technical Feasibility Of Deploying Floating Offshore Wind Turbines On Outer Continental Shelf
ABS, a provider of classification services to the offshore wind industry, has concluded a study on the technical feasibility of deploying floating wind...
Community Wind Energy Initiative Planned For Iowa
A community wind energy initiative comprising six projects is planned for rural southwestern Iowa. The projects, which total 12.6 MW, will feature eight...
Rove vs. Gibbs: Political Motivations Mar PTC Extension Debate
The highly anticipated debate between Karl Rove, former deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to President George W. Bush, and Robert Gibbs,...
Absent Stable Federal Policy, U.S. Wind Power Market Faces Imminent Downturn
The U.S. wind energy market faces a future characterized by an unclear federal policy horizon, weak demand for new electricity generation and record-low...
WINDPOWER 2012 Opens Amid Exciting But Challenging Times
As the American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA) WINDPOWER 2012 Conference and Exhibition convenes this week in Atlanta, the wind industry finds itself at...
PTC Concerns Dominate WINDPOWER 2012 Opening Session
The opening session of the American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA) WINDPOWER 2012 Conference & Exhibition focused heavily on the imminent expiration of the...
DOE: U.S.’ Clean Energy Future Cannot Depend On China’s Rare Earths
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a major effort to ensure the U.S. has a reliable supply of rare-earth materials, which...
Repowered Turbines Make California Wind Farm More Efficient
NextEra Energy Resources LLC and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week at the repowered Vasco Wind Energy...
BOEM Identifies Wind Energy Areas Off The Coast Of Massachusetts
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is moving forward with the next step to consider commercial wind...
250 MW Combined Wind And Solar Energy Facility Planned For First Nations Community
Samsung Renewable Energy Inc. and Pattern Energy Group LP have formed a partnership with Six Nations of the Grand River - the most...
DOC Slaps Countervailing Duties On Chinese Wind Turbine Tower Producers
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued a preliminary determination that the Chinese government provided massive subsidies to Chinese producers of utility-scale...
Cost Of Wind Power Expected To Drop 12% By 2016
Global installed wind power capacity continued to grow in 2011, albeit at a slightly lower rate than in 2009 and 2010, according to...
New Analysis Ranks States’ Clean Energy Markets
Research firm Clean Edge has released its annual Clean Energy State Index, which ranks U.S. states based on more than 70 indicators across...
Another Wind Turbine Blaze: Fire Breaks Out At Iowa Wind Farm
Less than two months after a Vestas V112-3.0 MW wind turbine went up in flames in Germany, another wind turbine has caught fire...
Adding More Wind Power Would Lower Midwest Electricity Prices, But More Transmission Is Needed
Adding more wind power to the electric grid could reduce wholesale market prices by more than 25% in the Midwest region by 2020,...