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Sinovel Scores $1 Billion Supply Deal For 600 MW Wind Farm In Turkey
Despite bad publicity stemming from recent litigation involving alleged intellectual-property theft, Sinovel has secured a $1 billion supply deal for a 600 MW...
Cape Wind Secures Construction Contractor
Cape Wind, an offshore wind farm planned for Nantucket Sound, has secured a construction contractor. The joint-venture team of Flatiron Construction Corp., Cal...
GE Nets Deal To Supply 460 MW Of Wind Power In Ontario
GE says it has signed an agreement with NextEra Energy Canada ULC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, to supply the wind turbines...
Past The Politics: The Section 1603 Program’s Impact On Jobs, Economy
Federal renewable energy incentives have come under their fair share of scrutiny following the demise of solar company Solyndra, which received a $535...
N.Y. Regulators Seeking Comment On Proposed 1 GW Underwater Transmission Line
The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) says it is seeking public comment on a joint proposal filed by Champlain Hudson Power...
3 GW Of Offshore Wind Power Planned Off The Coast Of France
EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN) has won three projects in the tender launched by the French government to install 3 GW of offshore...
GL Garrad Hassan To Undertake Two Offshore Wind Studies In The U.S.
GL Garrad Hassan says it has been awarded grants - in the amount of $500,000 and $200,000 - by the U.S. Department of...
2-B Energy To Test Two-Bladed Offshore Wind Turbines In Scotland
Cleantech company 2-B Energy has joined forces with Scottish Enterprise to commercialize 2-B's two-bladed offshore turbine concept. The organizations will develop offshore test...
Patent Protection: What The Wind Industry Can Learn From The GE-Mitsubishi Case
GE and various divisions of Mitsubishi have been involved in a number of lawsuits since 2007, when Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. entered into...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Puts Arkansas Manufacturing Plant On Hold
Due to low demand, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will hold off on the construction of a new manufacturing facility planned for Arkansas, Bloomberg...
GE Wind Turbines Will Power 1.2 GW Of Wind Energy In Ontario By 2015
GE says its wind turbines have been selected to power nine new wind projects in the province of Ontario, adding approximately 650 MW...
More Trouble For Vestas? New Wind Turbine Model Catches Fire In Germany
Two recent incidents could hurt Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas' reputation, which has suffered from credibility problems over the past year due to...
Cape Wind Project Will Reduce Regional Electricity Prices By $7.2 Billion, Study Says
The Cape Wind offshore wind project will reduce wholesale electricity prices for the New England region by $7.2 billion over 25 years, finds...
South Carolina Working With BOEM On Offshore Wind Leasing Process
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its first offshore renewable energy task-force meeting in cooperation with South Carolina's Energy...
Obama Administration Signs Offshore Wind Energy Agreement With Five Great Lakes States
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a new partnership with five states - Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania -...
Tough Economic Times Make States Reconsider Their Renewable Energy Policies
Renewable portfolio standards (RPS) have been a big driver of getting more renewable energy onto the electric grid. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory...
DOI Studying Offshore Energy Potential In Mid- And South-Atlantic
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced it is taking steps to assess both the conventional and renewable energy resource potential...
Virginia Gives Gamesa Green Light To Install Offshore Wind Turbine In Chesapeake Bay
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has announced that the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) has voted unanimously to approve the proposed construction of a...
Suzlon Partners With Chinese Company To Develop 800 MW Of Wind Power
Suzlon Group and CGN Wind Energy Co. Ltd. (CGNWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group, have signed an agreement...
California Grid Operator Approves Transmission Plan
The California Independent System Operator Corp.'s (CAISO) board of governors has unanimously approved the 2011/2012 Transmission Plan, which identified 30 transmission projects needed...