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California Brought 8.3 GW Of Renewable Energy Online In 2011; Costs Expected To Drop
More than 8.3 GW of renewable energy - all of which was sourced from wind energy and solar power - capacity came online...
Chinese Court Rules Against AMSC In First Of Three Infringement Cases
A Chinese court has ruled against AMSC in one of its three civil lawsuits filed against Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd., AMSC reports....
BOEM Launches Leasing Process For Commercial Offshore Wind Development Off Massachusetts Coast
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), together with the commonwealth of Massachusetts, has announced that it is...
Report: Wind Turbine Orders For The Americas Up In 2011
Global wind turbine order intake activity totaled approximately 26 GW in 2011, representing a 13% drop from 2010, finds a new report from...
Over $1.5 Billion Of Transmission Projects Approved For Southwest U.S.
The Southwest Power Pool Inc.'s (SPP) board of directors has approved a near-term transmission expansion plan that it says will result in the...
European Wind Energy Installations Inch Downward In 2011
The European Union (EU) installed 9.616 GW of wind energy capacity in 2011, bringing its total installed capacity to 93.957 GW - enough...
E.ON Climate & Renewables Secures Financing For 150 MW Wind Farm
E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) North America says it has secured $122.2 million of institutional equity financing from JPM Capital Corp. (JP Morgan)...
Positive Review Allows DOI To Move Forward With Offshore Wind Energy Off Mid-Atlantic Coast
The U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced a finding that issuing wind energy leases in...
Smart Grid Program Will Help Integrate More Renewable Energy Onto Hawaii’s Grid
Honeywell and Hawaiian Electric Co. (HECO) have launched a pilot program that aims to demonstrate how smart grid technology can help integrate more...
Cost Of Wind Energy Trending Toward An All-Time Low
The levelized cost of wind energy (LCOWE) is headed toward an all-time low - approaching approximately $0.03/kWh in the best wind resource sites,...
Bloomberg: Wind Turbine Purchases Expected To Fall 14% This Year
According to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, purchases of wind turbines will drop 14% this year and will not top...
Ernst & Young: Cleantech, Energy Sectors Awaiting Flood Of New Products To Market
U.S. venture capital (VC) investment in cleantech companies reached $4.9 billion in 2011 - flat in terms of deals and down 4.5% in...
Iberdrola To Suspend New Construction On Wind Farms If PTC Expires
Another major player in the U.S. wind industry is feeling the effects of policy uncertainty: Portland, Ore.-based Iberdrola Renewables will suspend new construction...
ABB To Acquire Thomas & Betts
In a move that significantly bolsters its standing in the low-voltage products market, ABB will acquire Thomas & Betts for approximately $3.9 billion....
U.S. Wind Industry Has Strong Fourth Quarter; Cumulative Installed Capacity Now Tops 46 GW
The U.S. wind industry installed 6.81 GW of capacity in 2011 - a 31% increase over new capacity added in 2010 - and...
Gamesa Working With NREL On Wind Turbine R&D And Offshore Wind Technology
Gamesa Technology Corp. Inc. and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are teaming up to study and test a...
ACORE, Advanced Energy Economy Helping DOD To Deploy Renewable Energy
The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) have formed a partnership to explore how renewable energy can help...
BPA, Washington State Utilities Planning Transmission Upgrades To Avoid Future Curtailments
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Puget Sound Energy (PSE) and Seattle City Light (SCL) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) aimed at...
AEP Settles Legal Dispute By Adding 359 MW Of Wind Power
American Electric Power (AEP) subsidiary Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) has signed long-term power purchase agreements for 358.65 MW of wind energy projects...
Iberdrola Renewables Reports Layoffs At U.S. Operations
Iberdrola Renewables has laid off approximately 50 of its U.S. employees. About half of those laid off work in the company's Portland, Ore.,...