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European Commission: 97% Renewable Energy Scenario Would Not Be More Costly
A new report released by the European Commission shows that a scenario in which 97% of the European Union's (EU) electricity consumption is...
Crown Estate Opens Up Areas To Offshore Wind Energy Development
The Crown Estate has launched offshore wind and tidal stream leasing rounds to select developers for up to 800 MW of projects in...
Iowa State Researchers Studying How Hilly Terrain Affects Wind Turbine Power Production
Engineers at Iowa State University (ISU) are studying how hills and nearby wind turbines affect wind energy production. The researchers are using wind-tunnel...
NRG Energy’s Bluewater Wind Puts The Brakes On Offshore Wind Farm
NRG Energy has announced that it is halting active development of offshore wind projects for the near term. This includes the development of...
Study: PTC Renewal Will Ensure More Wind Energy Jobs, Save U.S. Manufacturing
With stable tax policy, the wind industry can create and save 54,000 American jobs over the next four years, as well as grow...
New DOE Initiative To Help Clean Energy Companies Collaborate With National Labs
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a new pilot initiative intended to reduce some of the hurdles that prevent energy companies...
AWEA, ASCE Partner To Recommend Permitting Practices, Wind Turbine Standards
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has announced it has signed a joint agreement with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to...
Stormy Weather Wreaks Havoc On Wind Turbines In The U.K.
Wind speeds of 165 miles per hour caused many wind turbines in the U.K. to automatically stop running, and may have caused one...
Vattenfall, Siemens Working On Project To Store Wind Energy As Hydrogen
Vattenfall has announced its participation in a new project that allows wind energy to be stored and converted into hydrogen gas. The hydrogen...
Oil And Gas Company Statoil Plans To Deploy Offshore Wind Turbine
Oil and gas company Statoil is planning to deploy a large-scale floating offshore wind turbine off Maine's coast, the Bangor Daily News reports....
Renewable Energy Transmission Line Receives Key Approval
Clean Line Energy, a company that develops high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission-line projects to move renewable energy to communities and cities, has announced that...
FERC Rules In Favor Of Wind Power In BPA Curtailment Case
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has ruled in favor of wind power in the Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA) highly contested decision to...
Wind Power Gets Boost From MISO Ruling
Transmission projects - and renewable energy - in the Midwest got a big boost from the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator's (MISO) board...
BNEF: Renewable Energy Hits $1 Trillion In Investment Since 2004
A total of $1 trillion has been invested in renewable energy, energy efficiency and smart energy technologies since 2004, according to figures from...
Exelon And Constellation Affirm Merger Commitment
Exelon Corp. and Constellation Energy Group have increased their respective commitments related to their proposed merger, according to a Maryland Public Service Commission...
Ontario Auditor General: Renewables Require Cost-Benefit Analysis
Billions of dollars of new wind and solar power projects were approved without many of the usual planning, regulatory and oversight processes, notes...
IAWIND Awards Grant For Further Study Of Castings
The Iowa Alliance for Wind Innovation and Novel Development (IAWIND) has awarded a $300,000 research grant to Christoph Beckerman, a University of Iowa...
Seven Arrested During Construction Of Lowell Mountain Wind Project
A small group of Vermont protesters blocked construction-related work for an hour on a 21-turbine project being developed by Green Mountain Power. Steve...
Following DOI’s Lead, DOE Launches Initiative To Advance Clean Energy Development On Tribal Lands
Following on the heels of the U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI) recently announced initiative aimed at facilitating renewable energy development on tribal...
Canadian Wind Energy Experiences Record Year; Total Installed Capacity Now Tops 5.4 GW
Wind energy in Canada will experience a record year in 2011, with approximately 1.4 GW of new installed wind energy capacity projected to...