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DOE Awards Funding To Major Offshore Wind Interconnection Study

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that it is providing funding for a group of energy organizations to perform a study...

Second Phase Of 4 GW Offshore Wind Project Secures Grid Capacity

The SMart Wind consortium, led by Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Financial Services' Project and Structured Finance unit, has secured grid capacity for...

Cleantech VC Investment Jumps To $1.1 Billion In Q3

U.S. venture-capital (VC) investment in cleantech companies increased by 73% to $1.1 billion in the third quarter of this year (Q3'11) compared to...

Report: Market For Wind Turbines Fell Almost 16% In 2010

The wind turbine market fell 15.9% in 2010 to $42.3 billion, while new global installations fell by 0.3%, finds a new report from...

DOE Fund Recipient Ener1 Delisted From Nasdaq

Yet another cleantech company faces financial trouble, as Ener1, a New York-based provider of lithium-ion energy-storage solutions, has been delisted from the Nasdaq...

Report: Global Wind Energy Capacity To Reach 1,750 GW By 2030

Global wind energy capacity accounted for approximately 197 GW in 2010 and will rise to 1,750 GW by 2030, finds a new report...

White House Orders Review Of DOE Loans, Faces Potential Subpoena

The Obama administration has ordered an independent review of the loans made under the Department of Energy's (DOE) loan-guarantee program. The review will...

PTC Deadline Pressure Could Strain The Wind Energy Supply Chain

As the wind industry has grown, so has its impact on the steel industry. It's easy to see why: Each wind turbine erected...

Power From Walney 2 Offshore Wind Farm Now Flowing To Grid

The Walney 2 offshore wind farm has started delivering electricity to the U.K.'s national grid, DONG Energy has announced. Walney 1 became fully...

Five Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Sites Awarded Leases

The Crown Estate says that lease agreements have been awarded to five offshore renewable energy sites in Scottish territorial waters. The projects, which...

Clean Line One Step Closer To 7 GW Renewable Energy Transmission Line

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) has approved a request from Plains & Eastern Clean Line, an affiliate of Houston-based Clean Line Energy Partners...

AMSC, The Switch Terminate Acquisition Agreement

AMSC and The Switch have announced that they have terminated their acquisition agreement due to adverse market conditions. Per the terms of the...

Energy-Storage Company (And Loan-Guarantee Recipient) Files For Bankrupcty

A second company that received a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) loan guarantee has filed for bankruptcy. Following on the heels of Freemont,...

West Virginia Wind Project With Major Energy-Storage Component Now Online

A West Virginia project comprising 97.6 MW of wind generation and 32 MW of integrated, battery-based energy storage is now commercially operational. According...

Vestas Nets 267 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Order

Vestas says it has received an order from E.ON Climate & Renewables GmbH for a total of 267 MW of offshore wind projects...

Appeals Court Decision Puts Cape Wind Project In Jeopardy Yet Again

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has issued a decision rejecting the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) ruling that the...

AWEA: Wind Power Is Cost Competitive, But That Could Change

The U.S. installed over 1.204 GW of wind power capacity in the third quarter - more than in any other quarter since 2008,...

Vestas, DONG Energy To Test 7 MW Offshore Wind Turbine

Vestas and DONG Energy have agreed to collaborate on the testing of Vestas' new V164-7.0 MW offshore wind turbine at DONG Energy's demonstration...

Transmission Project Aims To Carry 7 GW Of Renewable Energy From Midwest To Southeast...

Plains and Eastern Clean Line LLC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to identify the benefits...

Floating Offshore Wind System Demo In The Works Off U.K. Coast

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has announced plans to invest up to 25 million British pounds in a floating offshore wind system demonstration...

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