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Independent Analysis: NaiKun Offshore Wind Project Poses Minimal Risk

The Council of the Haida Nation (CHN) has released a new report analyzing the NaiKun Offshore Wind Energy Project's impact on the local...

Global Wind Power Growth Takes A Hit In New Five-Year Forecast

Expectations for average annual global wind power growth have been lowered from 11% to 10% in the period from 2011 to 2016, according...

ISO/RTO Council Releases Analysis Of Renewable Energy Integration Efforts

The ISO/RTO Council has released a briefing paper on variable energy resources, system operations and wholesale markets. The paper looks at the efforts...

Updated: Canadian Gov’t. Awards Funds To Encourage Clean Energy In Aboriginal Communities

Canada's minister of aboriginal affairs and northern development, John Duncan, has announced the renewal of the ecoENERGY for Aboriginal and Northern Communities Program,...

Community Wind Projects May Benefit From Creative Financing Methods

At a time when traditional financing is difficult to attract - especially for riskier projects - developers are forced to think outside of...

GE Developing New Generator Designed For 10+ MW Wind Turbines

GE Global Research says it has begun work on the first phase of a two-year, $3 million project from the U.S. Department of...

White Construction Acquired By Infrastructure And Energy Alternatives

Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives LLC (IEA), a newly formed venture chartered with building a diverse portfolio of energy and water infrastructure service companies,...

Baryonyx’s Texas-Sized Project Carries Unique Requirements

Recent reports declaring Austin, Tex.-based Baryonyx Corp. as having the inside track to build the first offshore wind farm in North America...

10 MW Turbine Project Terminated

A project to build a 10 MW wind turbine in Newcastle, England, has been canceled, the Financial Times reports. Clipper Windpower, a...

Report Compares ‘Business As Usual’ To Clean Energy Futures For Western Power Grid

A new report issued by the Western Grid Group (WGG), with support from the Western Clean Energy Advocates (WCEA), finds that with...

AWEA Mourns Passing Of Britt Theismann

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) is reporting that its chief operating officer (COO) and senior vice president, Britt Theismann, has died....

Xcel Continues To Pursue Plans To Purchase Wind From Colorado Project

Xcel Energy says it still wants to purchase wind power that would have been sold to the City of Boulder under a...

Plans Announced For 500 MW Wind Farm Offshore Massachusetts In Federal Waters

Neptune Wind says it intends to develop, construct and operate a utility-scale offshore wind farm about 20 nautical miles south of the...

WWII Mine Safely Disposed Of At Offshore Wind Project

Explosive ordnance disposal specialist Ramora UK has safely disposed of an unexploded World War II mine at an offshore wind farm in...

U.S., Brazil Launch Strategic Energy Dialogue

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman joined Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy Executive Secretary Marcio Zimmermann Wednesday to launch...

Mass. DOER Aims To Improve RE Project Interconnection

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has filed a report with the state's Department of Public Utilities (DPU) outlining recommendations aimed at...

MAPP Transmission Project Delayed Again

Pepco Holdings Inc. (PHI) has notified the Maryland Public Service Commission and the Virginia State Corporation Commission that the company is requesting delays...

Study: Global Wind Turbine Purchases Expected To More Than Double By 2025

Despite the current economic turmoil, the global trend toward greater renewable energy deployment points to a sustained period of wind turbine investment,...

In A Difficult Market, The Timing May Be Right For Merchant Generation

Conflicting forces have been driving the renewable energy market this year. On the positive side, renewable portfolio standards push the purchase of...

Department Of Energy Finalizes Loan Guarantee For Record Hill Wind Project

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has finalized a $102 million loan guarantee to Record Hill Wind LLC. The loan guarantee,...

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