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Salmon Group Wades Into Pacific Northwest Curtailment Battle

A group of salmon advocates is siding with wind developers in their battle against system operator Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). High...

Report: Developing Countries Investing More In Renewable Energy Than Are Developed Nations

A recent report commissioned by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) shows that developing countries, such as Brazil, China and India, had...

Environmental Review Tribunal Upholds Approval Of Ontario Wind Project

The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) welcomes the decision of Ontario's Environmental Review Tribunal to uphold the renewable energy approval of the...

Glosten Associates Plans To Commercialize PelaStar Floating Wind Turbine Platform

Glosten Associates Inc., an engineering consultancy based in Seattle, has formally announced plans to commercialize its PelaStar floating wind turbine platform and...

AWS Truepower Leads Wind Energy Forecasting Study For The Department Of Energy

Albany, N.Y.-based AWS Truepower LLC, a renewable energy consulting and information services firm, has announced the deployment of remote sensing equipment to...

Report: Wind, Solar Power Growth Is Beginning To Outpace Coal, Nuclear

The installed capacity of wind and solar power grew faster than that of any other power technology, according to a recent analysis...

Bureau Of Land Management Approves Smart From The Start Wind, Solar Projects

The U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced the approval of four new renewable energy projects...

As Election Battle Looms, Samsung Says Contract With Ontario Is Binding

The Progressive Conservative party, which is vying to unseat the Liberal Dalton McGuinty government in the upcoming Ontario provincial election, has...

Mesa Power Group Files Legal Action Against Canadian Government

Mesa Power Group LLC, a Texas-based renewable energy development company, has initiated the first step in a legal claim against the Canadian...

Key Wind Line Approved By North Dakota PSC

Montana-Dakota Utilities, a division of MDU Resources Group Inc., has received approval from the North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) for a...

BOEMRE One Step Closer To Leasing Issuances For Certain Mid-Atlantic States

As part of Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar's Smart from the Start initiative for Atlantic offshore wind development, the Bureau of Ocean...

American Superconductor Restates Revenue Over Unpaid Shipments

The fallout from unpaid shipments from its largest customer is still negatively impacting Fort Devens, Mass.-based American Superconductor, which expects to restate its...

New Mexico Utility To Challenge State Regulators Over Wind Procurement

The Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) is challenging a directive from state regulators that it purchase more wind power for its...

Offshore Wind Costs Could Significantly Decrease Over The Next 10 Years

If offshore wind projects are to play a significant role in providing increased amounts of power in the future, costs must come...

Study: Canceling Green Energy Act Would Have Little Effect On Electricity Prices In Ontario

Ontario consumers would see virtually no relief from high electricity prices if the province canceled its support for renewable energy under the...

ETI Invests In Narec Offshore Wind Test Facility

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has announced that it will invest 25 million pounds in an open-access wind turbine drivetrain test rig....

Iowa Poll: Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Of Wind Energy

Voters in Iowa - a state where 18.8% of the electricity has been generated by wind so far this year - overwhelmingly...

Wind Turbine Component Suppliers Experience Slow Growth In The U.S.

While the competitiveness of wind power in the U.S. continues to improve, its gains are being achieved at a painful cost to...

R.I. Supreme Court Upholds Block Island Wind Farm Power Contract With National Grid

A Rhode Island Supreme Court ruling last week paves the way for Deepwater Wind to advance the permitting and development of its...

Controversial Goodhue Wind Receives Approval From Minnesota PUC

Goodhue Wind, a 78 MW community wind project proposed for Minnesota that has come up against fierce opposition from local residents, has...

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