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Mass. DPU Approves Cape Wind’s Power Purchase Agreement With National Grid

Cape Wind Associates cleared another hurdle with the approval by the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) of the 15-year power purchase agreement...

Report: Canada To Evaluate EcoEnergy Program

According to a report in the Vancouver Sun, the Harper government is reviewing its support for renewable energy technologies, including a further evaluation...

Significant Changes For Expediting Wind Patent Applications

Inventors and companies looking to acquire patent rights for inventions related to wind and other renewable and clean energy technologies have a rare...

USDA To Provide Loan Guarantees To Rural And Electric Coops

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has selected 50 rural utilities and cooperatives in 31 states to receive guaranteed loans that will benefit...

Virginia Streamlines Wind Energy Permitting Process

Virginia has adopted a new streamlined permitting process that aims to make it easier to develop wind power projects. Gov. Bob McDonnell, R-Va.,...

Prince Edward Island Energy Accord Released; Wind Scaled Back

A new energy plan released by the Prince Edward Island (PEI) government in Canada contains a number of initiatives, including a new power...

Pennsylvania Voters Show Overwhelming Support For Wind Power

The results of a new poll show strong, bipartisan public support for increasing wind farm development, construction and manufacturing in Pennsylvania, the American...

Study Analyzes Five Strategies For Advancing Clean Energy In The U.S.

A new study from the Kauffman Foundation analyzes five major policy strategies to accelerate the development of clean energy in the U.S. The...

Report: Vestas To Focus On U.S. Market

Despite an expected slowdown in the U.S. market next year, turbine manufacturer Vestas is forging ahead, according to a Bloomberg interview with Vestas...

Statoil To Divest From Land Projects To Further Focus On Offshore Wind

Norwegian-based oil and gas company Statoil has decided to further focus on offshore wind turbines as part of its strategy for...

Onsemble Completes Real-Time Wind Data Network In Texas

Onsemble, a provider of real-time renewable energy data, has completed the company's hub-height wind data network throughout the Electric Reliability Council...

Study: Curtailing Turbine Operations Shows 93% Reduction In Bat Mortality

The second year of research to study the interaction between bats and wind turbines at the Casselman Wind Power Project shows...

Dutch Cable Company Draka To Locate First U.S. Assembly Facility In Kansas

Draka, a global manufacturer of wire and cable, has announced plans to locate its first U.S. cable assembly venture for wind...

Good Energies, Champlin Windpower Form Champlin-GEI Wind Holdings

Champlin Windpower has secured an initial investment of up to $50 million from Good Energies. The financing will fund the growth...

BOEMRE Releases Map Of Offshore Wind Leasing Area For Maryland Coast

The federal government, which controls the Outer Continental Shelf, has accepted the planning recommendations of the Maryland Offshore Wind Task Force...

Study: Wind Energy Supply Chain Means Manufacturing Jobs, Corporate HQs For Illinois

The Environmental Law and Policy Center has released a new study of Illinois' wind energy supply chain showing that the state comprises more...

Northern Power Systems Acquires Knight & Carver Blade Manufacturing Business

Barre, Vt.-based Northern Power Systems Inc., a manufacturer of community wind direct-drive turbines, has announced the acquisition of the assets of...

Post-Election Political Shift Casts Doubts On Renewable Energy’s Future

The positive political momentum enjoyed by the U.S. renewable energy industry is being replaced by pessimism and frustration, as the composition of the...

Opponents Of Proposition 23 Celebrate Ballot Measure’s Defeat

The defeat of a ballot measure that would have suspended California's global warming legislation speaks volumes about the support that clean...

New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board Adopts GHG-Reduction Program

The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) has adopted, by a vote of four to three, greenhouse gas (GHG)-reduction regulations. The...

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