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Study: Wind Development Would Lead To Billions In New Investments In Quebec

By 2015, Quebec's wind energy industry will develop 4,000 MW of generating capacity, resulting in C$10 billion in new investment, thousands...

Suzlon To Lay Off 110 Minnesota Workers

Suzlon Group plans to lay off 110 workers at its Pipestone, Minn., plant, the Star Tribune reports. The company's rotor blade...

CRS Releases Green-E Verification Report

The Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) has released its 2009 Green-e Verification Report, which highlights Green-e Energy certified renewable energy and...

U.S. Venture Capital Investment In Cleantech Falls In Third Quarter

U.S. venture capital investment in cleantech companies in the third quarter fell to $575.6 million in 53 financing rounds, a 55%...

Delay In First Wind’s Initial Public Offering Does Not Come As A Surprise

In the same week that First Wind Holdings Inc. was supposed to have offered 12 million shares of its Class A...

Treasury Department’s Oversight Board Audits Cash-Grant Dispersal

An oversight arm of the U.S. Treasury Department is in the midst of auditing cash-grant beneficiaries in an effort to ensure that funding...

American Wind Energy Association: Wind Industry Reports Slowest Quarter Since 2007

The U.S. industry added 395 MW of wind power capacity in the third quarter of this year, making it the slowest...

Hornung Assesses The State Of The Canadian Wind Market

The last few years have been an interesting time for wind energy in Canada. Between 2003 and 2009, Canada's installed wind...

CanWEA Unveils Strategic Vision For Quebec’s Wind Industry

The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) has unveiled its strategic vision for wind energy development in Quebec at the opening of...

Clemson University Breaks Ground On Wind Turbine Testing Facility

Clemson University has broken ground at its wind turbine drivetrain testing facility at its Restoration Institute in North Charleston, S.C. ...

Poll: Majority Of Quebecers Support Increased Wind Development

Seventy-five percent of Quebec residents would like to see the province continue developing wind energy after the year 2015, according to...

Report: Global Wind Installations Slow In 2010; Bounce Back Expected In 2011

The global wind industry will see a flat year this year, as measured in new megawatts of capacity installed compared to...

DOE, BOEMRE, NOAA Announce Ocean RE Grants

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), and the U.S. Department of Commerce's...

Vestas Plans Layoffs, Expects Weaker Market In 2011

Vestas plans to lay off 3,000 employees and expects a weaker-than-anticipated outlook for the 2011 wind market, the Wall Street Journal...

HSBC Report: Climate Change Is A Top Concern

The results of HSBC Holdings PLC's fourth Climate Confidence Monitor reveal that climate change is one of the top-three concerns globally....

Report: Strong Potential For Offshore Wind In Maryland, But Hurdles Remain

Offshore wind power offers a feasible way for Maryland to help meet its renewable energy goals, but it presents some economic...

Gamesa Chooses U.K. As Worldwide Offshore Headquarters

Gamesa intends to choose the U.K. as the company's worldwide center for its offshore wind energy business and plans to invest...

Iron Workers Union Offers Wind Turbine Training

The Iron Workers International Union, working with the Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust (IMPACT), is offering wind turbine training programs...

PCW Gets Into The Wind Business In A Big Way

A subsidiary of the Anschutz Corp. is entering the wind business in a very big way. The Power Company of Wyoming...

Report: Cape Wind Associates To Choose Mass. Site For Staging Area

The Boston Globe reports that Cape Wind Associates has chosen a 20-acre site in New Bedford, Mass., as the staging area for the...

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