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Baucus Plans Boost For Montana’s Wind Energy

In an effort to boost manufacturing capability, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., has announced a partnership between the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center and a...

Report Calls For Revamping U.S. Energy System

The American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution and the Breakthrough Institute have released a new report, 'Post-Partisan Power,' which calls for revamping America's...

UTC To Acquire Remaining Interest In Clipper Windpower

United Technologies Corp. (UTC) has reached agreement with the management and independent members of the board of directors of Clipper Windpower...

N.Y. PSC Closes Investigation Into Noble Turbine Failure

The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has closed its investigation into the turbine failure at the Noble Altona Windpark...

Study: San Joaquin Valley Has Potential For 100,000 Local Clean Energy Jobs

Renewable energy projects slated for the San Joaquin Valley could bring more than 100,000 jobs to the area, according to a...

Poll: Majority Support More Wind Farms But Do Not Want To Pay More

A new Financial Times/Harris poll of the U.S. and the five largest European countries finds strong public support for increasing some...

Massachusetts Company To Manufacture Foundations For Cape Wind

Middleboro, Mass.-based Tank Sales Corp. will manufacture foundations and other metalwork components for the Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound. Mass...

3TIER Analysis Suggests First Quarter 2011 Could See Above-Average Winds

Wind power production is likely to be above average in the first quarter of 2011 across much of the continental U.S....

Google To Invest In Large Offshore Transmission Project

Google says it will invest in a transmission project off the Mid-Atlantic coast to help accelerate offshore wind development. The Atlantic...

GWEC: Wind Power Could Provide One-Fifth Of The World’s Electricity By 2030

Wind could meet 12% of global power demand by 2020 and up to 22% by 2030, according to a study published...

ETI Project Identifies Potential For Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

Offshore wind turbines could be sited in deeper water and closer to the shore off the U.K. coast to take advantage...

DOE Releases Report On Offshore Wind Power Potential In U.S.

Harnessing even a fraction of the nation's potential offshore wind resources, estimated to be more than 4,000 GW, could create thousands...

Mitsubishi Breaks Ground On Nacelle Facility In Arkansas

Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas Inc. (MPSA) has broken ground on a $100 million wind turbine nacelle manufacturing plant in Fort Smith,...

Study Reaffirms That A.B.32 Would Have Minimal Economic Impact On Businesses

Economists at The Brattle Group have updated their 2009 report, 'The Economic Impact of AB 32 on California Small Businesses,' which...

Report Provides Trends In Cleantech Employment, Growth

Clean energy continues to fuel the plans of many cities, states, nations, investors, and companies as they look for the next...

Governments Meet In China To Discuss Climate Change

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres called on governments meeting in Tianjin, China, to accelerate...

Salazar, Cape Wind Sign First U.S. Offshore Commercial Wind Energy Lease

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Cape Wind Associates LLC have signed the nation's first lease for commercial wind energy...

Gamesa, Northrop Grumman Collaborate To Develop Offshore Wind Technology

Gamesa and the Newport News Shipbuilding operations of Northrop Grumman Corp. (Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding-Newport News) have signed an agreement to work...

Study: Large Wind Farms Can Alter Weather

Data from a meteorological field campaign show that utility-scale wind farms can significantly affect near-surface air temperatures, according to a study...

Nordex Begins Production At Arkansas Plant

Production has begun at Nordex's newly built wind turbine manufacturing plant in Jonesboro, Ark. The plant's first production crew will assemble a...

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