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The Ins And Outs Of The Corporate Surge Toward Buying Wind

Over the last several years, Fortune 500 companies have increasingly been signing up to power their businesses with renewable energy, according to new research from the American Wind Energy Association.

400 MW Of Wind Powered Up In Kansas’ Central Plains

The Kingman and Ninnescah Wind Energy Centers, totaling 400 MW, have begun producing power in Kansas’ central plains, electric utility Westar Energy has announced. Westar...

Southern Cross Transmission To Deliver Wind, Produce Billions Of Dollars

The proposed Southern Cross Transmission project would provide significant economic benefits to the project’s areas within Louisiana and Mississippi, according to Pattern Development, citing...

CanWEA: Wind Essential To Ontario’s Long-Term Energy Plan

In a submission to Ontario’s Long-Term Energy Plan, the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) has outlined what it says are important considerations for the...

Allianz Makes Big Investment In 400 MW Nebraska Wind Farm

Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has made an investment of over $400 million into the Grande Prairie Wind project, a 400 MW facility located in...

Texas Grid Operator Announces Yet Another Wind Output Record

As nippy weather came to Texas over the weekend, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. (ERCOT) reached a new record for instantaneous wind...

New York Offshore Wind Auction Ends With Mammoth Bid

An auction for the rights to develop a wind farm in federal waters off Long Island, N.Y., shattered records on Friday. After 33 rounds...

IRS Issues ‘Beginning Of Construction’ Guidance For Wind Developers

The government agency has released the highly anticipated guidance updating the “beginning of construction” requirement for the production tax credit under Section 45 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Vestas Inks Firm Order For MidAmerican’s Iowa Wind Giant

Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order from MidAmerican Energy Co., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, for 153 MW of V110-2.0 MW...

Mass. Proves To Be Major Player In Clean Energy Employment

The clean energy jobs market in Massachusetts has now topped 100,000 workers, according to a new report from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC),...

Enel, GE Convert U.S. Renewables Partnership Into Equally Owned JV

Enel S.p.A. - through its U.S. renewables subsidiary, Enel Green Power North America Inc. (EGPNA) - has closed an agreement with GE Energy Financial...

Alberta Renewable Power Ltd. Partnership Forms In Canada

Boralex Inc. and Alberta Wind Energy Corp. (AWEC) have partnered to create the Alberta Renewable Power Ltd. Partnership, which is owned 52% and 48%,...

DOI Takes Action To Grow Renewables, Transmission In Western U.S.

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced new steps with Western states to encourage the development of renewable energy, efficiently deliver that...

Lawsuit Postponed; New York Wind Auction To Proceed As Planned

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has reportedly come to an agreement with fishermen groups that recently...

Wanted: New York Seeks Help In Shaping Offshore Wind Master Plan

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is seeking to expand its pool of consultants to help develop the Offshore Wind...

Pattern Energy, Siemens Determine Cause Of Ocotillo Wind Collapse

Pattern Energy has offered an update on last month’s turbine collapse at the Ocotillo Wind project in Southern California. According to an investigation from...

IEA: The Global Appetite For Coal Keeps On Dwindling

Growth in global coal demand will stall over the next five years as the appetite for the fuel wanes and other energy sources gain...

Bill Gates Establishes $1B Investment Fund For Clean Energy

Members of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition (BEC), a group led by tech entrepreneur and philanthropist Bill Gates, have established a new investment fund. Called...

The U.S.’ First Offshore Wind Farm Is Officially Producing Power

“We’ve made history here in the Ocean State, but our work is far from over,” says the CEO of Deepwater Wind, developer of the Block Island Wind Farm.

Study: What Are Wind Turbines Doing For Iowa Crops?

A multiyear study led by an Iowa State University scientist suggests wind turbines in operation in the state may be having a positive effect...

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