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Canada Lays Out Vision For Harnessing Renewable Energy Resources

Canada’s abundant renewable electricity resources offer the country a competitive advantage in global efforts to cut carbon pollution and deliver clean growth, according to...

Wind To Help Power University Of Illinois For Next Decade

Having inked a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the Rail Splitter Wind Farm, located north of Lincoln, Ill., the University of Illinois at...

Final Environmental Analysis Completed For Wyoming Wind Giant

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has released its final environmental impact statement on Power Company of Wyoming LLC’s (PCW) voluntary applications for...

Fishermen Hit Feds With Lawsuit Over Wind Lease Sale

A lawsuit has been filed against the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in an effort to...

A Total Eclipse Of RPS Mandates: States Go Big On Renewables

The U.S. electric power industry has been going above and beyond in investing in renewable resources past states’ renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and targets,...

New York Undertakes Aerial Surveying Project To Spur Offshore Wind

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has completed the first two phases of what it calls the world's largest digital...

Nordex Kicks Off Headquarters Expansion In ‘European Wind Power Capital’

The Nordex Group has laid the first stone in the foundations for the extension of its head office in Hamburg, Germany. Roughly six years ago,...

Google To Notch 100% Renewables Milestone In 2017

Google has announced a major milestone in its quest toward becoming powered entirely by renewable energy: It’s set to happen as soon as 2017. According...

Human Error Causes Turbine Damage At Block Island Wind Farm

Despite the malfunction - caused by a drill bit left inside the GE turbine generator - Deepwater Wind expects the U.S.' first offshore wind farm to commence operations as planned.

U.S. Mayors To Trump: We’re Not Stopping The Fight Against Climate Change

Speaking at the C40 Mayors Summit in Mexico City, mayors from cities across the U.S. have urged President-elect Donald Trump to recognize what they...

Deepwater Acquiring Site Of NRG’s Former Mid-Atlantic Wind Park

NRG Energy Inc. has confirmed a transfer of NRG Bluewater Wind project assets to an affiliate of offshore wind developer Deepwater Wind. According to NRG,...

U.S. Offshore Wind Becomes A Reality In ‘A Matter Of Days’

The U.S.’ first offshore wind farm will begin commercial operations in a “matter of days,” developer Deepwater Wind has revealed. In its latest update on...

New York Poises To Bid In Federal Offshore Wind Auction

Having submitted required documentation and a bid deposit to the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the New York...

PNE WIND Nears Deal For Majority Stake In Project Portfolio

German wind company PNE WIND AG is in what it calls a “very advanced stage of negotiations” with AREF II Renewables Investment Holding S.a.r.l....

EIA Says Three Turbine OEMs Dominate U.S. Wind Generating Capacity

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has reported that as of the end of 2015, just three manufacturers - General Electric (GE), Vestas and Siemens...

New Record: ERCOT Reports Massive Amount Of Electricity From Wind

The Texas-based system used a whopping 15,033 MW of electricity from wind power on Nov. 27, representing about 45% of total demand for electric power at the time.

AEP Ohio To Invest In Renewables Via Extended Electric Security Plan

AEP Ohio, a unit of American Electric Power (AEP), has filed a proposal with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to extend its...

AWEA: Wind Industry Offers Economic, Veteran Employment Opportunities

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), a national trade association of the U.S. wind energy industry with over 900 member companies, is putting out...

U.S. Latinos Maintain Support For Paris Agreement, Clean Power Plan

The Sierra Club and GreenLatinos have released the results of a post-election survey finding that 88% of Latino voters want the U.S. to meet...
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Terna Energy Gains Funding For U.S. Renewables Plan, Texas Wind

Terna Energy, a Greek utility part of the GEK Terna Group of companies, has signed a cooperation agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) regarding the...

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