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ACCIONA Windpower To Open Brazil-Based Service Center

ACCIONA Windpower will open a service center dedicated to wind power in Brazil's northeast. According to ACCIONA, the center will be located in...

AWEA: Voluntary Mitigation Practices Will Reduce Impacts On Bats By 30%

In an effort to further protect bats, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) says it will adopt new operating protocols that will reduce...

New Mexico Advocacy Group Blasts State Commission For Its Utility Stance

A renewable energy advocacy group is calling out the state's Public Regulation Commission (PRC), urging that 80% of the board should recuse themselves...

DONG Completes Largest-Ever Testing Of Wind Turbine Piles

DONG Energy has completed one of the most comprehensive pile-testing campaigns ever, and based on initial findings, the results show that the cost...

NextEra Energy: HEI Merger Represents Best Path To Achieving State’s 100% Renewables Goal

NextEra Energy Resources says that its merger plans with Hawaiian Electric Utilities (HEI) will give the state its best chance to realize its...

Duke Energy Gets 50% Stake In Mesquite Creek, With Mars Inc. As Off-Taker

Duke Energy Renewables has acquired a 50% stake in Mesquite Creek Wind, a 211 MW wind power project near Lamesa, Texas, through its...

Northern Exposure: Alaska Increases Utility- And Distributed-Scale Installed Capacity

Net wind-electricity generation in Alaska has increased every year since 2012, as utilities and independent power producers are diversifying their electricity portfolio by...

UMEX, Cyberhawk Bring Drone Utility Infrastructure Inspections To U.S.

Colorado-based Unmanned Experts (UMEX), a consultancy and training company in the U.S. unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) market, has joined forces with Scotland-headquartered Cyberhawk...

Components Bound For Thunder Spirit Arrive At Duluth Port

Turbine components for ALLETE's 107 MW Thunder Spirit wind farm, located in Hettinger, N.D., were unloaded at the Duluth Seaway Port Authority on...

MidAmerican Energy To Locate New Wind Farms In Iowa

Iowa's Ida and O'Brien counties will be home to two new MidAmerican Energy Co. wind farms. According to the company, construction on the...

Beothuk Energy Engages Investment Firm To Raise Financing For Offshore Pilot Project

Beothuk Energy Inc. (BEI) has retained Toronto-based Jacob Securities Inc. (JSI) to identify project financing for the company's 180 MW offshore wind pilot...

Leading Ontario Wind Developers Respond To Large Procurement Call

A 'who's who' of Ontario wind energy developers has responded to the provincial government's call for renewable energy projects exceeding 500 kW. Wind...

Oregon Forms Offshore Wind Advisory Group

Gov. Kate Brown, R-Ore., announced the formation of the WindFloat Pacific Offshore Wind Advisory Committee to identify smart solutions for Oregon's economy through...

MAKE Report: Demand From Non-Traditional U.S. Off-Takers Drives Near-Term Growth

MAKE Consulting says that demand from a growing corporate and industrial class of off-takers in the U.S. and improved market confidence in Iran...

Ontario Invests C$2.5 Million In First Nation Renewable Energy Project

Ontario is investing in new energy infrastructure in the Far North that will link solar and wind power to the Fort Severn First...

LEEDCo Takes Next Step For Icebreaker Offshore Wind Project

The Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo) began a comprehensive geotechnical investigation of the soils under Lake Erie today where the group plans...

Iowa Utilities Board Approves MidAmerican Energy’s Wind X Project

The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) has approved a settlement regarding MidAmerican Energy's proposed Wind X Iowa electric generation project of up to 552...

Drone Services Provider Offers Turbine Inspection And Repair Services

Ventus, a Dallas-headquartered provider of drone inspection services, has entered into a joint wind turbine blade repair program with Renewables Civil & Maintenance...

Replenishing The Pipeline: EDF Renewable Energy Scoops Up Wind Developer OwnEnergy

EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) has acquired Brooklyn, N.Y.-based OwnEnergy, a national developer of midsize wind projects. The transaction includes 100% of OwnEnergy's...

North Dakota PSC Approves Transfer Of Courtenay Wind Farm

The North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) approved the transfer of Geronimo Energy's Courtenay Wind Farm to Xcel Energy. Xcel Energy, which was...

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