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ACCIONA Windpower Opens Brazil Facility To Produce 3 MW Turbines Locally
ACCIONA Windpower has opened a turbine assembly plant in the Bahia state of Brazil to produce 3 MW machines in the country. According...
Minnesota Power’s International Project Clears Major Regulatory Hurdle
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) unanimously approved Minnesota Power's request for a certificate of need (CN) for the 500 kV Great Northern...
Juhl Energy Off To Solid Start For 2015
Pipestone, Minn.-based developer/service provider Juhl Energy kicked off 2015 in style as the company posted top- and bottom-line improvements for the quarter ended...
UPDATED: ZF To Acquire Bosch Rexroth’s Large Gearbox Business
In a move to strengthen its wind turbine gearbox business, ZF Friedrichshafen AG has announced it is acquiring the large gearbox business of...
Raising The Discourse: Iowa Scientists Urge Presidential Hopefuls To Address Climate Change
As presidential hopefuls begin making the quadrennial trek to Iowa, state-based academicians and researchers plan to ask the candidates a simple - but...
NextEra Finalizes Deal To Add 664 MW In Assets
NextEra Energy Partners has completed a previously announced agreement to acquire approximately 664 MW of installed wind capacity from NextEra Energy Resources LLC....
Thumbs Up For Thumb Loop Transmission Line
ITC Transmission says the Thumb Loop high-voltage transmission project is complete with the energization of the third and final phase of the project....
Report: California’s 2030 Energy Goals Will Create $51 Billion In Annual Savings
A report from Berkeley, Calif.-based Strategen Consulting says California Gov. Jerry Brown's clean energy goals for 2030 are not only achievable and economically...
Apple Brings Corporate Sustainability Mindset To China
Apple has announced an expansion of its renewable energy and environmental protection initiatives in China, including a new multiyear project with World Wildlife...
Report: Iowa Wind Can Fulfill Clean Power Plan Requirements
Iowa is on track to achieve its proposed carbon reduction goal as part of the Clean Power Plan, according to the Iowa Wind...
SunEdison Strikes Renewable Energy Portfolio And Corporate Acquisitions Deal
SunEdison Inc. has signed definitive agreements to acquire five portfolios of renewable energy projects as well as several development companies. The operational portfolio...
Internet Of Things May Drive Distributed Generation Microgrids
A number of technology companies and utilities have embarked on a testbed project to demonstrate a microgrid architecture for integrating solar, wind and...
ALLETE Subsidiary Scoops Up AES’ Armenia Mountain Wind Project
ALLETE Clean Energy has agreed to acquire the 100.5 MW AES Armenia Mountain Wind Project from AES Corp. (AES) and a non-controlling interest...
Environmental Lawyer Spielman Joins WilmerHale
Public lands, natural resources and environmental lawyer Andrew Spielman has joined law firm WilmerHale as partner. Spielman's practice - with deep experience in...
CapX2020 Utilities Energize Two Transmission Lines Key To Wind
The CapX2020 utilities energized the Brookings County-Hampton project, a 250-mile, 345 kV transmission line between the Brookings County Substation near Brookings, S.D., and...
MidAmerican Energy To Invest $900 Million In New Wind Development
MidAmerican Energy Co. has filed plans with the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) for the development of up to 552 MW of new wind...
Federal Agencies Grant Final EIS To TransWest Express Transmission Project
The TransWest Express Transmission (TWE) Project has received its final environmental impact statement (EIS) from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Western...
Two-Bladed Wind Turbine Powers Texas Desalination Plant
A two-bladed, 500 kW wind turbine is now providing power to the Mitchell County Desalination Plant in Texas. The wind turbine, designed by...
MAKE: Latin America Wind Market To Set Records In 2015, 2016
Mexico, Uruguay, Panama and the Dominican Republic are expected to set new capacity installation records this year, but demand in Latin America is...
ScottishPower Repowers U.K.’s Coal Clough
ScottishPower Renewables opened the newly repowered Coal Clough wind farm, located near Burnley in the U.K. Over the past 18 months, the company...