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BOEM To Assess Competitive Interest In West Coast Offshore Wind Site

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a request to determine whether there is competitive interest in leasing an area offshore...

Vestas And Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Form Offshore Wind Joint Venture

Vestas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) have agreed to form a joint venture (JV) dedicated to offshore wind energy. The announcement comes...

Could Renewable Energy Save Utilities Billions?

Incorporating high levels of wind and solar power into the Western Interconnection grid, which includes 13 U.S. states and some parts of Canada...

EDPR North America Drops 300 MW Wind Project In Oregon

EDP Renewables North America (EDPR) has asked regulators to withdraw its siting application for the Antelope Ridge wind farm, a 300 MW project...

Market Slowdown Will Cause Wind To Fall Behind Solar For The First Time

This year is set to be the first in which solar has added more megawatts of capacity than wind, according to a new...

IHS Report: Why Full-Power Wind Converters Aren’t Overtaking The Market Yet

The global market for utility-scale onshore wind converters continues to be led by doubly fed (DFIG) converters, according to a new report from...

Toshiba Corp. Enters Wind Development Business

Toshiba Corp. has announced that it will enter the wind development space by acquiring Sigma Power Janex Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Janex...

Massachusetts Utilities File 565 MW Wind Energy Plan

Massachusetts' four utility companies have jointly filed contracts with state regulators for a total 565 MW of wind energy. According to the Gov....

GMP And Regulators Reach Bat Protection Agreement For Vermont Wind Farm

The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and Green Mountain Power (GMP) have agreed on a plan through which the utility will minimize the...

Vestas And RES Americas Credit PTC For New Wind Deal In The U.S.

In a deal that highlights the importance of the production tax credit (PTC), Vestas has received a 60 MW order from affiliates of...

Report Highlights The Rise Of Renewable Energy

The quantity of renewable energy in the U.S. has been steadily on the rise for the past 15 years, experiencing exponential growth in...

CanWEA Calls For 2 GW More Of Ontario Wind Procurement

The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) is calling for 2 GW of new wind energy procurement in Ontario between 2014 and 2018. Looking...

Bird Protection Group Seeks To Build Wind Turbine At Its HQ

Anti-wind groups and environmentalists often protest wind farms and developers, charging that the projects pose a serious threat to birds. So then why...

End Of An Error: Developer Pulls Plug On Controversial Wind Farm

The developer behind the controversial New Era Wind Farm has informed the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) that it will no longer pursue...

ACORE: Western States Are Leading The Way In Renewable Energy Development

The western U.S. is a leader in renewables development, and nearly all existing clean energy technologies are well suited for deployment in the...

LEEDCo’s Novel Approach To Financing And Support

The Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo), a regional public-private partnership based in Cleveland, has literally taken to the streets to drum up...

Moventas Announces Plans To Separate Gear Businesses

Moventas has announced plans to rebrand and differentiate its industrial and wind gear businesses: The Santasalo brand will now be reintroduced and serve...

Xcel Energy’s Newest Proposal In Colorado Seeks Less Wind Power Than Before

In a new filing with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Xcel Energy has lowered how much wind energy it is seeking to...

DNV GL Merger Approved By Competition Authorities

The competition authorities in South Korea, the U.S., the EU and China have cleared the merger between standards bodies DNV and GL. The...

U.S. Army Selects Wind Firms For $7B Renewables Program

The U.S. Army has chosen 17 wind energy companies to pursue the wind power portion of its $7 billion renewable energy program. Working...

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