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BNEF: Development Banks Finance Record Amount In Clean Energy
Clean energy financing by the world's development banks increased 19% last year to $109 billion - breaking through the $100 billion-a-year barrier for...
Pattern Energy Group Announces Launch Of Initial Public Offering
California-based wind developer Pattern Energy Group Inc. plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of 16 million shares. The company says it...
Hawaiian Company Makes Operational Improvements To Use More Wind Energy
Maui Electric Co. (MECO) has implemented operational improvements to further increase its use of wind energy. MECO says it is now using about...
First-Half Performance Lends Credence To Goldwind’s International Expansion
Chinese turbine manufacturer Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. posted strong first-half earnings in its latest financial report. Net income increased 29% to...
Volkswagen de Mexico Agrees To Power Two Plants With Wind Energy
Volkswagen de Mexico plans to power two automotive and engine plants with the output from a nearby 180 MW wind farm being planned...
DOI Concludes Second-Ever U.S. Federal Offshore Wind Auction
On Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) completed the nation's second competitive lease sale for offshore wind development in federal...
Nordex To Return $2.5 Million In Incentives For Shuttered Arkansas Plant
Nordex USA Inc., the U.S. arm of German wind turbine maker Nordex SE, is repaying about $2.5 million in incentives after recently announcing...
Global Wind Turbine Demand To Drop For First Time In Five Years
For the first time since 2004, global wind turbine demand is expected to contract this year, by as much as 5%, finds a...
Defending Your Patents: Intellectual Property Protection Costs Set To Skyrocket
New research shows that the U.S. has the greatest number of patent filings on wind turbine technology, and domestic companies have collectively spent...
Six-Day ‘Energy Exodus’ March Ends With Activists Rallying To Build Cape Wind Project
At the end of a six-day march on Sept. 2, about 200 climate activists rallied in Cape Cod, Mass., in support of building...
Washington Supreme Court Backs Controversial Wind Farm
In a unanimous decision, the Washington State Supreme Court has backed Gov. Christine Gregoire's March 2012 approval of the Whistling Ridge Wind Energy...
New Study Debunks Myth That Wind Turbines Hurt U.S. Home Property Values
Despite what many anti-wind groups may claim, wind farms in the U.S. have no impact on nearby residential property values, according to a...
Quebec Government Issues Call For 450 MW Of Wind
The Quebec government has issued a draft regulation to procure 450 MW of wind power that includes 300 MW to be installed in...
They’re Here! BOEM Report Corroborates Belief That Bats Frequent Offshore Environment
With no substantive studies and relatively few anecdotal observations, any understanding of the presence and activities of bats over the oceans has traditionally...
NREL Study: Cost Gap For Western U.S. Renewables Could Narrow By 2025
By 2025, wind and solar power electricity generation in the western U.S. could become cost-competitive without federal subsidies if new renewable energy development...
Report: Renewable Energy Made Up Nearly 50% Of U.S. Added Capacity Last Year
Renewable energy projects in the U.S. experienced a banner year in 2012, with wind deployment adding a record 13,124 MW of capacity and...
Vestas Ousts CEO Ditlev Engel, Names Former Telecom Exec Its New Leader
Vestas Wind Systems A/S has ousted Ditlev Engel as company president and CEO. Engel, who has served as the wind turbine maker's head...
Frost & Sullivan: Installed Capacity Of Renewables To Surpass 2 TW By 2020
The installed capacity of renewable sources worldwide will reach an estimated 2,252.3 GW in 2020, finds a new report from Frost & Sullivan....
DONG Energy To Lay Off Up To 400 Workers
In an interim financial report Tuesday, Denmark-based energy group DONG Energy revealed plans to lay off between 350 and 400 employees in the...
Growth In Wind Energy Capacity Expected To Help O&M Market Reach $19 Billion By...
With wind energy capacity growing at a rapid pace, the value of the global operations and maintenance (O&M) market is expected to increase...