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Board Identifies Four Michigan Regions With High Wind Potential
The Wind Energy Resource Zone Board has issued its proposed report, which has identified the four regions in Michigan with the highest level...
WSU Researching Integration Of RE Sources With Existing Grids
A researcher at Detroit's Wayne State University (WSU) is developing a strategy that manages new and old energy sources in an integrated system...
AESO Transmission Plan Identifies Need For Investment
Several critical transmission infrastructure projects are needed between 2010 and 2017 to meet the current and future electricity needs of Albertans, the Alberta...
Finavera Renewables Secures Funding Commitment
Vancouver, British Columbia-based Finavera Renewables Inc. has secured a C$10 million development loan from a European private family fund and current shareholder. The...
Westar Energy Files Follow-Up Rate Case
Westar Energy Inc. has filed a limited rate case with the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) that seeks cost recovery for investments in the...
Ohio Approves Job Creation Tax Credit
The Ohio Tax Credit Authority has approved job creation tax credits for five businesses involved in location or expansion projects that, if located...
Danotek Opens Facility In Michigan
Canton, Mich.-based Danotek Motion Technologies celebrated the opening of a manufacturing center that will produce electric generators for wind turbines. The 40,000 square-foot...
DOE To Establish Energy Frontier Research Center At NREL
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will be home to a new multimillion-dollar Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC)...
City To Examine Feasibility Of Wind In Boston Harbor Islands
The city of Boston has announced that it is examining the feasibility of wind power in the Boston Harbor Islands. The first feasibility...
Researchers Study ‘Smart’ Wind Turbines
Researchers from Purdue University and Sandia National Laboratory have developed a technique that uses sensors and computational software to constantly monitor forces exerted...
Idaho PUC Orders Utility To Sell RE Certificates
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC), reversing an earlier decision, has ordered Idaho Power Co. to sell its 2007 and 2008 renewable energy...
Siting Board Grants Cape Wind State And Local Permitting
The Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board has voted unanimously to grant Cape Wind a certificate of environmental impact and public interest, which combines...
FERC Study Will Use Frequency Response To Assess Integration
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has commissioned a new study that will use frequency response to assess reliable integration of wind and...
FERC Approves Energy-Storage-Based Market Rules For NYISO
According to Tyngsboro, Mass.-based Beacon Power Corp., the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved energy-storage-based market rules for the New York Independent...
NREL Releases Analysis of Renewable Electricity Standards
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has completed a study comparing three proposed national renewable electricity standards (RES)....
DOE Announces Standards For Smart-Grid Security
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu have announced the first set of standards that are needed for the...
PATH Seeks Authorization For New Transmission Line
American Electric Power and Allegheny Energy have announced that an application was filed seeking authorization to build a proposed electric transmission line in...
California ISO Approves LCRI Transmission Project
The California Independent System Operator Corp.'s (California ISO) board of governors has approved the Highwind Project transmission upgrade that reach renewable generation facilities...
Preliminary Findings Of Bat Study Released
The first year of an effort to study the interaction between bats and wind turbines at the Casselman Wind Power Project shows that...
Study: Energy Storage Market To Reach $4.1 Billion
With the growth of renewable energy around the world, the need for utilities to capture and store electricity for later use is becoming...