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Wind And Solar Helped California Grid During Challenging Summer
Wind and solar power helped the California grid maintain reliability during a challenging summer this year. According to the California Independent System Operator...
U.S. Renewables Continue To Outpace Coal, Oil And Nuclear
Renewable energy sources accounted for more than two-fifths (40.61%) of all new U.S. electrical generating capacity put in service during the first three...
Recapping The Wind Industry’s Third-Quarter Deals
Global wind power venture capital (VC) funding reached $140 million in the third quarter of this year (Q3'14), compared with $48 million in...
ICC Approves Key Illinois Transmission Line
Commonwealth Edison's (ComEd) Grand Prairie Gateway Project, a transmission line that is expected to remove wind energy bottlenecks in Illinois, has received approval...
Starwood Energy Group To Buy 250 MW Ohio Project
Greenwich, Conn.-based private equity firm Starwood Energy Group has agreed to purchase the 250 MW Northwest Ohio Wind Project, located in Ohio's Van...
GE To Close Tehachapi Manufacturing Plant; Related Work Will Transition To Pensacola, Fla.
GE Energy will close a Tehachapi, Calif.-based regional manufacturing facility that produces machine heads and hubs for wind turbines. Through November, GE will...
Hannon Armstrong Acquires Wind Portfolio In Partnership ‘Flip’ Transaction
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc. has agreed to acquire a portfolio of 10 operating wind projects from an affiliate of JPMorgan Chase...
Geronimo Energy Partners With Tribe, Scores GSA’s Largest-Ever Wind Energy Contract
MG2 Tribal Energy (MG2), a partnership between the Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians and Geronimo Energy, has obtained a power purchase agreement...
MAKE: Despite Grid Constraints, China’s Wind Industry Is In Line For Record 2014
According to a forecast from MAKE Consulting, China's wind industry will install 20.4 GW of new wind by the end of the year,...
Behemoth Investor To Fund Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Development Firm
Blackstone, a global investment firm with $7 billion under investment across a broad range of energy sectors, says it will partner with experienced...
Yearly Installed Capacity Figures Already Beat 2013 Numbers, More Wind On The Way: AWEA
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) reported that 419 MW of installed capacity came online during the third quarter ending Sept. 30, taking...
Global Wind Energy Could Reach 2,000 GW By 2030: GWEC
Wind power could reach 2,000 GW by 2030 and supply up to 19% of global electricity, according to a report by the Global...
Report: U.S. Renewable Energy EPC Firms Should Prepare For Industry Changes
With U.S. renewable energy capacity (excluding hydropower) expected to double by 2021, the firms that provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for...
Could Initial Offshore Wind Projects Crash New England’s REC Market?
The U.S.' first commercial forays into offshore wind could soon dot the horizon off New England's Atlantic Coast. Two projects totaling nearly 500...
Maine Regulators Officially Sign Off On First Wind-Emera JV
The Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) has issued its written decision confirming approval of Northeast Wind Partners, a joint venture between Boston-based First...
MidAmerican Plans $280M Investment To Expand Its Iowa Wind Energy Portfolio
Utility company MidAmerican Energy Co. has announced plans to invest up to $280 million more in Iowa wind generation to develop one new...
Poll Shows Albertans Support Development Of More Wind Energy
Almost 80% of Albertans say the government of Alberta has not done enough to develop wind power and other renewable forms of large-scale...
U.S. Industry Expects Tipping Point For Offshore Wind
Many company executives and wind power stakeholders believe the U.S. offshore wind industry is turning a corner, with construction of more than one...
Catching Up With The DOE’s Down-Select Offshore Winners
Since being selected in May by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as recipients of follow-up funding for advanced technologies, Dominion Virginia Power,...
Fishermen’s Energy Considers Switching Turbine Suppliers
Fishermen's Energy, developer of an offshore wind demonstration project off the coast of Atlantic City, has announced that it is considering new turbine...