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BOEM Announces Public Meetings For South Fork Offshore Project
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced three upcoming public meetings in New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island...
U.S. Wind In Q3: Bigger Turbines And Non-Utility Deals Galore
With 612 MW installed in the third quarter of this year, U.S. wind farms now represent a total 90,550 MW of electricity generating capacity,...
A Closer Look At Bat Conservation In The Canadian Wind Industry
The following has been adapted from an executive summary of a resource published by the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) to summarize bat conservation...
U.S. Electrical Generation By Wind Up 16% Over Last Year
Renewable energy sources - biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar and wind - accounted for over 18% of net domestic electrical generation during the first two-thirds...
CanWEA: Canada’s Wind Power Industry ‘Ready To Deliver’
On Wednesday, the Alberta and Saskatchewan governments expressed strong support for wind energy at the opening of the 34th annual CanWEA Conference and Exhibition...
Wind, Solar Comprised One-Fifth Of Electric Generation In 10 States Last Year
Wind and solar electric generation, including small-scale solar photovoltaics, reached or exceeded 20% of total generation in 10 states in 2017, according to the...
DOE’s McNamee Nominated As FERC Commissioner
President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate Bernard L. McNamee, currently executive director of the Office of Policy for the U.S. Department of...
How Did Non-Hydro Renewables Fare In The First Half Of 2018?
According to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of new data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), output by non-hydro renewables - biofuels, biomass, geothermal,...
With PTC Deadlines Looming, Could Wind Catcher Cancellation Be Part Of A Trend?
News broke at the end of July that American Electric Power Co. (AEP) scuttled plans to develop an approximately $4.5 billion, 2 GW wind...
House Bill Seeks Offshore Wind For U.S. Territories
The House Committee on Natural Resources has unanimously passed a bill that would amend federal law to authorize offshore wind development in the exclusive economic...
Renewables Beat Nuclear By A Hair For U.S. Electrical Generation
Renewable energy sources - biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar and wind - accounted for nearly 20% of net domestic electrical generation during the first half...
EPA Proposes Affordable Clean Energy Rule To Replace Clean Power Plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule, which establishes emission guidelines for states to use when developing plans to...
Report: Renewable, Environmental Groups Out-Lobbied On Climate Bills
A report from Philadelphia-based Drexel University claims fossil fuel, electric utility and transportation sectors have out-lobbied environmental organizations and alternative energy corporations when it comes...
Happy American Wind Week!
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has announced the kickoff of American Wind Week 2018, being held Aug. 5-11.
Supporters of wind energy across the...
Federal Stats Show Renewables Provide More Electricity Than Nuclear In Majority Of States
Citing concerns about "national security" and "grid reliability," the Trump administration is weighing options for subsidizing and preventing the closure of nuclear and coal...
Icebreaker Windpower Meets Federal Clean Water Standards: Ohio EPA
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a Section 401 water quality certificate of approval to Icebreaker Windpower Inc., confirming that the proposed...
AWEA: Wind Energy Surpasses 90 GW Nationally
A record amount of wind energy capacity is now under construction across the U.S., according to a second-quarter report released by the American Wind...
DOE Offers Funding For Wind R&D
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office has released a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) entitled “Advanced Wind R&D to Reduce Costs...
Report: The Steep Price Of A Coal And Nuclear Bailout
In response to the Trump administration's proposed plan to bail out failing coal and nuclear plants across the country, The Brattle Group - a...
Scott Pruitt Out, Andrew Wheeler In At The EPA
Scott Pruitt is officially out as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
On Thursday, President Donald Trump tweeted that he had accepted Pruitt's...