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Chinese Wind Company Sinovel Found Guilty In U.S. Trade Secret Case
On Wednesday, Sinovel, a China-based manufacturer and exporter of wind turbines, was convicted of stealing trade secrets from AMSC, a U.S.-based company formerly known...
Canada Supports Program Seeking To Establish Offshore Wind
In order to expand innovative renewable energy sources available to provinces, Jim Carr, Canada’s minister of natural resources, has announced the launch of a...
Feds Propose ‘Design Envelope’ Approach To U.S. Offshore Wind Development
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released draft guidelines for the use of a “design envelope” approach...
FERC Axes DOE Grid Proposal As Renewables Groups Breathe Sigh Of Relief
In a move being applauded by renewable energy groups, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has terminated its consideration of the U.S. Department of...
DOI: No More Criminalization Of Incidental Bird Deaths Under MBTA
Claiming wind companies have been favored over oil and gas companies, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has issued a notice stating that...
Trump Officially Signs Tax Bill, Protecting Wind PTC
On Friday, President Donald Trump signed into law the comprehensive GOP tax reform bill, an overhaul of the federal tax code that left the...
EPA Seeking Public Input On Clean Power Plan Alternatives
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) to solicit public input as it considers the next...
Final Tax Bill Preserves Wind PTC, But Some Worries Remain
Update: On Dec. 20, Congress officially approved the final bill along party lines, sending it to President Donald Trump for his signature.
Following an array...
Final Tax Bill Expected To Keep Wind PTC Intact
The final tax bill currently being reconciled by both the House and Senate will reportedly keep intact the current phase-out of the wind energy...
Iowa Congressman Leads Fight To Preserve Wind PTC In Final Tax Bill
U.S. Rep. David Young, R-Iowa, is continuing his fight to protect the wind energy production tax credit (PTC). Today, he led a letter advocating...
DOE’s Perry Grants FERC Extension On Grid Resiliency Pricing Rule
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry has granted a request from Kevin McIntyre, the newly sworn-in chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory...
Senate Passes Tax Reform, Leaving Renewable Energy Groups Fearful
The U.S. Senate approved a sweeping tax reform bill early Saturday morning, leaving in an obscure provision clean energy groups recently warned could have...
Clean Power Plan Hearing Kicks Off In West Virginia
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in coal country to hold a public hearing on the proposed repeal of the Clean Power...
House Passes GOP Tax Bill, ‘Misses Opportunity’ To Stand Up For Wind
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.1, the tax reform bill that wind stakeholders fear would be detrimental to the industry.
Passed by...
House Energy Bill Promotes Offshore Wind Development
The House Committee on Natural Resources recently passed H.R.4239, the “Strengthening the Economy with Critical Untapped Resources to Expand American Energy Act,” which promotes...
Hundreds Of Wind Stakeholders Band Together Against House Tax Proposal
Today, more than 200 companies in the U.S. wind supply chain delivered a letter to leaders of the tax reform effort in the U.S....
AWEA Lauds Senate Tax Plan As Boon For Wind Industry
Unlike the House tax reform bill, the newly proposed Senate tax reform plan honors the terms of the phase-out of the wind energy production...
Energy Groups Continue Battle Against DOE Grid Proposal
On Tuesday, a diverse group of a dozen energy industry associations representing oil, natural gas, wind, solar, efficiency, and other energy technologies submitted reply...