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Feds Release EA On Chokecherry And Sierra Madre

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released an environmental assessment (EA) analyzing an additional 396 wind turbines as...

Rick Perry Resigning As DOE Secretary

Rick Perry, secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has informed President Donald Trump that he will resign from his position, effective later...
energy storage

FERC OKs First Compliance Filings On New Storage Rule

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved the first two orders implementing Order No. 841, a rulemaking aimed at breaking down market barriers...
renewables

ACORE: Considerations For Designing A Federal, High-Penetration Renewable Energy Standard

In a new white paper released by the nonprofit American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the organizations offer...

EIA Short-Term Forecast: Rising Renewable, Falling Coal Generation

In its recently released Short-Term Energy Outlook, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is expecting U.S. electric power sector generation from renewables other than...
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New Ad Campaign Calls On Senators, Trump To Support 100% Clean Energy Economy

The Sierra Club has launched a digital advertising campaign calling on five senators and President Donald Trump to address the climate crisis impacting communities...

Feds Give Thumbs-Up To MidAmerican’s Habitat Conservation Plan

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has determined that a habitat conservation plan proposed by MidAmerican Energy is the best solution to help...

Wind Solar Alliance Report Quantifies Impact Of Electricity Market Reforms

A new report from the Wind Solar Alliance (WSA) finds that electricity market reforms in the Midwest, Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic could end up...

Is It Time For Renewable Energy MLPs?

On June 13, U.S. Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kan., and Mike Thompson, D-Calif., together with U.S. Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., re-introduced...

Wells Fargo’s Hopkins: As Renewable Tax Credits Phase Out, Industry Must Develop New Financing...

Earlier this year, Wells Fargo announced leadership changes for its renewable energy and environmental finance business. Phil Hopkins, who co-led the group with Barry...

Report Highlights Dramatic U.S. Wind Growth Since 2009

Since 2009, the U.S. has increased its solar power generation 40-fold and upped its electric production from wind by more than 270%, according to...
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DOE Report Confirms Wind Energy Costs At All-Time Lows

Wind energy pricing remains attractive, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and prepared by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory....
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Sens. Warren And Markey Speak Out Against Vineyard Wind Decision

U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, both D-Mass., are speaking out against the recent federal decision to delay Vineyard Wind's offshore project,...

Federal Decision Delays Vineyard Wind Project

The U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has decided to significantly delay the publication of Vineyard Wind's final...
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CanWEA: Fraser Institute ‘Missed The Mark’ On Wind, Solar Claims

The Fraser Institute, an independent, nonpartisan public policy think tank in Canada, claims in a new study that although wind turbines and solar panels...
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DOC Probes Dumping Claims Against Wind Towers From Canada, Indonesia, Korea And Vietnam

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has initiated new antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations to determine whether utility-scale wind towers from...

Lawmakers Propose Bill For Clean Energy Victory Bonds

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and U.S. Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Doris Matsui, D-Calif., have introduced bicameral legislation to give Americans the opportunity...

Bill Seeks To Increase Wind, Solar Development On Public Lands

U.S. Reps. Mike Levin, D-Calif., and Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., recently introduced the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act (PLREDA) of 2019, a bill to...

House Leaders Announce ‘Ambitious But Necessary’ Clean Energy Goal

Democratic House committee leaders have announced a bold new plan to achieve a 100% clean economy by 2050. The plan was introduced on Tuesday by...

FERC Alters Energy Forecast, Suggesting Even Brighter Future For Renewables

Within the past month, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has dramatically revised its three-year forecast for changes in the U.S. electrical generating capacity...

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