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Parkland Completes Turbine Installation at Northwester 2

In a joint operation with MHI Vestas and Jan De Nul Group, Parkwind has completed the final installation of turbines at the Northwester 2...

Wind Powers 2019 for Another Record Year

Wind power emerged from 2019 as the U.S.’ top choice for new power after building 9.1 GW, representing 39% of new utility-scale power additions.  With...

Spirit AeroSystems Powers Kansas Aircraft Factory

Spirit AeroSystems says Kansas public utility regulators cleared a path for the company's complete conversion to renewable wind-generated electricity for its 12.8 million square-foot...

IEA Finalizes Wind Construction Contract in Iowa

Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc. (IEA), an infrastructure construction company with specialized energy and heavy civil expertise, has finalized a $65 million wind construction...

Aker Solutions, Cognite Awarded Digital Offshore Grant

Aker Solutions and Cognite have been awarded a $2 million grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for a project called NextWind Real Time...

DOE Allocates Funds for Rare Earth Element Research

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans to provide up to $18 million for basic research aimed at helping to ensure the continued availability...

Clean Energy Workers Feel the Effects of COVID-19

More than 106,000 clean energy workers lost their jobs in the month of March, and hundreds of thousands more clean energy job losses are...

Two Newly Completed Wind Farms Power Upper Midwest

Upper Midwest customers of Xcel Energy are now receiving renewable energy from two newly completed wind facilities, the 150 MW Foxtail Wind Project in...

LM Wind Power to Close Blade Manufacturing Plant

LM Wind Power, a Danish supplier of rotor blades, says it will close its Little Rock, Ark., manufacturing plant later in the year due...

Offshore Wind Industry Needs 77,000 Trained Workers by 2024

The offshore wind industry will need over 77,000 trained on-site workers to fulfill 2020-2024 market forecasts in North America, China, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, and...

Pearce Services Acquires MaxGen Energy Services, WWS

Pearce Services LLC, a provider of telecommunications infrastructure maintenance, repair and engineering, has acquired MaxGen Energy Services and World Wind & Solar (WWS), independent...

Orsted U.S. Offshore Wind Names New Head of Federal Affairs

Ørsted has named Margaret "Maggie" Lemmerman as the company’s new head of federal affairs for U.S Offshore Wind.  Lemmerman will be based in Washington, D.C....

National GHG Emissions Fall 10 Percent Since 2005

Since 2005, national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have fallen by 10%, and power sector emissions have fallen by 27% - even as our economy...

Virginia Governor Signs the VCEA

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has signed the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA). The act passed in the state senate and the house of delegates in...

ENGIE Signs Tax Equity Financing for Renewables Portfolio

ENGIE North America, an independent power producer and energy efficiency services provider, has signed a major tax equity financing for its renewables portfolio.  The portfolio...

American Voters Favor Offshore Wind

Over 80% of the nation’s voters favor offshore wind energy. Widespread support comes from both major political parties and every demographic group across the country,...

RENOVA Selects MHI Vestas Turbines for Offshore Wind Farm

RENOVA Inc. has selected wind turbines developed by MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S for the offshore wind power project being built off the coast...

Focus on Renewable Energy Creates Growth Prospects for Wind Turbine Materials

Expanding at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.9%, the wind turbine materials market is likely to almost double, reaching $19.57 billion by...

Arup Elects Oytan to Head its Offshore Wind Team

Saygin Oytan has joined Arup to serve as its offshore wind leader in the U.S.  As an associate principal in the Boston office, Oytan will...

innogy Enters Taiwan’s Offshore Wind Market

innogy, a European energy company, has partnered with Asia Cement Corp. to continue the development of a major offshore wind project off the coast...

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