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Consumers Energy Announces 2040 Goals: No More Coal, More Renewables
Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest energy provider and the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy, has announced plans to stop using coal to generate electricity by...
Trump Budget Request Makes Major DOE, EPA Cuts
Clean energy groups across the board are speaking out in opposition of President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2019 budget, which includes cuts to...
U.S. Stands Ready To Be ‘800-Pound Gorilla’ In Global Offshore Wind Industry
With recent moves being made throughout the Atlantic Coast, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) says the vast U.S. market for offshore wind is...
Innergex Renewable Energy Officially Acquires Alterra Power
Innergex Renewable Energy Inc., has completed its acquisition of Alterra Power Corp., greatly increasing Innergex’s total renewables capacity.
Innergex, a Canadian independent renewables power producer,...
EDF RE’s Red Pine Wind Project Comes Online In Minnesota
EDF Renewable Energy’s (EDF RE) 200 MW Red Pine Wind Project in Minnesota is now fully operational.
Consisting of 100 Vestas wind turbines, Red Pine...
Trump, Obama State Of The Union Remarks On Energy Are Night And Day
Besides his shout-out to coal, a discussion on energy and climate change – let alone wind power or any type of renewable energy –...
Mesalands Community College Gifted New Tools For Wind Technology Program
Mesalands Community College in Tucumcari, N.M., has received new donations from Megger and Transcat to enhance hands-on training for future wind turbine technicians.
Megger, a...
Carbon Trust Names Winners Of Contest Seeking Novel Offshore Wind Inspections
The U.K.-based Carbon Trust has announced the winners of its competition to find novel methods to inspect offshore wind substructures.
The competition, launched as part...
New York Releases Master Plan To Guide Offshore Wind Development
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, D-N.Y., has released the New York State Offshore Wind Master Plan, designed to guide the responsible and cost-effective development of...
T-Mobile To Source All Electricity From Wind Power
T-Mobile US Inc. has announced plans to move to 100% renewable electricity by 2021. As part of its new commitment, the U.S. wireless network...
Report: Wind And Solar Jobs Outnumber Coal And Gas Jobs In Majority Of States
Wind and solar energy jobs now outnumber coal and gas jobs in 30 U.S. states, including Washington, D.C., according to a new report released...
Siemens Gamesa Reeled In 318 MW Of Safe Harbor Orders In 2017
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) was awarded seven orders for safe harbor equipment during calendar-year 2017. With a combined total wind capacity of 318...
Corporate Clean Energy PPA Trend Reaches All-Time High
Despite looming policy uncertainty in the U.S. and Europe, corporations signed a record volume of clean energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) globally in 2017,...
GE Signs Wind Deal With Ukraine IPP
Ukraine-based DTEK has signed a deal with GE Renewable Energy for the procurement, installation and maintenance of 26 wind turbines.
The turbines will be installed...
All Renewables To Be Cost-Competitive With Fossil Fuels: IRENA
The global cost of generating power from onshore wind has fallen by nearly a quarter since 2010, while solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity costs have...
Avangrid Brings 500 MW Of U.S. Wind Online
In recent weeks, Avangrid Renewables began commercial operations at three new U.S. wind farms.
More than 500 MW of new wind farms in California, New Mexico...
CPUC Approves PG&E Nuclear Plant Closure But Cuts ‘Critical Elements’ Of Plan
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s (PG&E) request to retire Diablo Canyon, the state's last remaining nuclear...
Missouri Regulators OK Transmission Line ‘Needed To Integrate Wind Energy’
The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved an agreement that grants a certificate of convenience and necessity (CCN) to Ameren Transmission Co. of...
NYC Launches Suit Against Major Oil Companies
Citing the need to battle climate change, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced plans to divest the city's pension funds from...
Nicolas-Riou Wind Project Commissioned In Quebec
EDF EN Canada Inc., Régie intermunicipale de l’énergie du Bas-Saint-Laurent (RIEBSL), and Régie intermunicipale de l'énergie Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (RIEGÎM) have commissioned the Nicolas-Riou wind project,...