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North American Leaders Pledge 50 Percent Clean Energy By 2025
Obama, Trudeau and Nieto have united for a common goal of furthering the Paris Agreement and achieving 50% clean power generation in the continent by 2025.
Ribbon Gets Cut On Ontario’s Armow Wind
A grand opening ceremony was held today for Ontario’s 180 MW Armow Wind power facility, expected to generate enough energy to power approximately 70,000...
American Council On Renewable Energy Elects New Board Members
The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) has named new members to its board of directors: Susan Nickey, managing director of Hannon Armstrong; Jim...
Vestas Notches German And Turkish Wind Turbine Orders
Vestas has inked two contracts in Germany and Turkey, respectively.
A consortium of Holcim (Deutschland) GmbH and mdp GmbH has placed an order for 16...
Nordex’s Newest Turbine Towers Over The Rest
Turbine maker Nordex says it has installed the world’s tallest wind turbine - the N131/3300 - at the Hausbay-Bickenbach wind park in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....
Nordex To Repower German Wind Farm, Cut Number Of Turbines By Nearly Half
Nordex will be replacing 16 legacy N60/1300 wind turbines with nine modern N117/3000 ones at a PNE Wind AG project near Cuxhaven, Germany.
The work...
Good News For Property Values Near Colorado Wind Farm
In an update to the board of county commissioners, El Paso County, Colo., recently reported that property values in a wind farm area are...
Greenbacker Supplies Loan For 25 MW Montana Wind Farm
Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC has provided a turbine supply loan to Greenfield Wind Manager LLC to support the construction of a 25 MW...
California PUC Adopts Process To Speed Renewables-Grid Interconnection
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has adopted a new model and five-year pilot process meant to speed interconnection of renewable and distributed energy...
Annual Renewable Energy Financing Event Wraps Up In NYC
The 13th annual Renewable Energy Finance Forum-Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street), hosted by ACORE and Euromoney Seminars, recently concluded after two days of discussion, debate...
DOI Moves To Foster Wind Energy Development Offshore Hawaii
DOI Secretary Sally Jewell has issued a call for information to gauge the industry’s interest in commercial wind leases in two areas offshore Oahu.
R.I. Legislature Passes Bill To Boost Renewable Energy Target
The Rhode Island legislature has passed a bill to advance the state’s renewable energy target from 14.5% by 2019 to 40% by 2035 -...
The Navy Teams Up With Hawaii For Advancement Of Clean Energy
Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, and Dennis V. McGinn, assistant secretary of the Navy, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to advance clean energy...
White Paper Examines Clean Energy Policy Options For Massachusetts
Economists at The Brattle Group have released a new white paper examining the clean energy resources available for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and key...
NRDC Moves To Replace Calif. Nuclear Plant With Clean Energy
Although there have been plans to shutter other nuclear plants, this is the first to make a no-carbon-emissions replacement commitment.
Kansas Utility Offers Green Bonds To Support Western Plains Wind Farm
Kansas-based electric utility Westar Energy is offering investors $350 million in green bonds, which will be used to invest in wind energy projects –...
Energy Storage Project Hits Commercial Operation In Indianapolis
Indianapolis Power & Light Co. (IPL), a subsidiary of The AES Corp., has announced the commercial operation of its 20 MW IPL Advancion energy...
MIT: China Needs To Make Some Adjustments To Reach Its Wind Power Potential
China has an opportunity to massively increase its use of wind power – as long as it properly integrates wind into its existing power...
Scotland Commits Millions To Offshore Wind Industry
The Scottish government has committed 1.5 million British pounds (approximately $2.2 million) to the Carbon Trust in support of its Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA)...
What Does The Obama Administration Have In Store For Energy Storage?
On Thursday, the White House hosted a summit during which the Obama administration announced new executive actions and 33 state and private-sector commitments to...