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EnBW Expands Team Before Critical Offshore Year
With heightened momentum in the U.S. offshore wind sector and expanding opportunities to engage with numerous stakeholders in the year ahead, EnBW North America...
Saint-Gobain North America Makes Huge Energy Deal
Saint-Gobain North America, one of the world’s largest building materials companies, says it has entered into a 12-year virtual power purchase agreement (vPPA) to...
Construction Completed at Bright Stalk Wind Farm
Construction has been completed at EDP Renewables’ (EDPR) Bright Stalk Wind Farm, a 205 MW project located northeast of Bloomington-Normal in McLean County, Ill.
Bright...
Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance Names 2019’s Top 10 Energy Buyers
The Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA) has released its Deal Tracker, which highlights 2019’s top 10 large energy buyers.
Facebook was 2019’s largest energy buyer,...
AWEA Names its CLEANPOWER 2020 Conference Partners
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has named its partners for CLEANPOWER, a new exhibition hub that will bring together the utility-scale wind power,...
Private Equity Firm Acquires Wind Blade O&M Specialist Rope Partner
Rope Partner Inc., an international company specializing in wind turbine blade repair, maintenance and performance-enhancing services, has been acquired by Magnesium Capital LLP.
This investment...
Nearly 10 GW of Wind Power Added to the U.S. Grid in 2019
The wind industry experienced its third strongest year on record in 2019, as project developers added 9,143 MW of wind power capacity to the...
IREC Honors Four States For 2018 Clean Energy Progress
The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) has laid out some of its favorite 2018 success stories in its 2019 "Clean Energy States Honor Roll,"...
Pennsylvania Governor Announces Statewide Carbon-Reduction Initiative
Gov. Tom Wolf, D-Pa., has signed a new executive order establishing a statewide goal to reduce carbon pollution in Pennsylvania.
The order also establishes the...
Evanston Is First Illinois Municipality To Commit to 100% Renewables
On Monday, the city council of Evanston, Ill., unanimously approved its new Climate Action and Resilience Plan (CARP), which includes a commitment to achieve...
Vineyard Wind Endorses Fishery Transit Lanes
Vineyard Wind has formally endorsed a transit corridor plan for fishing vessels in federal waters off the coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
According to...
New Coalition Pushes For 100% Clean Energy In Chicago
On Tuesday, the Ready For 100 Chicago Collective announced its formation as a new community coalition working to move Chicago to a 100% clean,...
100 U.S. Cities And Towns Now Committed To 100% Clean Energy
Cincinnati, Ohio, has become the 100th city or town in the nation - and the second city in Ohio, following Cleveland - to commit...
Shell Energy Signs PPA For Repowered Palm Springs Wind Farm
Shell Energy North America (US) LP and Coachella Hills Wind LLC recently signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) to procure up to 100...
Distributed Energy And Grid Management: A High-Tech Opportunity
The Wake-up Call
On Aug. 14, 2003, just after 4:10 p.m., large parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern U.S. and parts of Canada suffered one...
Xcel, ALLETE Extend Minnesota Wind PPAs
ALLETE Clean Energy and Xcel Energy have signed five-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) for ALLETE's existing Viking wind facilities in southern Minnesota.
Comprising eight GE...
Boston’s Sherin And Lodgen Launches Renewable Energy Practice
Boston-based law firm Sherin and Lodgen LLP has expanded its solar practice and created a national renewable energy practice group.
According to the firm, the...
U.S. Electrical Generation By Wind Sees Modest Boost Over Last Year
Renewable energy sources – solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and hydropower – accounted for nearly 18.0% of net domestic electrical generation during the first three...
Thumbs-Up In South Dakota For Prevailing Wind Park Construction
The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved, with conditions, the construction permit for sPower's Prevailing Wind Park, a 219.6 MW facility in...
BNEF: Developing Nations Are ‘Leading The Charge’ On Clean Energy Deployment
A combination of surging electricity demand, sinking technology costs and innovative policymaking has allowed developing nations to seize the mantle of global clean energy...