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CPUC: California Utilities Topping Renewable Targets, Driving Down Contract Prices
A new report from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) finds that the state's utilities are continuing to be ahead of their renewable energy...
MidAmerican Installing Battery Storage Pilot Project
Des Moines, Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy Co. has announced plans to install a utility-scale battery energy storage system, enabling the utility to store electricity for later...
Large-Scale Substation Projects To Support Wyoming Wind
PacifiCorp has selected a joint venture between Burns & McDonnell and Hitachi T&D Solutions - a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. - to build...
Former ES Windpower Exec Indicted Over Alleged Fraud Scheme
U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald has announced a federal indictment charging Kerry Dale Kisslinger, former owner and CEO of Minnesota-based ES Windpower Inc., with five counts...
New Kansas Wind Farm To Provide 80% Of Washburn University’s Power
Washburn University, located in Topeka, Kan., has announced a 20-year wind power agreement with Westar Energy.
The university will purchase 4 MW of energy from...
PJM Fuel Security Study Underscores Grid Reliability
As part of PJM Interconnection’s ongoing initiative to assess the resilience of the
electrical grid, the nation’s largest grid operator has released a summary of...
ALLETE Clean Energy Makes North Dakota Moves
ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Minnesota-based energy company ALLETE Inc., has closed the sale of phase two of its Thunder Spirit...
Hooray For S.B.100! Now What Happens For Wind Energy?
California was one of the first states to adopt a renewable portfolio standard (RPS), requiring electrical utilities to procure 20% renewable energy by 2020....
Wind, Solar Help Slash CO2 Power Emissions 28% Since 2005
According to new findings from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, U.S. electric power sector carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) have declined 28% since 2005 because...
A Closer Look At Bat Conservation In The Canadian Wind Industry
The following has been adapted from an executive summary of a resource published by the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) to summarize bat conservation...
San Diego Opts For Community Choice On Path To 100% Renewables
Marking a big step toward implementing San Diego’s Climate Action Plan and goal of 100% renewable energy use citywide by 2035, Mayor Kevin L....
City Of Kent, Wash., Joins PSE’s Renewable Energy Program
The City of Kent, Wash., has signed an agreement to purchase power for nearly all of its facilities from local renewable energy resources through...
E.ON, GE Repowering West Texas Wind Farms
In a partnership with GE Renewable Energy, E.ON is repowering its Panther Creek I and Panther Creek II wind farms in West Texas.
The repowering includes...
RFP Alert: NV Energy Seeks Nevada Renewables
On the heels of its May announcement that it had secured the largest clean energy investment in Nevada's history, NV Energy has issued a...
Wake County, N.C., Commits To 100% Renewables
On Monday, the Wake County, N.C., board of commissioners voted to commit to transition county operations to 100% clean and renewable energy countywide by 2050.
According...
Ball Corp. Doubles Number Of On-Site Wind Turbines
Ball Corp. and One Energy Enterprises LLC have announced plans to build three additional wind turbines to provide power to Ball's Findlay, Ohio, beverage...
Washington State Agencies Commit To Local Wind And Solar
Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., has announced that eight state agencies will purchase over 100 million kWh of electricity by 2021 from wind and solar...
New Michigan Bill Seeks 100% Renewable Energy
Michigan Rep. Yousef Rabhi, D-Ann Arbor, has introduced a bill that would require all of Michigan utilities’ energy to come from renewable sources by...
Local Wind, Solar To Power T-Mobile’s Bellevue Headquarters
T-Mobile has signed on to Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) Green Direct program, giving the telecommunications company access to a blend of local wind and...
Drones Inspect Block Island Wind Farm
Deepwater Wind recently carried out drone inspections at its Block Island Wind Farm, the U.S.' first operating offshore wind facility.
The unmanned aircraft system (UAS)...