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Cuomo Advances Amendment to Accelerate Renewable Energy Projects
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo says he is advancing a 30-day budget amendment to speed up the permitting and construction of renewable energy...
WEC Energy Increases Stake in Midwest Wind Farms
WEC Energy Group has agreed to increase its ownership interest from 80% to 90% in three Midwest wind farms: Blooming Grove Wind Farm, Thunderhead...
Orsted Hires Labor Relations Manager
Ørsted, a worldwide offshore wind developer, has hired Allison Ziogas to serve as its U.S. labor relations manager.
Ziogas comes to Ørsted from an IBEW,...
Farmers Turn to Turbines During Tough Times
Farming and hard work are often synonymous. In a profession that depends upon nature for its production and livelihood, the results can be plentiful...
Greenbacker Secures Tax Equity for Massachusetts Wind Project
Hartz Capital, a privately owned real estate company, says it recently invested tax equity into Greenbacker Renewable Energy's Holiday Hill Community Wind project located...
Black Swift Unveils Aerial System for Turbine Inspection
Black Swift Technologies (BST), a specialized engineering firm based in Boulder, Colo., says the Black Swift E2 UAS, an American-made, advanced unmanned aerial system...
NextEra Names Porges to Board of Directors
NextEra Energy Inc. says it has appointed David L. Porges to its board of directors. Porges will serve on the board's finance and investment...
Timken Appoints New Senior Sales Manager
The Timken Co., a company that specializes in engineered bearings and power transmission products, has appointed Eric Pressley senior sales manager of its energy...
Offshore Wind Conference Adds a National Job Fair to Itinerary
The International Partnering Forum, taking place in Rhode Island April 21-24, 2020, says it will launch a national offshore industry job fair and workforce...
Siemens Gamesa Supplying Turbines for Alberta Wind Project
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy says it is supplying 45 of its SG 4.5-145 wind turbines to Suncor for the company's Forty Mile wind power...
Grace Industries Releases WorkForce Line of Fall Protection Products
Grace Industries has introduced a new line of Lone Worker fall suspension alert-notification products for people who work at heights.
Fall protection remains in the...
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...
Tri Global Expands Wind Energy Development
Tri Global Energy, an independent renewable energy company, says it has maintained its position as the leading developer of wind energy projects under construction...
Trump To Withdraw U.S. From Paris Climate Change Agreement
President Donald Trump has announced he is withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, a global accord meant to combat climate change.
During a press...
Major U.S. Climate March Planned For April 29
In the wake of last weekend’s Women’s Marches, activists have announced a “People’s Climate March,” which will take place on April 29 in Washington,...
Mayors From Around The World Join City-Led Climate Change Group
The global mayoral board leadership for the newly created Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy has been announced.
Today, during the C40 Cities...
Paris Agreement Officially Enters Force; What’s On The COP22 Agenda?
According to Nordex, the finalized agreement will bring forth, in part, "an increasingly positive business environment for wind."
Law Firm Stoel Rives Establishes Climate Change Team
U.S. law firm Stoel Rives LLP has formed a multidisciplinary “Climate Change Initiative” team, which the firm says will help clients prepare for the...
California’s Freshly Signed Bills Put Climate Change Plans Into Action
Ten years after the state adopted the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, Gov. Jerry Brown, D-Calif., has now strengthened the legislation’s commitment...
Poll: New Yorkers Want Clean Energy
An overwhelming 90% of New York voters back the state's push to 50% clean energy by 2030, according to a study backed by The...