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Wind Workforce: Best Practices for Gender Diversity

As governments around the world seek a green recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and look to invest in job creation in wind and renewable...

U.S. Wind Industry Forges Ahead Despite Pandemic

The U.S. wind industry installed over 2.5 GW of new wind power capacity in the second quarter, bringing total U.S. capacity to nearly 110...

Durbin Proposes Bill to Fund Clean Energy Economy

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has introduced America’s Clean Future Fund Act, a bill that would spur job creation by investing in a clean...

AWEA Kicks Off American Wind Week 2020

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has kicked off American Wind Week 2020, the fourth annual national celebration of U.S. wind energy leadership. During...

Borssele Offshore Wind Project Achieves First Power

The 731.5 MW Borssele III/IV offshore wind project has achieved first power, a result of close collaboration between the Blauwwind project partners and the...

SPP to Implement Policy Changes, Refine Market Strategy

With approvals and guidance from its stakeholder-led committees and independent board, Southwest Power Pool (SPP), a regional transmission organization, says it is planning to...

East Anglia ONE Offshore Wind Farm Complete

East Anglia has strengthened its position as a center for renewable energy with the completion of the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. All 102...

Monster Wind Blades Arrive at Port of Vancouver USA

The Port of Vancouver USA has received a shipment of wind turbine components that included the longest wind turbine blades ever to enter the...

Demand for Wind Turbine Lubricants on the Rise

Driven by support from various governments, wind energy has grown rapidly since 2000. As a result, global lubricant demand in the wind energy industry...

DEME Installs First Jacket on Moray East Offshore Wind Farm

Despite the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and a last-minute crane failure prior to the delivery of DEME’s newly built offshore installation vessel...

Innergex Acquires Portfolio of Idaho Wind Farms

Innergex Renewable Energy Inc., an independent renewable power producer, has acquired all the Class B shares of a portfolio of six operating wind farms...

Carbon Trust: 70 GW of Floating Wind Capacity by 2040

The Carbon Trust has released the latest summary findings from the Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (JIP).  The Floating Wind Joint Industry Project - Phase...

Despite Odds, Offshore Wind Had ‘Colossal Six Months’

Renewable energy capacity investment showed great resilience in the first half of the year despite the unprecedented economic shock caused by the coronavirus, according...

COVID-19’s Impact on Clean Energy Remains Unclear

While the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced air pollution in the U.S., the longer-term impact on the environment is unclear. In a recent study, MIT...

Fewer Wind Farms Under Construction Due to COVID-19

The COVID-19 crisis has resulted in the construction of fewer new wind farms, solar panels and other facilities to produce renewable energy, according to...

GWS Completes Turbine Installation at Harvest Ridge

Global Wind Service (GWS), a wind turbine installation and service company, has completed installation on the Harvest Ridge wind project in Douglas County, Ill.   Vestas...

Orsted Completes Plum Creek Wind Project on Schedule

Ørsted has completed a 230 MW wind farm in Nebraska's Wayne County.  Plum Creek consists of 82 wind turbines and represents Ørsted's first operational project...

Senators Pen Letter Calling for Offshore Wind Safe Harbor Extension

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D.,R-La., and chairman of the Senate Energy Subcommittee, led a bipartisan group of nine senators who wrote the Treasury Department...

Lawmakers Look to Pass Green Tax Package

House Democrats have revealed a green tax package that offers tax incentives to the renewable energy industry, for electric vehicles (EVs) and for other...

Enel Green Power Starts Expansion of Cimarron Bend Wind Farm

Enel Green Power has started construction of the 199 MW expansion of the Cimarron Bend wind farm in Clark County, Kan.  The expansion, consisting of...

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