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AWEA Kicks Off Inaugural American Wind Week
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has kicked off its inaugural American Wind Week, running today through Aug. 12.
AWEA says it is recognizing that...
New York Offshore Wind Alliance Appoints New Head
Joe Martens, who served as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s first commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), is joining...
Cape Wind’s Final SEIS Released By Feds
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has issued the final supplemental environmental impact statement for Cape Wind’s long-delayed wind farm proposed off the coast of Massachusetts.
Alliant Energy Seeks Approval For Half-Gigawatt Wind Expansion
Alliant Energy’s Iowa utility subsidiary is seeking approval from the Iowa Utilities Board to add up to 500 MW of wind energy in Iowa.
The...
DOE’s Wind Tech Head Takes New Role At Hydropower Company
Jose Zayas is leaving his role as director of the Wind Technologies Office at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and joining Cube Hydro...
How Have Climate And Renewables Policies Affected California’s Inland Empire?
A new study on the economic effects of existing climate and clean energy policies in California’s Inland Empire estimates a net benefit of $9.1...
Proposed Project Would Bring Wind From Northern Maine To Boston
Another wind and transmission project under Massachusetts’ clean energy request for proposals (RFP) has been laid out by Maine Power Express LLC (MPX), a...
Midwest Power Company Signs PPA For Invenergy Wind Farm
WPPI Energy, a nonprofit power company serving locally owned electric utilities in Wisconsin, Upper Michigan and Iowa, has entered into a power purchase agreement...
Vestas Picked For Cactus Flats Wind Farm In Texas
Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order from Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Co., for the Cactus Flats wind farm in Texas.
The...
Invenergy Announces Project Bonds For Latin American Wind Farm
Invenergy’s 70 MW Campo Palomas wind project, located in the Salto Department of Uruguay, has issued investment-grade-rated project bonds for approximately $135.8 million in...
ALLETE Refurbishing Hundreds Of Wind Turbines For PTC Safe Harbor
Duluth, Minn.-based ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of ALLETE Inc., has announced a strategic initiative to refurbish 385 turbines at three wind...
Patent Wars Flare Again: GE Tags Vestas For ZVRT In U.S.
In a new complaint filed in U.S. District Court, GE lists a number of U.S. wind farms comprising Vestas turbines that potentially infringe a zero-voltage ride through patent.
U.S. Senators Propose Bipartisan Bill For Offshore Wind Tax Credits
U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Tom Carper, D-Del., have introduced a bill that would create an investment tax credit (ITC) redeemable for the...
Tracerco’s New Grout Monitoring Technology Suited For Offshore Wind
Tracerco, part of London-based Johnson Matthey PLC, has launched a new product that the company says enables offshore operators in the oil and gas...
Austin Utility Signs Long-Term Wind Deal With Avangrid
Avangrid Renewables, the U.S. subsidiary of Iberdrola, has signed a long-term wind power purchase agreement (PPA) with Texas utility Austin Energy.
A Texas wind farm...
Southern Power Scoops Up Texas Wind From RES
Broomfield, Colo.-headquartered Renewable Energy Systems (RES) has sold the Cactus Flats Wind Facility to Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Co.
RES, serving as the...
Deepwater Wind Reveals Plans For Biggest Offshore Wind, Energy Storage Combo
According to CEO Jeffrey Grybowski, Revolution Wind, proposed off the coast of Massachusetts, would be the “largest combined offshore wind and energy storage project in the world.”
LEEDCo Moving Forward With Ohio Offshore Demo Project
Representing a major step forward for the proposed offshore demonstration project, the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has found that Icebreaker Windpower Inc.’s application...
Wind Catcher Line Marks EPC Contractor Quanta’s Largest Deal To Date
Houston-based Quanta Services Inc. has been selected by American Electric Power (AEP) to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) solutions for the Wind Catcher...
Acciona Energy Appoints North American CEO
Acciona Energy has named Rafael Esteban its new CEO for North America. He replaces Ilya Hartmann, who has served as CEO since 2012 and...