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EIA Says Three Turbine OEMs Dominate U.S. Wind Generating Capacity
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has reported that as of the end of 2015, just three manufacturers - General Electric (GE), Vestas and Siemens...
New Record: ERCOT Reports Massive Amount Of Electricity From Wind
The Texas-based system used a whopping 15,033 MW of electricity from wind power on Nov. 27, representing about 45% of total demand for electric power at the time.
AEP Ohio To Invest In Renewables Via Extended Electric Security Plan
AEP Ohio, a unit of American Electric Power (AEP), has filed a proposal with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) to extend its...
PSI Repair Services Ships 30,000th Turbine Component
PSI Repair Services Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries and independent service provider to the wind energy industry, says it recently shipped its 30,000th...
US Wind Pushes To Develop Maryland Offshore Wind Farm
US Wind Inc., a Baltimore-based offshore wind development company, says it is confident that it sent a winning application to the Public Service Commission (PSC) for...
Law Office Hires Former AWEA Senior Director John M. Anderson
National law firm Nossaman LLP has hired John M. Anderson as a senior policy advisor to its Environment and Land Use Practice Group in the...
AWEA: Wind Industry Offers Economic, Veteran Employment Opportunities
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), a national trade association of the U.S. wind energy industry with over 900 member companies, is putting out...
U.S. Latinos Maintain Support For Paris Agreement, Clean Power Plan
The Sierra Club and GreenLatinos have released the results of a post-election survey finding that 88% of Latino voters want the U.S. to meet...
Terna Energy Gains Funding For U.S. Renewables Plan, Texas Wind
Terna Energy, a Greek utility part of the GEK Terna Group of companies, has signed a cooperation agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) regarding the...
Suzlon Nets Order For 50.4 MW Of Wind In India
Suzlon Group, a global renewable energy solutions provider, says it has secured an order for 50.4 MW of wind power from a leading business house...
Nordex Receives Turbine Supply Order From ABO Wind
Nordex says that a major customer, ABO Wind, has ordered nine turbines from the 3 MW series with a rotor diameter of 131 meters...
Seaway Heavy Lifting Wins Major EPCI Contract For Offshore Wind
Seaway Heavy Lifting has been awarded a contract by Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum II GmbH & Co. KG for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI)...
DNV GL Certifies Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s Bayard Vessels
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s Bayard class crew transfer vessel fleet has received the International Safety Management (ISM) and Maritime Labour Convention certification by DNV GL.
According...
Florida City Rolls Out 100% Renewable Energy Plans
The St. Petersburg, Fla., City Council has formally approved the city’s commitment to transition to 100% renewable energy. According to the Sierra Club, St....
Ziton Wins Multiyear Contract To Support Offshore Wind Projects
Ziton, an operations and maintenance (O&M) service provider to offshore wind farm owners and turbine manufacturers, says it has won a three-year framework contract to...
Vattenfall Gets Green Light For Danish Near Shore Wind Farms
A majority in the Danish Parliament (Folketing) has approved the development of Danish Near Shore wind farms, enabling Vattenfall to proceed with plans to build the 350...
DOE Report Finds Distributed U.S. Wind Could Reach 20 GW By 2050
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a new report showing that with more aggressive technology cost reductions and higher consumer adoption, 3.9 GW...
Pattern Energy Investigates Turbine Collapse At Ocotillo Wind
An investigation is currently under way after a Siemens 2.37 MW-108 SWT turbine collapsed at Pattern Energy’s Ocotillo wind project in California.
Pattern Energy says that on Nov....
Senvion Acquires EUROS To Expand Blade Manufacturing
Wind turbine manufacturer Senvion says it has acquired 100% of the shares of EUROS Group in an all-cash transaction - just three months after...
Canada Unveils Plan For Reducing Carbon, Upping Clean Energy
As part of the government's vision to move from 80% to 90% non-emitting energy sources by 2030, the plan will open up new opportunities for wind energy in Canada.