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Hearings On Xcel’s 600 MW Colorado Wind Farm To Commence Soon
Minneapolis-based electricity and natural gas company Xcel Energy says its 600 MW Rush Creek Wind Project, proposed for eastern Colorado, could go into service...
Poland Gets Its First Environmental Green Light For Offshore Wind
Polenergia SA, a vertically integrated energy group in Poland, says it has received the country’s first environmental permit for the construction of an offshore...
Sonoma Clean Power Signs PPA For 46 MW Of Calif. Wind
Sonoma Clean Power (SCP), the nonprofit public agency that has been generating electricity for 88% of Sonoma County’s residents and business owners since launching...
SeaRoc Nets Framework Contract For U.K. Offshore Wind Farm
SeaRoc Group says it has been awarded a five-year framework contract from ScottishPower Renewables to provide health, safety and quality management support to its...
12 Wind OEMs, 12 Criteria: Who Comes Out On Top?
A new Navigant report offers an objective assessment of the major turbine players' relative strengths and weaknesses in the global industry.
EPA’s Clean Power Plan Celebrates Its First Birthday
Today, the hashtag #CleanPowerPlan is trending on Twitter. That’s because, exactly one year ago, on Aug. 3, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
Expect Spike In Renewables’ Share Of North American Power: EIA
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that the North American share of energy generation from renewable and nuclear energy sources will grow from...
Former Duke Energy, GE Exec Joins Dallas Renewables Company
Dallas-based Leeward Renewable Energy LLC, an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners LLC, recently recruited Gregory C. Wolf, former president of Duke Energy Renewables, as...
American Wind Action Backs Iowa Republican Congressman
The American Wind Action (AWA) has announced its support for Rep. David Young, R-Iowa, who is seeking his second term in the state’s 3rd...
Duke Energy’s Los Vientos Wind Projects Are All Up And Running
The 426th turbine of the Los Vientos wind power projects is now spinning and serving customers near the Rio Grande in Starr County, Texas.
It...
Turbines In Place At 6 MW Nova Scotia Wind Farm
Scotian Wind and its development partners recently completed a 6 MW wind project near Hardwood Lands, Nova Scotia – the last of four community...
Nordex’s Biggest South African Wind Farm Connects To Grid
The Nordex Group has connected the 134.4 MW Amakhala Emoyeni project to the South African grid – the manufacturer’s largest wind farm in the...
Vestas Expands Portfolio With 120 MW Order In Morocco
Vestas has signed a firm and unconditional order with Acwa Power to supply 40 units of the V90-3.0 MW wind turbine model for the...
SeaPlanner Manages Record Amount Of Data On 600 MW Offshore Wind Farm
SeaPlanner has managed a record quantity of project data throughout the construction phase of the 600 MW Gemini offshore wind farm, located 85 kilometers...
N.Y. Gets Green Light On 50% By 2030 Clean Energy Standard
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, D-N.Y., says that the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved the state’s clean energy standard, which will require...
MPI Offshore Installs First Turbine For Sandbank
Offshore wind turbine installation company MPI Offshore says it has installed the first of 72 SWT-4.0-130 offshore turbines, using its installation vessel MPI Adventure,...
CAISO Finds Western EIM Continues To Save Millions, Reduce Emissions
The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) says that the western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) yielded $23.6 million in benefits in the second quarter of...
Nordex To Add 66 MW Of Wind In Brazil
The Nordex Group says it will install 22 turbines in Brazil for customer EDF Energies Nouvelles at the Ventos da Bahia I wind farm...
Sumitomo Signs Investment Contract For Galloper Offshore Wind
Sumitomo Corp. says it has signed a contract to invest alongside Macquarie Capital in the Galloper Offshore Wind Farm, located in the North Sea,...
TRC To Support Clean Line Energy’s 700-Mile Transmission Project
TRC Companies Inc., a national engineering, consulting and construction management firm that serves energy and environmental markets, says it has been awarded a $12...