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New Jersey Regulators Begin Official Review Of Nautilus Offshore Wind
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has officially accepted an application tendered by EDF Renewables and Fishermen’s Energy for their Nautilus Offshore Wind...
NextEra Acquiring 10 Wind Projects Across The U.S.
NextEra Energy Partners LP has entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources LLC to acquire a geographically diverse portfolio of 10...
New York Announces $15 Million For Clean Energy Workforce Programs
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, D-N.Y., has announced $15 million in support of two initiatives that will promote clean energy workforce development and training programs on...
EDPR Illinois Wind Farm Hits 200 MW Of Contracted Capacity
EDP Renewables North America LLC, a subsidiary of EDP Renováveis SA (EDPR), has announced an additional power purchase agreement (PPA) to sell the energy produced from...
California Legislature Rejects Electric Grid Regionalization Bill
It's a no-go for A.B.813, a bill that sought to expand California's electric grid and integrate it with the transmission systems of neighboring states.
The...
Vestas Enters Senegal’s Wind Market With 159 MW Order
Entering a new market, Vestas is providing a customized solution for a 159 MW wind farm in Senegal - what will be the country's...
Clearway Energy Officially Launches Following NRG, GIP Deal
Clearway Energy Group has begun operations as an independent enterprise formed from the completion of the sale of NRG Energy Inc.'s renewables platform and NRG's...
Renewables Beat Nuclear By A Hair For U.S. Electrical Generation
Renewable energy sources - biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar and wind - accounted for nearly 20% of net domestic electrical generation during the first half...
MidAmerican Launches Effort To Protect Eagles, Bats At Iowa Wind Farms
In a new plan filed with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Des Moines, Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy Co. has proposed a series of...
Former MHI Vestas CEO Tommerup Joins Global Wind Service Board
Jens Tommerup, the former CEO of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, a joint venture of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Vestas Wind Systems, has joined the board of...
EDPR Announces Illinois Wind PPA With Salesforce
EDP Renewables North America LLC has announced an 80 MW, 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with cloud computing company Salesforce for the Bright Stalk...
Faith Leaders Bless Block Island Wind Farm, Call For More Offshore Wind
On Monday, more than 110 people of faith from New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Maryland stood silently as Buddhist, Jewish,...
California Assembly Passes 100% Renewable Energy Bill
On Tuesday, the California State Assembly voted in favor of S.B.100, a bill mandating 100% renewable energy by 2045.
First introduced in 2017 by State...
GE Provides Financing, Turbines For Ukraine Wind Farm
GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE, has facilitated the raising of EUR 90 million in project financing for stage one (100 MW)...
Xcel Energy Colorado Gets Good News On 1.1 GW Wind Plans
On Monday, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) provided initial approval of Xcel Energy’s Colorado Energy Plan (CEP), which would close two coal units...
Falling Renewables Prices Present ‘Unprecedented Opportunity’ For Western Co-ops
Declines in renewable energy pricing are creating opportunities for electric cooperatives in the Mountain West region to deliver cost-savings to their members, according to...
Facebook Commits To 100% Global Renewable Energy
Today, Facebook announced a commitment to power its global operations with 100% renewables, as well as reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions 75%, by the end...
GE Power Unveils New Grid Solutions, Including GIS Suited For Offshore Wind
GE Power's grid solutions business has unveiled a new gas-insulated swtichgear (GIS) suited for wind power applications, along with several other grid technology solutions...
Vestas Stopping Production At León Facility
Adjusting its manufacturing footprint to regional demand, Vestas has announced it is ceasing production at its assembly factory in León, Spain.
According to the wind turbine...
DOE Gives The Lowdown On The State Of U.S. Wind Power
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released its latest wind energy market reports, showing that as wind installations continue across the country and offshore...