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Report: States Taking Actions On Grid Modernization At ‘Astounding Rate’
The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC), part of the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University, has released its Q1 2018 edition of...
AWEA: U.S. Wind Development Pipeline Up 40% In One Year
Strong demand for wind energy drove a busy first quarter for new U.S. wind announcements, according to the American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA) newly released U.S....
Work Beginning Soon On Community-Sponsored Texas Wind Project
With recent approval from the Public Utility Council of Texas, construction of the community-sponsored Hale Wind Project will begin this June, Dallas-based Tri Global Energy...
Vineyard Wind Takes Next Step In Permitting Process
Vineyard Wind says it has taken another significant step in its Massachusetts offshore wind farm development by submitting the project’s draft environmental impact report to...
MidAmerican Makes More Headway On Wind XI In Iowa
This summer, MidAmerican Energy Co. will kick off construction of two wind farms in Adair County, Iowa.
The Arbor Hill project includes 125 wind turbines,...
U.S. Climbs Back Up Renewable Energy Attractiveness Index
Overtaking India, the U.S. has climbed to second place in the latest renewable energy country attractiveness index (RECAI) issued by EY, a global provider...
NYSERDA Offering $5 Million For Offshore Wind Resource Assessment
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is making up to $5 million available to support meteorological and oceanographic (metocean) data...
Stanford: Water-Based Battery Has Potential For Cheap Wind, Solar Storage
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a water-based battery that has the potential to provide a cheap way to store wind or solar energy, the...
Minneapolis Commits To 100% Renewable Energy
On Friday, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved the city’s commitment to transition to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2030, the Sierra Club has...
Vineyard Wind Shareholders Win 1.35 GW Deals Overseas
The shareholders of New Bedford, Mass.-based Vineyard Wind have been awarded contracts in Germany and Taiwan for offshore wind farms with a combined capacity...
Duke Energy Grew Renewables Capacity 20 Percent In 2017
Duke Energy's renewable energy capacity grew by almost 20% in 2017, according to the company's newly released sustainability report.
One of the company's sustainability goals...
Xcel Energy Moves Forward On Texas, New Mexico Wind Expansion
New large wind energy facilities that are expected to return significant savings to Xcel Energy’s Texas and New Mexico customers over 30 years have...
Awards Recognize Women Working Toward Wind Power Careers
The Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE) has selected six 2018 Rudd Mayer Memorial fellows and five 2018 Wind at Our Backs...
Ohio Power Siting Board Resumes Icebreaker Windpower Hearings
The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) will hold a second local hearing to allow the public to express their views about Icebreaker Windpower Inc.’s...
Clean Energy Groups Denounce DTE Energy Gas Plant Approval
Clean energy groups are denouncing today's decision by the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) to approve Detroit-based DTE Energy’s nearly billion-dollar natural gas plant proposal...
Report: 1.6 GW Of MA Offshore Wind Equals Thousands And Thousands Of Jobs
According to a new report from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), the deployment of Massachusetts' required 1.6 GW of offshore wind is estimated to...
Regulators OK AEP Ohio’s Plan To Expand Wind, Solar
AEP Ohio, an American Electric Power (AEP) company, has received approval of its Electric Security Plan (ESP) from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio...
Siemens Gamesa, NextEra Announce Half-Gigawatt Repowering Deal
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has signed two agreements with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources to repower 508 MW of U.S. wind power.
The...
New York Launches Another Major Renewable Energy Solicitation
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, D-N.Y., has announced the second solicitation for large-scale renewable energy projects under New York's Clean Energy Standard (CES).
The solicitation for...
New Settlement Agreement Reached On Wind Catcher
Public Service Co. of Oklahoma (PSO), Oklahoma Industrial Energy Consumers (OIEC) and Walmart have reached a settlement agreement on PSO’s proposed 2 GW Wind...