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Clean Power Plan Hearing Kicks Off In West Virginia
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in coal country to hold a public hearing on the proposed repeal of the Clean Power...
NYS Building & Construction Trades Council Joins NY Offshore Wind Alliance
The New York State Building & Construction Trades Council has joined the New York Offshore Wind Alliance, which is made up of more than...
Siemens Gamesa Inks Large Wind Order In Thailand
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has secured an order in Thailand for 103 wind turbines with a total capacity of 260 MW, representing the company's...
Drones Inspect Entirety Of 317 MW Statoil Offshore Wind Farm
Drones were recently used to inspect all 264 blades across the 88 wind turbines of the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm, located off the...
Boralex Closes Financing On Moose Lake Wind In B.C.
Boralex Inc. has closed C$53.3 million in financing for the Moose Lake wind farm, located in British Columbia.
The long-term financing of the 15 MW...
South Dakota Governor Makes The Case For Wind – And More Of It
The following is a column written and released by Gov. Dennis Daugaard, R-S.D., entitled "Wind Power Contributing To South Dakota’s Economy."
As most people in...
Shareholders Overwhelmingly Green-Light Westar, Great Plains Energy Merger
Shareholders at both Westar Energy Inc. and Great Plains Energy Inc., the parent company of Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L), have approved the...
Report: Artificial Intelligence Presenting New Opportunities In Wind And Solar
Artificial intelligence (AI) will increasingly automate operations over the next several years in the solar and wind industries, as well as boost efficiencies across...
Siemens Gamesa Secures Three Greek Wind Deals
Siemens Gamesa has inked three new orders from two independent power producers (IPPs) for the supply of 60 MW of wind power in Greece.
The...
Redeveloper Eyes Offshore Wind For Retired Massachusetts Coal Plant
Commercial Development Co. Inc. (CDC), a North American commercial real estate and brownfield redevelopment company, is eyeing offshore wind power for the site of...
Ørsted Issuing Green Bonds
Ørsted, formerly DONG Energy, has announced its intention to issue the company's first green bonds, a EUR 500 million green hybrid capital security and...
Vaisala: Out With Met Towers, In With Remote Sensing For Wind Development
Major wind energy firms are rapidly expanding their use of remote sensing across their project portfolios, ending a three-decade reliance on meteorological (met) towers....
Deepwater Wind To Help Boost U.S. Offshore Wind Research
Deepwater Wind, developer of the U.S.’ first operating offshore wind project, is pledging funding for the establishment of a new Blue Economy Initiative at...
Avangrid Offers $600M Notes To Finance U.S. Renewables Projects
Avangrid Inc. has announced the pricing of $600 million in aggregate principal amount of its 3.150% notes due Dec. 1, 2024.
The notes will...
House Passes GOP Tax Bill, ‘Misses Opportunity’ To Stand Up For Wind
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.1, the tax reform bill that wind stakeholders fear would be detrimental to the industry.
Passed by...
New Global Alliance Forms To Phase Out Coal
A global alliance over more than 25 governments was launched today with a goal of ending the use of unabated coal and transitioning to...
Maine Proposes New Rules For Wind Energy Development
After more than a year of a pre-rulemaking process, including the issuance of two drafts, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has commenced...
House Energy Bill Promotes Offshore Wind Development
The House Committee on Natural Resources recently passed H.R.4239, the “Strengthening the Economy with Critical Untapped Resources to Expand American Energy Act,” which promotes...
Penn State’s Microgrid, Energy Storage Training Aims To Advance Wind And Solar
Penn State says it is working to advance wind and solar energy through a program offering education and training for energy storage and microgrid...
The Queen Stops By Siemens Gamesa Wind Turbine Factory
This morning, the Queen of England paid a visit to Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy's offshore wind turbine blade factory in Hull.
Upon arrival at the...