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Wanted: New York Seeks Help In Shaping Offshore Wind Master Plan
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is seeking to expand its pool of consultants to help develop the Offshore Wind...
Pattern Energy, Siemens Determine Cause Of Ocotillo Wind Collapse
Pattern Energy has offered an update on last month’s turbine collapse at the Ocotillo Wind project in Southern California. According to an investigation from...
IEA: The Global Appetite For Coal Keeps On Dwindling
Growth in global coal demand will stall over the next five years as the appetite for the fuel wanes and other energy sources gain...
Bill Gates Establishes $1B Investment Fund For Clean Energy
Members of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition (BEC), a group led by tech entrepreneur and philanthropist Bill Gates, have established a new investment fund. Called...
Canada Lays Out Vision For Harnessing Renewable Energy Resources
Canada’s abundant renewable electricity resources offer the country a competitive advantage in global efforts to cut carbon pollution and deliver clean growth, according to...
ACCIONA Powers Up San Roman Wind Farm In Texas
ACCIONA Energy’s San Roman Wind Farm is now operating commercially near Brownsville, Texas.
The 93 MW project is ACCIONA’s eighth wind farm in the U.S....
Wind To Help Power University Of Illinois For Next Decade
Having inked a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the Rail Splitter Wind Farm, located north of Lincoln, Ill., the University of Illinois at...
Gamesa Marks Installed Turbine Milestone In Brazil
Having entered the Brazilian market six years ago, Gamesa has now installed 1,000 wind turbines in the country.
Gamesa reached the milestone when the Campo...
Final Environmental Analysis Completed For Wyoming Wind Giant
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has released its final environmental impact statement on Power Company of Wyoming LLC’s (PCW) voluntary applications for...
To Repower Or To Retrofit: How Does The PTC Affect Wind Owners’ Decisions?
In order to re-qualify an existing asset, wind owners must invest 80% of its fair market value; this is achieved through repowering or retrofitting.
U.S. Senators Propose 100% Clean Energy Bill
U.S. Sens. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., have introduced a Senate resolution calling for generating 100% of the electricity consumed in...
A Total Eclipse Of RPS Mandates: States Go Big On Renewables
The U.S. electric power industry has been going above and beyond in investing in renewable resources past states’ renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and targets,...
New York Undertakes Aerial Surveying Project To Spur Offshore Wind
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has completed the first two phases of what it calls the world's largest digital...
Vestas Books U.S. Order For 101 MW Of Wind
Vestas has received a firm and unconditional wind turbine order totaling 101 MW for an undisclosed U.S. customer.
The contract includes V126-3.45 MW and V117-3.45...
‘Climate Science Denier’ Pruitt Gets Nod To Head U.S. EPA
Scott Pruitt, who has served as Oklahoma’s attorney general since 2010, has reportedly been named by President-elect Donald Trump’s Transition Team the next administrator...
Colorado PUC Chairman Announces Resignation
Joshua Epel, chairman of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC), part of the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), is resigning from his position. His...
Nordex Kicks Off Headquarters Expansion In ‘European Wind Power Capital’
The Nordex Group has laid the first stone in the foundations for the extension of its head office in Hamburg, Germany.
Roughly six years ago,...
Broadwind Adds More Tower Orders To 2016 Logbook
Broadwind Energy Inc. has announced $23 million in new wind tower orders from undisclosed customers.
The company plans to produce the towers in its Manitowoc,...
Google To Notch 100% Renewables Milestone In 2017
Google has announced a major milestone in its quest toward becoming powered entirely by renewable energy: It’s set to happen as soon as 2017.
According...
Silicon Valley Power Grabs PPA For California Wind
Salt Lake City-based independent power producer sPower has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Silicon Valley Power (SVP) - the municipal electric...