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Expect Dramatic Drops In Wind And Solar Electricity Prices By 2025: IRENA
The report estimates that by 2025, average electricity costs could decrease 59% for solar PV, 35% for offshore wind and 26% for onshore wind.
Minnesota Power Resource Plan Includes 100-300 MW Wind Procurement
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has voted unanimously to approve Minnesota Power’s 15-year resource plan, which includes investments in wind and solar power...
U.S. Campaign To Spread The Word On Reaching 100 Percent Renewables
Environment America Research & Policy Center says it will deploy hundreds of door-knockers this summer in a multimillion-dollar effort to educate Americans about the...
Boston Firm Launches New Cleantech/Energy Team
Detwiler Fenton & Co. (DFC), a Boston-based investment firm and provider of channel research, is launching a new cleantech/energy market intelligence team.
The new cleantech/energy...
Report: Growth Of Renewables Continues To Drive Energy Storage Market
Grid operators around the world are beginning to recognize the value that large-scale energy storage systems (ESS) can provide, and utility-scale energy storage will...
RFP Alert: Wisconsin Power Company Seeks Wind Or Other Renewables
Sun Prairie, Wis.-based WPPI Energy has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for approximately 100 MW of nameplate electric generating capacity from wind power...
Renewables Status Report Underscores Records Broken In 2015
Yet another report highlighting the rise of renewable energy and its benefits has been released - this time by REN21.
In its Renewables 2016 Global...
Report: U.S. Wind Set New Generation Record Last Quarter
U.S. renewable energy sources set a series of records for domestic electrical generation during the first quarter of 2016, says nonprofit SUN DAY Campaign,...
U.S. Employment In Wind Industry Saw Big Spike Last Year: IRENA
More than 8.1 million people worldwide worked in the renewable energy industry last year - a 5% increase from 2014 - according to a...
The 10 Greenest Power Programs Of Utilities, According To NREL
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released its latest assessment of leading utility green power programs in the country.
Using...
Executive Roles Shift At Interstate Renewable Energy Council
The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) has announced that Jane Weissman will step down as its president and CEO on June 30, after leading...
New York PSC Approves Utility Reforms To Promote Clean Energy
The commission says the requirements will help utilities meet renewable energy goals set forth in Gov. Cuomo's Reforming the Energy Vision.
Survey: U.S. Voters Increasingly Upping Support For Alternative Energy Policies
A new survey by Lazard Ltd., a financial advisory and asset management firm, has found bipartisan support for clean energy policies has increased among...
Edison Energy Company Brings Renewables PPA To The Market
Altenex, an Edison Energy company, has made public its proprietary renewable energy purchase agreement (REPA), used for commercial, industrial and institutional clients.
The REPA, a...
Renewable NRG Systems Makes Hire To Expand EMEA Presence
Vermont-based Renewable NRG Systems (RNRG), a designer and manufacturer of decision-support tools for the renewable energy industry, has hired Mario López as senior territory...
David Burton Appointed Leader Of Mayer Brown’s N.Y. Renewables Group
Global legal services organization Mayer Brown says David K. Burton has joined the firm’s tax transactions and consulting practice and renewable energy group as...
Akin Gump Welcomes John Marciano To Project Finance Practice
International law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP has named John Marciano III a partner in the global project finance practice at...
New Montana Campaign Promotes Economic Benefits Of Adopting Renewables
The Montana Renewable Energy Association and Renewable Northwest have launched a campaign to expand the use of renewable energy in Montana.
The new marketing campaign...
U.S. Renewables Outpaced Natural Gas By Landslide In Q1, Says Report
Setting a new lopsided quarterly record, U.S. renewable sources (i.e., wind, solar, biomass and hydropower) outpaced – in fact, swamped – natural gas by...
What Does Supreme Court FERC Decision Mean For State Renewables Programs?
Last week, the Supreme Court found that a Maryland program to promote in-state generation through a guaranteed capacity payment was preempted by the Federal Power Act.