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With New Milestone Reached, Paris Agreement To Take Effect Soon
The European Union has formally joined the Paris Agreement, which has now surpassed an emissions threshold needed to make the climate deal official.
With the...
Reports Show U.S. Renewables Rapidly Beating Out Nuclear
Nuclear power is rapidly losing the race with renewable energy sources in the U.S., according to the SUN DAY Campaign, which cites two new...
North Dakota College Installs Wind Technician Training Tower
North Dakota’s Bismarck State College (BSC) has completed a new tower that will provide wind technician training and education for students and industry partners.
The...
Companies Join Forces For Offshore Wind Transmission Work
ABB and Aibel have announced a strategic partnership in which the two will collaborate on the design, engineering and optimization of offshore wind connections.
ABB...
ScottishPower Renewables Gets Weather-Monitoring Boost For Wind Portfolio
ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) has selected the Met Office’s VisualEyes software to provide site-specific weather forecast information for its portfolio of wind farms in the...
United Wind Brings Distributed Wind Development To New Market
United Wind, a distributed wind project developer based in Brooklyn, N.Y., has partnered with Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc. (TEPCO) to bring its...
Siemens’ Newest Onshore Turbine Earns DNV GL Certification
Siemens’ SWT-3.6-130 onshore wind turbine has been type-certified by DNV GL. According to the companies, the certification confirms that the new turbine complies with...
DONG Energy Brings On Consortium Of Offshore Wind Consultants
DONG Energy’s wind power division has chosen Cathie Associates, Ceteal and Ghenova to provide support for offshore wind projects during the next five years.
Cathie...
EDF Grabs 252 MW Of Wind In Mexican Auction
EDF EN Mexico, a subsidiary of the EDF Energies Nouvelles Group, has won the 252 MW Gunaa Sicaru wind project in Mexico’s second long-term...
Canada Has A New Plan For Slashing Carbon Pollution, But Not Everyone Is On...
The government has laid out a new carbon pricing approach that CanWEA says will spur renewable energy generation into the country's grid. However, a few provinces have spoken out against the proposal.
Ohio Utilities Put Out Request For Renewable Energy Credits
FirstEnergy Corp. has announced a request for proposals (RFP) to purchase Ohio-compliant renewable energy credits (RECs) - as well as solar renewable energy credits (SRECs)...
CAISO Welcomes New Participants To Energy Imbalance Market
After months of intensive testing, Phoenix-based Arizona Public Service (APS) and Puget Sound Energy (PSE) of Washington state successfully began full participation in the...
GE Teams With Pittsburgh Start-Up To Enhance Digital Wind Farm Service
Pittsburgh-based start-up kWantera and GE Renewable Energy have announced a technology alliance in which kWantera’s energy trading solution will complement GE’s Digital Wind Farm offering.
GE...
Amazon Wind Farm Texas Secures Sponsor Equity
Lincoln Clean Energy (LCE) - a portfolio company of infrastructure investment manager I Squared Capital - has committed 100% of the sponsor equity for...
Tenaska Acquires Wind Farm Trio Under Development In Midwest
Independent power producer Tenaska has acquired a 470 MW wind portfolio under development in Minnesota and North Dakota.
The acquisition from Minneapolis-based PRC Wind comprises...
It’s A Yes: Colorado PUC Makes Decision On Xcel’s Rush Creek Wind Giant
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved a broadly supported settlement that will allow Xcel Energy to develop, own and operate the 600...
Alabama Utility Issues Renewables RFP
Alabama Power, a Southern Co. electric utility serving customers in the southern two-thirds of Alabama, has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for renewable...
Nordex Completes Chief Financial Officer Transition
Nordex’s handover of the chief financial officer (CFO) position has officially been completed.
Nordex’s former CFO, Bernard Schaferbarthold, has now resigned from his position as...
U.S. Nonprofit Teams With Carbon Trust To Advance N. American Offshore Wind
The Carbon Trust and the Business Network for Offshore Wind, a U.S.-based offshore wind supply-chain nonprofit, have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate...
Nojoli Wind Farm Marks Enel’s First In South Africa
Enel subsidiary Enel Green Power RSA has completed and connected to the grid the Nojoli wind farm, located in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province.
Nojoli...