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Broadwind Energy Names Chief Operating Officer
Cicero, Ill.-based Broadwind Energy Inc. has announced Eric B. Blashford as its chief operating officer (COO), effective May 4.
Blashford, who first joined Broadwind in 2014,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
EPC Company Signal Energy Launches Wind Division In Dallas
Signal Energy is creating a Dallas-based wind division to focus on wind energy opportunities throughout the U.S. and Canada and further grow the company's...
New Ardenna Venture Offers Automated Drone Inspections Of Turbines
On the heels of its success with BNSF Railway on automated, long-range drone inspections of railroad tracks, Bihrle Applied Research is spinning off its...
Technostrobe Forms New Partnership For Offshore Wind Lighting Solutions
Quebec-based Technostrobe, a manufacturer of obstruction lighting systems for air navigation, has acquired a majority interest in ITO Navaids, a Dutch company specializing in marine...
Massachusetts Offshore Wind Project Selection Delayed
The selection of offshore wind contracts under Massachusetts' 83C solicitation is being pushed back from April 23 to May 23.
In a letter to the...
GE Advancing R&D On 12 MW Haliade-X Turbine
GE Renewable Energy and the U.K.'s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have signed a five-year research and development agreement to test and develop next-generation...
Siemens Gamesa Supplying U.S.-Made Wind Turbines In Kansas
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has announced a 225 MW contract to supply 98 SWT-2.3-108 wind turbines for an undisclosed project in Kansas.
The wind farm...