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S.D. County Residents Vote To Keep Strict Wind Turbine Ordinance In Place
Citizens of Lincoln County, S.D., have voted to keep in place an ordinance that requires future wind turbines to be built at least half...
Washington Regulators OK Microsoft-PSE Renewable Energy Agreement
Under a newly approved settlement agreement between Microsoft Corp. and Washington utility Puget Sound Energy (PSE), the tech giant will be able to purchase...
House Committee Adopts Amendment Against Maryland Offshore Wind
“If construction of these turbines too close to the shoreline will reduce property value or tourism, then the turbines may cause more issues than they solve," says Congressman Andy Harris, author of the amendment.
Airgenesis Finds Partner For Manufacturing Double-Rotor Wind Turbine
Airgenesis LLC, creator of a double-rotor wind turbine design, has formed a new partnership with M2Miling Investments Ltd. from Kingston, Ontario.
Under the partnership, the...
Feds Approve Site Assessment Plan For Bay State Wind
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the site assessment plan (SAP) for Bay State Wind, a...
Nordex Secures French Wind Order From New Customer
The Nordex Group has been awarded a contract for the installation of the Pays Chaumontais wind farm, located 250 kilometers southwest of Paris in...
Senvion Enters Another New Wind Market
Senvion has signed a contract with Croatia-based Vjetroelektrana Orjak for the delivery of five turbines for the Greda wind farm.
Located close to the city...
San Diego Water Authority Seeks Proposals For Energy Storage Project
The San Diego County Water Authority has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a potential joint energy storage project with the City of...
College Professor Biking 1,250 Miles To Promote Midwest Wind
Jim Tinjum, an avid bicyclist and professor of energy engineering and sustainability at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is in the middle of a 1,250-mile...
Vestas Wins V117-3.45 Order In Dominican Republic
Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order for 14 V117-3.45 MW turbines for the 48 MW Larimar II wind park, located in the...
Regulators Green-Light Hawaiian Electric’s Path To 100% Renewables
The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has accepted utility company Hawaiian Electric’s plan charting near-term actions leading to 100% renewable energy by 2045.
The Power...
Siemens Wind Power Shuttering Ontario Blade Plant
Siemens Wind Power Ltd., as part of Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, has decided to close its wind blade manufacturing plant in Tillsonburg, Ontario, by...
Xcel Program Powers Minneapolis Facilities With Wind And Solar
The City of Minneapolis and Xcel Energy have a new agreement under which the city will purchase 17.8 million kWh of solar and wind energy annually. Of this total, 14 million kWh will be used for the Minneapolis Convention Center.
Apex Clean Energy To Manage Another IKEA Wind Farm
Apex Clean Energy has announced a multiyear contract to operate an IKEA Canada wind project, Oldman 2, located near Pincher Creek in Alberta.
Comprising 20...
Wind Energy Proves To Be Good Fit On New York Farm
A farm owner in New York State is touting the advantages of the two Northern Power wind turbines powering his Sonshine Acres Farm.
Vermont-based Northern...
Acciona Scoops Up Ontario Wind Farm From Suncor
Through its Canadian subsidiary, Acciona Energy International (AEI) has acquired 50% of the 76 MW Ripley Wind Farm in Ontario from Suncor Energy Inc.
The...
RFQ: Saudi Arabia Seeks 400 MW Of Wind Power
The Renewable Energy Project Development Office (REPDO) of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources has issued a request for qualification (RFQ)...
Siemens Gamesa’s New 3.3 MW Platform Lands Maiden European Order
Under a 118 MW contract representing the debut order for its new 3.3 MW platform in Europe, Siemens Gamesa is supplying 36 wind turbines...
Suzlon Closing Brazilian Subsidiary Due To ‘Multiple Factors’
Suzlon Energy Ltd. is filing voluntary liquidation of its Brazilian subsidiary, Suzlon Energia Eelica do Brasil Ltda. (SEOB), which has been doing business in...
Berkshire Hathaway Energy To Buy Texas Grid Company Oncor
Iowa-based Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE), a subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., has executed a definitive merger agreement with bankrupt Energy Future Holdings...