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National Offshore Wind Consortium Seeks R&D Proposals
The National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium has announced up to $7 million in funding for its first comprehensive solicitation for offshore wind...
North Carolina Bill Seeks Wind Restrictions
Republican North Carolina Sens. Harry Brown, Paul Newton and Norman W. Sanderson have filed a bill that seeks to prohibit new wind energy development...
DOE Announces Wind Research Funding Opportunities
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced up to $28.1 million in funding aimed at advancing wind energy nationwide across the onshore, offshore and...
NRG Technology Curbs Bat Mortalities At EDF Wind Farm
A recent trial of NRG Systems’ bat deterrent system at an EDF Renewables wind farm in Illinois yielded an overall reduction in bat fatalities...
Corporate Giants Come Together For Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance
Google, Facebook, General Motors and Walmart, along with over 300 other companies, have launched the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA).
According to the partners, the...
Idaho Power Targets Carbon-Free Electricity By 2045
Idaho Power Co. has announced a commitment to provide 100% carbon-free electricity to customers by 2045.
To achieve the goal, the company plans to continue...
Enel Acquires Tradewind Energy
Enel Green Power North America Inc. (EGPNA) has closed an agreement to purchase Kansas-based renewable developer Tradewind Energy Inc.
EGPNA has acquired all of Tradewind’s...
With Wind And Solar Costs Dropping, U.S. Enters ‘Coal Cost Crossover’
According to new research, the U.S. has entered a "coal cost crossover," meaning the majority of existing coal plants are increasingly more expensive than...
NOAA, BOEM And Fishing Industry Sign Offshore Wind MOU
NOAA Fisheries, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA) have signed a 10-year memorandum of understanding (MOU)...
Barnhart Becomes U.S. Provider Of Windcare’s Craneless O&M Tech
Barnhart Crane & Rigging Co. Inc., a lifting and logistics contractor based in Memphis, Tenn., has entered into a license agreement with Windcare India...
The Wonderful Co. Targets 100% Renewable Electricity
The Wonderful Co., a Los Angeles-based corporation whose brands include Wonderful Pistachios and Wonderful Halos, plans to use 100% renewable electricity across its U.S....
Rope Partner Teams With Gladiators Cleaning For Wind O&M
Rope Partner, a rope-access O&M provider for the wind industry, has announced a new partnership with Gladiators Cleaning, an industrial cleaning company that offers...
Army Corps Green-Lights Construction Of LEEDCo’s Icebreaker Wind
Cleveland-based Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo), developer of the Icebreaker Wind offshore project, has received construction permit approval from the U.S. Army Corps...
Vestas Secures Order For Tamaulipas Wind Project
Vestas has received a 96 MW firm and unconditional order from ENGIE for the Eólica Tres Mesas IV project, located in Llera, Tamaulipas, Mexico....
Two Pennsylvania Townships Commit To 100% Renewable Energy
On March 6, the Schuylkill Township Board of Supervisors in Pennsylvania unanimously approved a resolution to transition the township to 100% renewable energy.
Days after...
Ohio Power Siting Board Reschedules Hearing For Republic Wind Farm
The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has rescheduled the adjudicatory hearing regarding Republic Wind LLC’s application to construct a wind-powered electric generation facility in...
Avista Goes With Washington Wind Power
Following a request for proposals, Avista Corp. - an energy company serving Washington, Idaho and Oregon - has chosen to purchase power from the...
Missouri Regulators Approve Grain Belt Express Clean Line
The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) has OK'd the Grain Belt Express Clean Line, a transmission project that would deliver wind energy from western...
Airstream Powers Ohio Base With 100% Renewable Energy Credits
Airstream Inc., a manufacturer of "silver bullet" travel trailers and touring coaches, has announced that its corporate office and manufacturing center in Jackson Center,...
Study Claims People Prefer Wind Turbines As Neighbors Over Other Energy Plants
A new University of Delaware (UD) study has examined the attitudes of people who live in close proximity to wind projects to see if...