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Evanston Is First Illinois Municipality To Commit to 100% Renewables
On Monday, the city council of Evanston, Ill., unanimously approved its new Climate Action and Resilience Plan (CARP), which includes a commitment to achieve...
Texas’ Rio Bravo Wind Farm Changes Hands
Sammons Renewable Energy (SRE) has announced its acquisition of the 238 MW Rio Bravo wind project from Longroad Energy Holdings LLC.
Located in Starr County,...
City Of Cheyenne OKs NextEra Wind Expansion
With approval from the City of Cheyenne, Wyo., NextEra Energy Resources is on its way to expanding the Roundhouse Renewable Energy wind farm.
According to...
Georgia Power Opens 540 MW Renewable RFP
Georgia Power has launched a request for proposals (RFP) for utility-scale renewable energy projects.
Georgia Power's Renewable Energy Development Initiative (REDI) was approved by the Georgia...
Vineyard Wind Endorses Fishery Transit Lanes
Vineyard Wind has formally endorsed a transit corridor plan for fishing vessels in federal waters off the coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
According to...
New Coalition Pushes For 100% Clean Energy In Chicago
On Tuesday, the Ready For 100 Chicago Collective announced its formation as a new community coalition working to move Chicago to a 100% clean,...
GE Completes Hiring Goal For LM Wind Power Plant
GE Renewable Energy recently confirmed the completion of its recruitment plan for 2018 at LM Wind Power's offshore wind blade manufacturing site in Cherbourg,...
E.ON Celebrates Milestone For Self-Lifting Crane Deployments
E.ON Energy Services (EES) has reached a milestone of 100 deployments of its self-lifting crane. The deployment was for a maintenance job at the Loraine...
Shell Energy Signs PPA For Repowered Palm Springs Wind Farm
Shell Energy North America (US) LP and Coachella Hills Wind LLC recently signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) to procure up to 100...
Westar Seals Wind Deal With Another Kansas University
The University of Kansas (KU) has signed an agreement with Westar Energy to ensure that nearly 100% of its future electricity needs will be...
Distributed Energy And Grid Management: A High-Tech Opportunity
The Wake-up Call
On Aug. 14, 2003, just after 4:10 p.m., large parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern U.S. and parts of Canada suffered one...
MidAmerican’s Wind XII Gets Green Light From Iowa Utilities Board
The Iowa Utilities Board has issued an order approving MidAmerican Energy Co.’s proposed Wind XII project.
Through Wind XII, MidAmerican plans to build up to...
Xcel Energy Shoots For Zero-Carbon Electricity By 2050
Xcel Energy has rolled out a new "clean energy vision" that aims for the utility to deliver 100% carbon-free electricity to customers by 2050.
As...
U.S. Coal Consumption In 2018 To Be Lowest Since 1979: EIA
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects total U.S. coal consumption in 2018 to fall to 691 million short tons (MMst), representing a 4%...
NextEra, DoD Get More Time To Resolve Oklahoma Wind Dispute
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has announced the Department of Defense (DoD) and NextEra Energy have, once again, extended the deadline to reach a...
Xcel, ALLETE Extend Minnesota Wind PPAs
ALLETE Clean Energy and Xcel Energy have signed five-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) for ALLETE's existing Viking wind facilities in southern Minnesota.
Comprising eight GE...
Fengate, Longroad Developing Weaver Wind In Maine
Fengate Asset Management and Longroad Energy Partners LLC (LEP) have announced a co-development and financing partnership to develop and construct the 72.6 MW Weaver...
Introducing The Wind Wildlife Research Fund
Over two dozen companies in the U.S. wind industry have signed up to back a new fund facilitating research to speed development and deployment...
NYS Laborers Event Underscores Wind Industry Opportunities
Last week, the New York State Laborers’ Organizing Fund (NYSLOF) held its first wind energy summit, entitled Building Wind Power in New York.
The summit...
Vineyard Wind Enters Next Stage Of Federal Permitting Process
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) plans to issue a notice of availability (NOA) for the draft environmental...