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Final Tax Bill Expected To Keep Wind PTC Intact
The final tax bill currently being reconciled by both the House and Senate will reportedly keep intact the current phase-out of the wind energy...
Montana Regulators Set Significantly Lowered PPA Price For Wind Farm
Following a few hurdles, the Montana Public Service Commission (PSC) voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve the sale of electricity from New Colony Wind...
Financial Close Reached On 424 MW Mexican Auction Wind Farm
Zuma Energia's Parque Eolico Reynosa wind farm in northeastern Mexico has successfully achieved financial close, according to Mott MacDonald, an engineering, management and development...
Spirit Develops New Composites Manufacturing Tech Suited For Wind Blades
Spirit AeroSystems says its Advanced Technology Centre in Prestwick, Scotland, has developed an improved method for manufacturing composite parts, including for wind turbine blades.
With...
Alberta Auction Results In 600 MW Of Record-Low Wind Power Pricing
Three companies have been chosen in the opening round of Alberta's Renewable Electricity Program (REP), which will result in about C$1 billion of private-sector...
Iowa Congressman Leads Fight To Preserve Wind PTC In Final Tax Bill
U.S. Rep. David Young, R-Iowa, is continuing his fight to protect the wind energy production tax credit (PTC). Today, he led a letter advocating...
GE Makes Three Global Wind Power Announcements
GE has made three wind-related announcements in Thailand, Egypt and the Netherlands. In Thailand, the company will provide 270 MW of wind; in Egypt,...
SoCalGas Setting Up Model Energy Plan With Wind, Solar & Renewable Natural Gas
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) is partnering with the University of California-Irvine's Advanced Power & Energy Program to design an "Advanced Energy Community" in...
Proposal To Rebuild P.R. Grid Harnesses Renewables, Cuts Fossil-Fuel Dependence
A new coalition established by New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has released a large blueprint for restoring the Puerto Rico's power grid, with a...
Wind Resource Uncertainty: Study Warns Of Possible Climate-Related Shifts
In the next century, wind resources may decrease in many regions of the Northern Hemisphere and could sharply increase in some hotspot regions down...
Duke Energy Upgrades Battery Storage At West Texas Wind Farm
Younicos has completed the installation and commissioning of an upgraded battery storage system at the site of Duke Energy’s 153 MW Notrees Windpower Project...
Vaisala, WindSim Tackle Obstacles Of Wind Measurement In Complex Terrain
Vaisala, a provider of environmental and industrial measurement, recently collaborated with WindSim, a provider of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling, on a study that...
American Council On Renewable Energy Announces Board Members
The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), a national nonprofit organization dedicated to renewables, has announced its new and re-elected board members for 2018.
Neil...
DOE’s Perry Grants FERC Extension On Grid Resiliency Pricing Rule
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry has granted a request from Kevin McIntyre, the newly sworn-in chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory...
DNR: Wind Helps Iowa Reduce GHG Emissions Statewide
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is highlighting how greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions in Iowa dropped for the second year in a row, primarily...
Idaho Regulators OK Big Cut To Rocky Mountain Power’s Wind Integration Rate
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved a proposal from Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp, to significantly lower the rate charged...
Bay Area Rapid Transit Goes Big On Wind And Solar
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), the public transportation system of the San Francisco Bay Area, is moving forward on plans to source the majority...
Vestas Inks 80% PTC-Qualifying Wind Agreement
Vestas has received a U.S. order for 40 MW of wind turbine components that qualify for 80% of the federal production tax credit (PTC).
The...
GE Power Announces Layoffs As Renewables Grow; Wind Business Not Affected
Citing "challenges in the power market worldwide," GE Power has announced plans to reduce its global headcount by approximately 12,000 positions, affecting both professional...
NRG Systems, Lasser Eólica Partner For Lattice Wind Tower Solutions
U.S.-based NRG Systems says wind energy solutions provider Lasser Eólica has joined its global network of service partners and dealers.
Based in Spain, Lasser Eólica...