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Hawaii Celebrates Renewable Energy Milestones
To mark Earth Day 2017, Hawaiian Electric is highlighting its progress in replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy and reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.
The company, including subsidiaries Maui...
Maryland Energy Administration Launches Offshore Wind Grant Programs
The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) has allocated a combined $1 million for two new grant programs specifically targeting the offshore wind industry: the Offshore...
WindShare Uses Crowdfunding To Finance Community Wind
A new start-up, WindShare LLC, is offering a crowdfunding method for consumers to support the development of community wind projects.
Through WindShare, investors can provide...
Federal District Court Squashes Steens Mountain Wind Farm
The long-running case over the impacts of a proposed wind farm on Steens Mountain in southeastern Oregon has been put to an end by...
Washington City Operations To Be Powered Entirely By Wind
The City of Mercer Island, Wash., has announced a commitment to run exclusively on wind power starting in 2019.
Mercer Island plans to buy 20 years...
SDG&E Plans Energy Storage To Boost California Clean Energy
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has signed contracts for five new local battery storage facilities for a total of 83.5 MW.
According to the...
DONG Energy To Build Subsidy-Free German Offshore Wind Farms
In the first of two German auction rounds, the Bundesnetzagentur recently awarded DONG Energy the right to build three offshore wind projects in the...
Suzlon Secures Turnkey Wind Order From Indian IPP
Suzlon Group has won its fifth order from independent power producer (IPP) ReNew Power Ventures Pvt. Ltd. for a 100.80 MW wind project in...
GE And LM Wind Power Complete $1.65B Merger
GE has completed its $1.65 billion acquisition of LM Wind Power, a Denmark-based technology developer and manufacturer of rotor blades for the wind energy industry.
The...
New Danish Alliance Seeks U.S. Offshore Wind Partnerships
Forming a Danish offshore wind alliance looking to team up with American companies, Bladt Industries, ISC Consulting Engineers, LICengineering and Semco Maritime have joined...
Senvion Launches 2.XM Wind Turbine Platform In India
German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion is launching four new products for the Indian market.
Senvion's four product variants include the 2.4M110, 2.4M114, 2.3M120 and 2.3M124...
Svendborg Brakes Rolls Out New Yaw Brake Tool For Wind Maintenance
Svendborg Brakes, a supplier of yaw brakes to the global wind industry, has introduced a new yaw brake lifting and installation tool.
According to the...
Acciona Signs Green Loan For Wind And Solar In Chile
To partially fund its wind energy and solar photovoltaic projects in Chile, Acciona has signed a EUR 100 million green loan with Banco Bilbao...
Wanted: U.S.-Israel Renewables, Energy Efficiency Projects
BIRD Energy has announced its eighth funding cycle for U.S.-Israel joint project proposals with a focus on renewable energy and energy efficiency.
To be considered...
PTC-Qualifying Wind Development Changes Hands In Wyoming
Vancouver, British Columbia-based Alterra Power Corp. has acquired the Boswell Springs project, a 320 MW wind development portfolio in Albany County, Wyo.
Alterra acquired the...
U.S. Wind Power Now Supports More Than 100,000 Jobs In All 50 States
Having installed more than 8 GW of new wind power for a second straight year, the U.S. industry now supports a record-high 102,500 jobs.
City Of South Lake Tahoe Makes 100% Renewables Pledge
South Lake Tahoe, Calif., has become the 26th city in the U.S. and the latest in a growing coalition of mountain communities to officially...
Despite End Of Tax Credits, EGP-NA Forges Ahead On Another Okla. Wind Farm
Even though Oklahoma is ending its wind production tax credits in July, Enel Green Power North America Inc. (EGP-NA), a subsidiary of Enel S.p.A.,...
Nordex Scores Big Wind Contract In Brazil
The Nordex Group has secured a 195 MW contract for 65 AW125/3000 wind turbines for a project in northeastern Brazil.
The Lagoa do Barro project...
Xcel’s Interstate Power Line To Act As ‘Indirect Link’ To Wind
Construction crews have started work in southeast New Mexico on the first of several high-voltage transmission line segments that will come together as a...