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U.S. Wind Industry Has Strong Fourth Quarter; Cumulative Installed Capacity Now Tops 46 GW
The U.S. wind industry installed 6.81 GW of capacity in 2011 - a 31% increase over new capacity added in 2010 - and the fourth [...]
Gamesa Working With NREL On Wind Turbine R&D And Offshore Wind Technology
Gamesa Technology Corp. Inc. and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are teaming up to study and test a variety of [...]
ACORE, Advanced Energy Economy Helping DOD To Deploy Renewable Energy
The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) have formed a partnership to explore how renewable energy can help the U.S. [...]
Upcoming Senate Hearing Will Discuss Tax Reform, Possibly Relating To PTC
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., will convene a tax-reform hearing on Tuesday to discuss finding a long-term solution for the tax provisions that [...]
New Partnership Will Focus On Mitigating Wind Farms' Ecological Issues
Renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has signed a framework agreement with Wales-based ecology consultancy and wind farm assessment provider Ecology Matters in which the companies [...]
Spain Ends Subsidies For New Renewable Energy Projects
The Spanish government has suspended subsidies for new renewable energy projects in an attempt to cut the nation's budget deficit, Bloomberg reports. The new law [...]
[UPDATED] Obama: 'Pass Clean Energy Tax Credits And Create These Jobs'
During Tuesday's State of the Union address, President Barack Obama urged Congress to pass clean energy legislation - such as an extension of the expiring [...]
Agricultural Group Calling For Halt To Wind Energy Development In Ontario
The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) is urging the province to suspend further wind farm development, claiming wind turbines are causing tension among rural residents. [...]
Efforts Ramp Up To Increase Maine's Renewable Portfolio Standard
A clean energy coalition in Maine is seeking to boost the state's renewable portfolio standard from 10% by 2017 to 14% by 2017 with incremental [...]
BPA, Washington State Utilities Planning Transmission Upgrades To Avoid Future Curtailments
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Puget Sound Energy (PSE) and Seattle City Light (SCL) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) aimed at improving the [...]
enXco To Provide O&M Services For Alberta Wind Project
enXco Service Canada Inc., an EDF Energies Nouvelles company, has signed a multiyear agreement with Suncor Energy and Teck Resources Ltd. to provide operations and [...]
Gamesa Sells Two Wind Farms To Allianz Renewable Energy Partners
Gamesa says it has sold two wind farms to Allianz Renewable Energy Partners IV Ltd. The two wind farms - the 8 MW Aussac project, [...]
Nordex Reports 13% Uptick In Wind Turbine Installations
Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex reports that installations of its wind turbines were up 13% last year, representing an increase of 970 MW of capacity. The [...]
Iberdrola Renewables Reports Layoffs At U.S. Operations
Iberdrola Renewables has laid off approximately 50 of its U.S. employees. About half of those laid off work in the company's Portland, Ore., office. Iberdrola [...]
AEP Settles Legal Dispute By Adding 359 MW Of Wind Power
American Electric Power (AEP) subsidiary Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) has signed long-term power purchase agreements for 358.65 MW of wind energy projects in Texas, [...]
New Website Allows Pennsylvania Consumers To Choose Wind Power
Pennsylvania energy consumers will have the option to choose wind power, thanks to a recently launched website: choosepawind.com. The website coincides with the launch of [...]
Wind Research And Training Center Gets Help From New Equipment
Mesalands Community College's North American Wind Research and Training Center has received a 70 kV discharge stick, which it will use to enhance the curriculum [...]
GCube Doubles Underwriting Line Size To Support Offshore Wind Projects
GCube, a provider of insurance services for the renewable energy industry, says it has increased its underwriting line size by an additional $50 million for [...]
REpower Inks 50 MW Wind Turbine Supply Deal
REpower Systems SE says it has signed a contract with enXco to provide 25 MM92 2.05 MW wind turbines for the 102.5 MW Shiloh IV [...]
Community Wind Project Delivering Power To Health Organization
Community wind project developer Juhl Wind Inc. has announced that its GL Wind project has achieved commercial operation. The two-turbine, 4.95 MW project was completed [...]
