DOE Funds Programs For Wind Farm Wildlife Protection
The Energy Department recently announced more than $1.75 million for five projects that will develop and demonstrate technologies to reduce the potential impacts of...
DONG Energy Takes Over Mass. Offshore Project
DONG Energy has agreed to take over RES Americas Developments Inc.’s more than 1000MW newly assigned development project rights off the coast of Massachusetts.
At...
RenewableUK And EWEA Combine Efforts For 2017 Offshore Conference
The first ever joint offshore wind conference organized by EWEA and RenewableUK was announced in March. Offshore Wind Energy 2017 will take place in...
GM Adds Wind Power To Corporate Renewables Mix
General Motors for the first time is procuring wind to power its manufacturing operations, enabling one of its Mexico facilities’ electricity needs to be...
AWEA Report: Wind Integration Boosts Grid Reliability
Adding wind power can help the U.S. meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan by cutting carbon pollution while keeping the lights...
U.S. Advances Sustainability Trend In 2014
The United States saw continued growth in renewable energy, natural gas and energy efficiency in 2014, according to the third annual Sustainable Energy in...
BOEM Issues Massachusetts Offshore Leases
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) recently held the nation’s fourth competitive lease sale for renewable energy in federal waters offshore...
Siemens, TenneT Inaugurate Offshore Grid Connection
Siemens has now handed over HelWin1, the second North Sea grid connection in quick succession, to its client TenneT. The German-Dutch transmission system operator...
Apex Clean Energy Receives $50M Financing Support From Prudential
Apex Clean Energy, an independent renewable energy company, recently announced that it has secured $50 million in financing from Prudential Capital Group. The proceeds...
SgurrEnergy Opens Operations Hub In San Francisco
SgurrEnergy has kicked off 2015 with the launch of a new office in San Francisco, California.
The Wood Group company’s growth follows the recent expansion...
DWEA Praises USDA Rural Energy Decision
The Distributed Wind Energy Association recently lauded the USDA’s recent announcement of a final rule for the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). This...
Siemens adds two vessels to offshore service fleet
Siemens has signed a chartering agreement with ship owner Bernhard Schulte for two new service operations vessels (SOV) to be purpose-built for the long-term...
SunEdison buys 1.6 GW supply deals to qualify for PTC
SunEdison, Inc., a leading global solar technology manufacturer and provider of solar energy services, and TerraForm Power, Inc., a global owner and operator of...
Apex sells 300 MW Balko Wind project to D.E. Shaw
D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments, L.L.C. and Apex Clean Energy recently announced the sale of Balko Wind, a wind energy project in Beaver County,...
RES Americas Secures PPA For Deerfield Wind Project In Mich.
Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc., a leader in the development, engineering, and construction of wind, solar, transmission, and energy storage projects in North America,...
SgurrEnergy lends expertise to Nova Scotia projects
SgurrEnergy is supporting two community wind portfolios through the financing and construction phases in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
The company’s North American arm is...
Northern Power Systems plans initial public offering
Northern Power Systems Corp., a next generation renewable energy technology company, announced that it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with...
EDF RE and Vestas re-ink supply deal after 150 MW order
EDF Renewable Energy has placed a firm order with Vestas Wind Systems A/S for 150 MW of wind turbine generators. The order closes the...
Governors urge further White House support for wind energy industry
In a letter to President Obama in late December, South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard and Washington Governor Jay Inslee, the chairman and vice chairman of the...
Report: Atlantic offshore wind economic impact would outshine drilling
Oceana released a new report today that finds offshore wind would produce twice the number of jobs and twice the amount of energy as...
