Wind Power
Created on Wednesday, 10 April 2013 / Industry News
Tags: California, wind power, wind energy, record generation, renewable energy, clean energy
April 10 -- California wind power generators produced a record 4,196 megawatts of electricity Sunday evening, the state's grid operator reported. >>View Article [ +++ ]
April 10 -- California wind power generators produced a record 4,196 megawatts of electricity Sunday evening, the state's grid operator reported. >>View Article [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 02 April 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Wyoming, Colorado, energy, renewable energy, clean energy, wind power, wind energy
April 2 -- Wyoming and Colorado would benefit by combining their wind energy resources, studies released Monday by the University of Wyoming and a national research laboratory show. One study conducted ... [ +++ ]
April 2 -- Wyoming and Colorado would benefit by combining their wind energy resources, studies released Monday by the University of Wyoming and a national research laboratory show. One study conducted ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 28 March 2013 / Industry News
Tags: wind power, clean energy, renewable energy, GE, green energy
March 28 -- The U.S. is now the largest wind power market, and a U.S. company is the world’s number 1 supplier, according to a new industry report by Navigant Research. >>View Article [ +++ ]
March 28 -- The U.S. is now the largest wind power market, and a U.S. company is the world’s number 1 supplier, according to a new industry report by Navigant Research. >>View Article [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 27 March 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Great Lakes, wind power, wind energy, renewable energy
March 27 -- Nearly 70 percent of all new power plants built in the Great Lakes region use wind as an energy source, according to reports from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
March 27 -- Nearly 70 percent of all new power plants built in the Great Lakes region use wind as an energy source, according to reports from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 25 March 2013 / Industry News
Tags: wind power, Iowa, clean energy, renewable energy, Siemens Energy
March 25 -- With the recent layoff of 40 employees at Acciona Windpower in West Branch and larger furloughs last fall at Siemens Energy, Trinity Towers and other Iowa wind turbine component plants, the ... [ +++ ]
March 25 -- With the recent layoff of 40 employees at Acciona Windpower in West Branch and larger furloughs last fall at Siemens Energy, Trinity Towers and other Iowa wind turbine component plants, the ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 22 March 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Virginia, offshore wind, wind power, wind energy, renewable energy, clean energy
March 22 -- Before energy companies invest in developing wind energy off Virginia’s coast, they’ll need to know what’s out there: sea life, what the ocean floor is like, shipping routes, migratory birds ... [ +++ ]
March 22 -- Before energy companies invest in developing wind energy off Virginia’s coast, they’ll need to know what’s out there: sea life, what the ocean floor is like, shipping routes, migratory birds ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 20 March 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Cape Wind, wind power, offshore wind, wind energy, renewable energy, deployment
March 20 -- Cape Wind said Tuesday it expects to complete financing for its long-delayed 468-megawatt offshore wind farm and start construction of the project in federal water off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, ... [ +++ ]
March 20 -- Cape Wind said Tuesday it expects to complete financing for its long-delayed 468-megawatt offshore wind farm and start construction of the project in federal water off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 15 March 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Duke Energy, federal land, Nevada, wind farm, wind power, wind energy, renewable energy
March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Interior has approved Duke Energy Renewables' application to build a 200-megawatt wind farm on federal land in Clark County, Nevada. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Interior has approved Duke Energy Renewables' application to build a 200-megawatt wind farm on federal land in Clark County, Nevada. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 15 March 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Virginia, offshore wind, wind power, wind energy, renewable energy
March 15 -- The federal government cleared the way Thursday for Virginia to seek a research lease in its Atlantic coastal areas to help speed the development of offshore wind turbines. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
March 15 -- The federal government cleared the way Thursday for Virginia to seek a research lease in its Atlantic coastal areas to help speed the development of offshore wind turbines. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 14 March 2013 / Industry News
Tags: wind energy, wind power, AWEA, renewable energy, clean energy, South Dakota
March 14 -- Wind energy generation rose 17% and constituted 3.5% of total U.S. electricity produced in 2012, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) reports. Wind energy made up at least 10% of generation ... [ +++ ]
March 14 -- Wind energy generation rose 17% and constituted 3.5% of total U.S. electricity produced in 2012, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) reports. Wind energy made up at least 10% of generation ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 13 March 2013 / Industry News
Tags: PTC, wind power, wind energy, Google, data centers
March 13 -- Encouraged by the extension of the production tax credit (PTC), Google will continue to work with utilities to procure wind energy to power the company's data centers. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
March 13 -- Encouraged by the extension of the production tax credit (PTC), Google will continue to work with utilities to procure wind energy to power the company's data centers. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 11 March 2013 / Industry News
Tags: wind power, nuclear, coal, fossil fuel, renewable energy, clean energy
March 11 -- A glut of government-subsidized wind power may help accomplish a goal some environmentalists have sought for decades: kill off U.S. nuclear power plants while reducing reliance on electricity ... [ +++ ]
March 11 -- A glut of government-subsidized wind power may help accomplish a goal some environmentalists have sought for decades: kill off U.S. nuclear power plants while reducing reliance on electricity ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 08 March 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Oklahoma, wind energy, wind power, RPS, state policy, renewable energy, clean energy
March 8 -- New wind projects have pushed the state's renewable energy goal higher than the 15 percent target set for 2015. >>View Article [ +++ ]
March 8 -- New wind projects have pushed the state's renewable energy goal higher than the 15 percent target set for 2015. >>View Article [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 08 March 2013 / Industry News
Tags: wind power, Iowa, record generation, wind energy
March 8 -- Wind-generated electricity made up 24.5 percent of all the electricity generated in Iowa in 2012, making Iowa the first state in the nation to exceed 20 percent of all generation from wind. ... [ +++ ]
March 8 -- Wind-generated electricity made up 24.5 percent of all the electricity generated in Iowa in 2012, making Iowa the first state in the nation to exceed 20 percent of all generation from wind. ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 01 March 2013 / Industry News
Tags: offshore wind, wind power, wind energy, renewable energy
March 1 -- Here's an interesting take on the top four reasons why offshore wind remains elusive in the US. >>View Article [ +++ ]
March 1 -- Here's an interesting take on the top four reasons why offshore wind remains elusive in the US. >>View Article [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 20 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: wind power, wind credit, Colorado, Xcel, wind energy, PTC
February 20 -- Hoping to give wind-energy developers the time they need to access federal tax credits, Xcel Energy Inc. on Tuesday asked Colorado regulators for permission to speed up its request for bids ... [ +++ ]
February 20 -- Hoping to give wind-energy developers the time they need to access federal tax credits, Xcel Energy Inc. on Tuesday asked Colorado regulators for permission to speed up its request for bids ... [ +++ ]
Created on Friday, 15 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Colorado, state RPS, clean energy jobs, clean energy, wind power, solar power, renewable energy
February 15 -- Today, nearly 20,000 Coloradans work in the clean energy sector and the equivalent of more than two large nuclear reactors' worth of renewable energy capacity is either online or in the ... [ +++ ]
February 15 -- Today, nearly 20,000 Coloradans work in the clean energy sector and the equivalent of more than two large nuclear reactors' worth of renewable energy capacity is either online or in the ... [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 12 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Germany, Wind Power, Solar Power, Feed-in Tariff, Distributed Generation
February 12 -- The real reason Germany dominates in solar (and wind) is their commitment to democratizing energy, and half of their renewable power is owned by ordinary Germans. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
February 12 -- The real reason Germany dominates in solar (and wind) is their commitment to democratizing energy, and half of their renewable power is owned by ordinary Germans. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 12 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Colorado, Wind Power, Xcel Energy, AWEA
February 12 -- Colorado’s windy plains generated records for electricity production in January, Xcel Energy Inc. said Monday. About 1 a.m. on Jan. 16, Xcel’s Colorado system carried a record total of 1,960 ... [ +++ ]
February 12 -- Colorado’s windy plains generated records for electricity production in January, Xcel Energy Inc. said Monday. About 1 a.m. on Jan. 16, Xcel’s Colorado system carried a record total of 1,960 ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 11 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Wind Power, Offshore Wind, Maryland, Undersea Transmission, RPS
February 11 -- A stripped-down wind-energy proposal backed by Maryland’s governor and gaining support in its legislature may be the first step in creating a network of offshore turbines and sub-sea cables ... [ +++ ]
February 11 -- A stripped-down wind-energy proposal backed by Maryland’s governor and gaining support in its legislature may be the first step in creating a network of offshore turbines and sub-sea cables ... [ +++ ]
