Wind power
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 ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 11 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Wind Power, Texas, Renewable Energy Technology, Market Trends
February 11 -- Wind storms in west Texas send tumbleweed speeding down the street. But it's the steady gusts that blow through Pecos County every day that are powering the future. "We were approached and ... [ +++ ]
February 11 -- Wind storms in west Texas send tumbleweed speeding down the street. But it's the steady gusts that blow through Pecos County every day that are powering the future. "We were approached and ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 04 February 2013 / Industry News
Tags: wind power, wind energy, Texas, California, Kansas, renewable energy, clean energy
February 4 -- We already knew it was a record-breaking year for the U.S. wind power industry in 2012, as fears that the production tax credit for wind would vanish drove installations at a frenzy pace ... [ +++ ]
February 4 -- We already knew it was a record-breaking year for the U.S. wind power industry in 2012, as fears that the production tax credit for wind would vanish drove installations at a frenzy pace ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 31 January 2013 / Industry News
Tags: wind energy, wind power, 2012 deployment, renewable energy, clean energy, natural gas
January 31 -- U.S. wind-energy developers added a record 13,124 megawatts of turbines last year, beating natural gas to become the largest new source of power generation for the first time. >>View ... [ +++ ]
January 31 -- U.S. wind-energy developers added a record 13,124 megawatts of turbines last year, beating natural gas to become the largest new source of power generation for the first time. >>View ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 28 January 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Ohio State University, OSU, wind energy, wind power, sustainability, renewable energy, Iberdrola
January 28 -- Ohio State University expects to save nearly $1 million on its energy bill this year with the help of more than 100 spinning wind turbines in northwestern Ohio. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
January 28 -- Ohio State University expects to save nearly $1 million on its energy bill this year with the help of more than 100 spinning wind turbines in northwestern Ohio. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]
Created on Thursday, 24 January 2013 / Industry News
Tags: wind power, Oregon, wind energy, Vestas, Ibedrola, renewable energy, clean energy
January 24 -- Wind power is a viable, clean source of energy and enough of it has been switched on in Oregon to have the equivalent climate impact of removing 550,000 cars from the road each year. >>View ... [ +++ ]
January 24 -- Wind power is a viable, clean source of energy and enough of it has been switched on in Oregon to have the equivalent climate impact of removing 550,000 cars from the road each year. >>View ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 23 January 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Maryland, wind power, Governor O'Malley, offshore wind, wind energy, clean energy, renewable energy
January 23 -- A confident Gov. Martin O'Malley kicked off Tuesday his latest effort to promote offshore wind energy in Maryland. >>View Article [ +++ ]
January 23 -- A confident Gov. Martin O'Malley kicked off Tuesday his latest effort to promote offshore wind energy in Maryland. >>View Article [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 22 January 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Wyoming, interstate energy trade, California, wind farm, wind power
January 22 -- Anschutz's Power Company of Wyoming is seeking to build the nation's largest wind farm and then ship the power to California over a 725-mile transmission line, the longest to be built in ... [ +++ ]
January 22 -- Anschutz's Power Company of Wyoming is seeking to build the nation's largest wind farm and then ship the power to California over a 725-mile transmission line, the longest to be built in ... [ +++ ]
Created on Wednesday, 16 January 2013 / Industry News
Tags: PTC, AWEA, wind energy, wind power, wind tax credit, production tax credit, Dan Reicher, renewable energy, incentives
January 16 -- At the first industry gathering since Congress extended the PTC and changed the language to help the industry return to substantial growth by 2014, keynote speaker Dan Reicher and others ... [ +++ ]
January 16 -- At the first industry gathering since Congress extended the PTC and changed the language to help the industry return to substantial growth by 2014, keynote speaker Dan Reicher and others ... [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 14 January 2013 / Industry News
Tags: Offshore wind, wind power, wind turbine, wind energy, renewable energy, clean energy, ocean wind
January 14 -- There are still technical hurdles to be overcome in developing the massive blades and generators necessary to cost-effectively harness wind in the ocean. But for the wind industry, this may ... [ +++ ]
January 14 -- There are still technical hurdles to be overcome in developing the massive blades and generators necessary to cost-effectively harness wind in the ocean. But for the wind industry, this may ... [ +++ ]
