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Tags: Wind Energy, Eagles, Animal Protection
May 21 -- Recent reports of eagles being killed by wind turbines have stirred up a lot of emotion and controversy and understandably so.  On the one hand, more wind energy will get the U.S. on the ... [ +++ ]

Tags: California, Texas, clean energy, renewable energy, solar, wind, green energy
May 17 -- California and Texas might be leading the nation’s rollout of solar and wind power, respectively, but Washington, where hydroelectric dams provide over 60 percent of the state’s energy, ... [ +++ ]

Tags: Associated Press, wind energy, clean energy, renewable energy birds
May 16 -- We all plug things in, and that energy has to come from somewhere. Despite what a story on the Associated Press wire today would seem to suggest, wind power is the most environmentally benign ... [ +++ ]

Tags: PJM, wind energy, clean energy, renewable energy, energy market
May 16 -- PJM, the biggest competitive energy market in the world, could double the amount of planned wind and would still save ratepayers money, according to a new study of the PJM grid system. The PJM ... [ +++ ]

Tags: wind energy, wind power, Iowa, Warren Buffet, renewable energy, clean energy
May 13 -- Iowa sits on no deposits of oil, natural gas or coal, but we were reminded last week of the fact the state is positioned well as a player in the energy game nonetheless. On Wednesday, Gov. Terry ... [ +++ ]

Tags: wind power, wind energy, wind farms, renewable energy, clean energy
May 10 -- Wind power had a banner year in 2012, accounting for more new generating capacity than any other resource. Despite the boom in cheap natural gas, 42 percent of all new capacity last year ... [ +++ ]

Tags: PTC, Romney, Iowa, wind energy, wind farm, wind power, renewable energy
May 10 -- A controversial wind energy tax credit made MidAmerican Energy’s big new project in Iowa possible, the company’s CEO said Wednesday. MidAmerican has been one of Iowa’s biggest recipients of federal ... [ +++ ]

Tags: Warren Buffett, wind farms, Iowa, wind energy, clean energy, renewable energy, wind power
May 9 -- A unit of Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. plans to invest $1.9 billion to build additional wind farms in Iowa that would increase its wind generating capacity in the state by ... [ +++ ]

Tags: General Electric, wind, wind energy, clean energy, renewable energy
May 9 -- General Electric Co. (GE), the biggest U.S. supplier of wind turbines, expects domestic installations to double next year after the renewal of a tax credit boosts demand. Wind-farm developers ... [ +++ ]

Tags: MLP Parity Act, renewable energy, clean energy, Senator Chris Coons, solar, wind, Master Limited Partnerships
May 8 -- In what is the second bill introduced recently to reinforce the idea of energy efficiency in the last few weeks, a major financial breakthrough could clear a path towards substantial renewable ... [ +++ ]

Tags: GE, PTC, tax credit, renewable energy, clean energy, wind power, wind energy, wind turbines
May 7 -- General Electric Co (GE.N) said on Monday the renewal of the U.S. production tax credit has helped it sell wind turbines with 1 gigawatt of generating power since January. >>View Article ... [ +++ ]

Tags: wind, clean energy, renewable energy, PTC, tax credit
May 7 -- The U.S. wind-power industry is expecting a tough battle in Congress as it seeks another extension of a federal tax credit that received a one-year renewal at the last minute in January. ... [ +++ ]

Tags: Colorado, renewable energy, RES, clean energy, Denver, solar, coal, wind, oil, gas
May 6 -- Located 200 miles and two mountain passes northwest of Denver, the town of Craig was rocking and rolling in the late 1970s as two coal-fired power plants were being completed and a third was launched. ... [ +++ ]

Tags: wind, Kansas, Missouri, renewable energy, clean energy, clean energy jobs, construction jobs
May 3 -- Wanted: Kansas and Missouri businesses to help build a $2 billion wind power transmission line.The project is expected to create 5,000 construction jobs when work begins in 2016 and 500 operational ... [ +++ ]

Tags: Verizon, renewable energy, clean energy, solar, wind, SunPower
May 1 -- Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) said Tuesday it plans to spend $100 million to install solar panels and fuel cells at more than a dozen facilities that will generate and use the clean power. ... [ +++ ]

Tags: MLPs, renewable energy, clean energy, oil, natural gas, fossil fuel, solar, wind
May 1 -- Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. Senate aims to level the energy playing field between fossil and renewable energy projects. The bill, titled the Master Limited Partnerships Parity ... [ +++ ]

Tags: Hawaii, clean energy, renewable energy, solar, wind, Hawaii Electric Company
April 30 -- Hawaiian Electric Co. and its subsidiaries said Monday that it has achieved a record 13.9 percent of energy needs from renewable generation in 2012, which is well on the way to passing ... [ +++ ]

Tags: Latin America, clean energy, renewable energy, solar, wind, refflac, ACORE, Caribbean
April 30 -- Some $4.6 billion of clean energy investments were made in Latin America (excluding Brazil) in 2012, a whopping 127% increase from 2011, according to figures released in advance of the ... [ +++ ]

Tags: renewable energy, republicans, Congress, clean energy, MLPs, Master Limited Partnerships, solar, wind, Bloomberg BNA, Senate, Congress
April 29 -- Renewable energy developers may win some tax benefits from Congress that only oil and gas companies can enjoy right now. A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate last week would allow renewable ... [ +++ ]

Tags: green jobs, clean energy, renewable energy, college, recession, solar, wind, biofuels, ethanol
April 29 -- Technology still might not have the capacity to save the world, but creating systems that can save energy and water has a beneficial side effect — good jobs at decent wages for people ... [ +++ ]