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Esurance To Offset Carbon Emissions At Live Earth Concert

on 02 Jul 2007 by NAW Staff

Esurance, an online auto insurance provider and subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd., has announced its plans to offset the carbon dioxide emissions of [read more]

Xcel Energy Seeks Ownership Of A 100 MW Wind Farm

on 29 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy has asked Minnesota regulators for permission to build and own a 100 MW wind farm near Austin, Minn. The proposed Grand [read more]

Suzlon Adds 300 MW To Contract With PPM Energy

on 29 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

Suzlon Wind Energy Corp., the U.S.-based subsidiary of Suzlon Energy A/S of Denmark, has extended its contract with PPM Energy, a division of Spain-headquartered Iberdrola, [read more]

NVision Releases Turbine Blade-Scanning Technology

on 29 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

Southlake, Texas-headquartered NVision Inc. has introduced the MAXOS optical scanning system. Compared to a coordinate measuring machine (CMM), MAXOS can reduce the amount of time [read more]

Maine Wind Power Task Force Members Named

on 29 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

According to the office of Gov. John Baldacci, D-Maine, the 16 members of the Maine Governor's Task Force on Wind Power Development in Maine have [read more]

MN Governor Appoints Seven Members To NextGen Energy Board

on 29 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

Gov. Tim Pawlenty, R-Minn., has selected his appointments to the NextGen Energy Board. This new board, proposed by Pawlenty as part of his Next Generation [read more]

U.S. Futures Exchange Introduces Wind Power Futures Contracts

on 29 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

Chicago-based U.S. Futures Exchange (USFE) will begin listing futures contracts on NORDIX Financial Wind Indexes that measure deviations from average wind speeds used in wind [read more]

Genivar Selected For B.C. Wind Projects

on 28 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

Finavera Renewables Inc., a Vancouver, British Columbia-based renewable energy project developer, has selected Canadian engineering firm Genivar to lead the engineering development of four wind [read more]

DOE Provides Superconductor Research Grants

on 28 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a total of $51.8 million for five cost-shared projects intended to accelerate modernization of the electricity grid [read more]

Acciona Acquires 1,300 MW Of Development Assets In Midwest

on 28 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

Spain-headquartered Acciona has acquired exclusive rights to develop 1,300 MW of wind assets in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. The development will take place through an [read more]

Idaho Power Co. Settles Dispute With Wind Farm Developer

on 28 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

Boise, Idaho-based electric utility Idaho Power Co. and Jared Grover, the developer of the Cassia Gulch Wind Park and Cassia Wind Farm, are proposing to [read more]

NREL Signs MOU With Riso National Laboratory

on 28 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Denmark's Riso National Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have signed a memorandum of [read more]

Offshore Generation 'Potentially Favorable' In GA

on 28 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

A two-year study conducted by Atlanta-based utility Southern Company and the Georgia Institute of Technology has identified several conditions potentially favorable for wind power generation [read more]

Study Predicts 49 GW Of Wind Capacity In U.S. By 2015

on 27 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

The U.S. wind power market is expected to reach a cumulative installed wind capacity of nearly 49 GW by 2015, according to a new study [read more]

AWEA Names Four Executives To Board Of Directors

on 27 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

The American Wind Association (AWEA) has named four members - all from utility, financial and energy development companies - to its board of directors. The [read more]