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NREL Appoints 13 New Members To Its Council

on 30 Jan 2007 by NAW Staff

Thirteen national leaders have accepted invitations to join the National Advisory Council for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).The National Advisory [read more]

EMG, State Of Illinois Reach Long-Term Renewable Energy Agreements

on 29 Jan 2007 by NAW Staff

Chicago-based Midwest Generation, a subsidiary of Edison Mission Group (EMG), has reached a long-term agreement with Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) to reduce the amount of [read more]

AWEA Honors Forrest Stoddard

on 29 Jan 2007 by NAW Staff

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has awarded its annual Wind Energy Lifetime Achievement Award to Forrest "Woody" Stoddard, a visionary wind energy leader, teacher [read more]

California ISO Approves Tehachapi Transmission Project

on 26 Jan 2007 by NAW Staff

The California Independent System Operator Corp. (California ISO), a nonprofit corporation that oversees California's wholesale power grid, has approved an expansion of the power grid [read more]

Wisconsin PSC Approves Wind Farm In Fond Du Lac County

on 26 Jan 2007 by NAW Staff

The Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) has given its verbal approval for the development of a wind farm in Fond du Lac County.A representative from [read more]

Nexans To Supply Power Cable For Wolfe Island Wind Project

on 26 Jan 2007 by NAW Staff

Nexans, a Paris-headquartered provider of cables and cabling systems, has signed a contract with Canadian Renewable Energy Corp. (CREC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian [read more]

EPCOR Utilities Reexamines Plans For Kingsbridge II Wind Farm

on 26 Jan 2007 by NAW Staff

EPCOR Utilities Inc., an Edmonton, Alberta-headquartered developer of power plants and electrical transmission networks, has notified stakeholders that the company will be reexamining plans for [read more]

Nova Scotia Government Sets New Renewable Energy Regulations

on 26 Jan 2007 by NAW Staff

The government of Nova Scotia has set new regulations under the province's Electricity Act for almost 20% of Nova Scotia's electricity to be generated from [read more]

DTE Energy Seeks Renewable Energy Agreements

on 25 Jan 2007 by NAW Staff

Detroit-based DTE Energy, the parent company of the electric utility Detroit Edison, has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to purchase Michigan-based renewable energy for [read more]

California ISO Transmission Plan To Enhance Grid

on 25 Jan 2007 by NAW Staff

The California Independent System Operator Corp. (California ISO), a nonprofit organization that manages California's wholesale power grid, has introduced its new transmission plan to keep [read more]

AEP, MidAmerican Form Transmission Joint Venture

on 24 Jan 2007 by NAW Staff

Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power (AEP) and Des Moines, Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. will form a joint venture as Electric Transmission Texas LLC (ETT) [read more]

Windtec Licenses Wind Energy System To ZELRI

on 24 Jan 2007 by NAW Staff

Windtec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Westborough, Mass.-headquartered American Superconductor Corporation, has sold a license for its 1.65 MW Model WT1650 wind energy system to [read more]

AWS Truewind Relocates

on 23 Jan 2007 by NAW Staff

In order to accommodate recent growth, AWS Truewind will move its operations to a new building as of January 30. According to the company, the [read more]

AWEA Report: Wind Power Capacity Increased 27% in 2006

on 23 Jan 2007 by NAW Staff

According to a market forecast prepared by the American Wind Energy Association, wind power generating capacity increased 27% to 11,603 MW in 2006 and is [read more]

Commerce Energy Provides Wind Power To Texas and Maryland

on 23 Jan 2007 by NAW Staff

Commerce Energy Group Inc., a Costa Mesa, Calif.-based electricity and natural gas marketing company, has begun offering electricity generated by wind in its 100% Wind [read more]