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REpower's Chief Technology Officer To Retire In March

on 08 Feb 2013 by NAW Staff

Suzlon Group has announced that Matthias Schubert, chief technology officer (CTO) of Suzlon subsidiary REpower Systems SE, will retire on March 31. Schubert has served [read more]

National Wind Names New Director Of Project Permitting

on 08 Feb 2013 by NAW Staff

National Wind, a developer of utility-scale community wind farms, has hired Ron Peterson as its director of project permitting. Peterson is a wildlife biologist and [read more]

Obama Nominates Sally Jewell As Next Interior Secretary

on 07 Feb 2013 by NAW Staff

President Barack Obama has nominated Sally Jewell, president and CEO of outdoor-apparel company REI and a former oil and bank executive, as the next secretary [read more]

Westerly Wind Appoints New President

on 04 Feb 2013 by NAW Staff

Westerly Wind LLC, a provider of development capital and expertise to the wind energy industry, has hired Steve Schauer as its new president. Schauer has [read more]

Sprott Power Makes Interim Leadership Change

on 01 Feb 2013 by NAW Staff

Sprott Power Corp. has appointed one of its independent directors, Glen Estill, to serve as the company's lead director. Earlier this week, the company announced [read more]

Roberto Becomes Newest DWEA Board Member

on 31 Jan 2013 by NAW Staff

The Distributed Wind Energy Association (DWEA) has named Haley Estes Roberto, vice president at Harvest the Wind Network, to its board of directors. Roberto was [read more]

LEEDCo Hires New VP Of Operations

on 28 Jan 2013 by NAW Staff

The Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo), a regional nonprofit corporation leading efforts to deploy offshore wind energy projects in Ohio, has hired Dave Karpinski [read more]

Element Power Reorganizes Board, Corporate Structure

on 25 Jan 2013 by NAW Staff

Renewable energy developer Element Power Holdings has announced that Joe Slamm, co-founding partner of Hudson Clean Energy Partners and a current member of Element Power's [read more]

Black Tapped To Lead Michels Wind Energy

on 21 Jan 2013 by NAW Staff

Brownsville, Wis.-based construction services provider Michels Corp. has tapped Jim Black as its new general manager of Michels Wind Energy. Previously, Black was the company's [read more]

DOE Selects New BPA Administrator

on 17 Jan 2013 by NAW Staff

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has chosen Bill Drummond to replace Steve Wright as the Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA) administrator. Drummond will be responsible [read more]

Secretary Salazar To Leave Interior Department

on 16 Jan 2013 by NAW Staff

U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Ken Salazar has announced that he will step down from the post at the end of March. Salazar [read more]

juwi Makes Change To Its Control Committee

on 14 Jan 2013 by NAW Staff

Renewable energy developer juwi AG has announced that Norbert Muller joined the company's control committee at the beginning of this year. Muller served as CEO [read more]

Sen. Wyden Names Energy And Natural Resources Committee Staff

on 10 Jan 2013 by NAW Staff

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., incoming chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has announced his senior committee staff. Wyden has appointed the following [read more]

Vestas Shakes Up Senior Leadership As Part Of Push In Central Europe

on 09 Jan 2013 by NAW Staff

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has appointed former Nordex CEO Thomas Richterich as interim head of the company's Central Europe division. He replaces Dr. Wolfgang [read more]

ACENY's Carol Murphy Retires

on 31 Dec 2012 by NAW Staff

Carol Murphy, the executive director at the Alliance for Clean Energy New York (ACENY), a regional partner of the American Wind Energy Association, will retire [read more]