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Third Annual Clean Energy Competition In Effect

on 19 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

Sponsored by the MIT Enterprise Forum Energy Special Interest Group, the third annual Ignite Clean Energy competition is accepting applications until March 5. It provides [read more]

FPL, Texas State Tech Offer Wind Turbine Education

on 16 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

Juno Beach, Fla.-based FPL Energy LLC, a subsidiary of the FPL Group, has formed a partnership with Texas State Technical College (TSTC) West Texas to [read more]

ACORE Releases Standard For Trading RECs

on 13 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE), a Washington, D.C.-headquartered nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing renewable energy into the mainstream of the U.S. economy, has [read more]

Suzlon Bids For REpower Shares

on 12 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

Suzlon Wind Energy, a subsidiary of Denmark-based Suzlon Energy A/S, has made an offer to purchase the shares in REpower Systems AG, a wind turbine [read more]

Idaho Power Recommends Removal Of Wind Limitations

on 12 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

Idaho Power, an electricity generator and distributor, has submitted to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC) a report outlining the operational impacts associated with integrating [read more]

EFSEC Issues Final Environmental Impact Statement On Proposed Wind Farm

on 12 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

The Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC), an Olympia, Wash.-based licensing agency for nonhydro energy projects, has issued a Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) [read more]

City Purchases Wind To Offset 20% Of Its Energy

on 09 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

The city of Evanston, Ill., has purchased 5.5 million kWh of renewable energy credits (RECs) from Baltimore-based Constellation NewEnergy, an electricity supplier and wholly owned [read more]

AMSC's D-VAR Interconnection System Selected For Australian Wind Farm

on 06 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

Westborough, Mass.-headquartered American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC), a provider of power electronic systems, has received an order from Suzlon Energy Australia Pty. Ltd. (SEA), a wholly [read more]

Canadian Hydro To Acquire GW Power Corp.

on 06 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

Canadian Hydro Developers Inc., a Calgary, Alberta-headquartered developer of renewable energy projects, has agreed to acquire GW Power Corp. (GWP), an Alberta-based wind farm developer [read more]

Summary Of "Climate Change 2007" Adopted

on 02 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has adopted the Summary for Policymakers of the first volume of "Climate Change 2007," [read more]

Genesis Studies Wind Farms In Kentucky, Virginia And West Virginia

on 02 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

Genesis Development of Kentucky LLC, an Elkhorn City, Ky.-based firm that was recently founded, is conducting site testing in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia for [read more]

Frontier Purchases Green Tags For Its Iowa, Colorado Facilities

on 01 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

Norway, Iowa-based Frontier Natural Products Co-op, a manufacturer of organic products, has purchased enough Green-e certified green tags from the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) to [read more]

NMI Study Shows U.S. Spent $400 Million On Renewable Energy In 2005

on 01 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

The Natural Marketing Institute (NMI), a Harleysville, Penn.-based provider of research and consulting services, has conducted research with Silvercliffe Media of Lafayette, Colo., and found [read more]

EPRI Launches New Utility-Scale, Energy-Efficient Research Effort

on 31 Jan 2007 by NAW Staff

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), a Palo Alto, Calif.-based nonprofit center for environmental research, has launched its Dynamic Energy Management (DEM) energy-efficiency research initiative.As [read more]

Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission Selects APX To Manage The State's RES

on 30 Jan 2007 by NAW Staff

The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission has selected APX Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif.-headquartered provider of renewable energy solutions, to manage the state's new renewable [read more]