Peter Mandelstam, former president and founder of NRG Bluewater Wind, has started up Arcadia Offshore LLC, an offshore wind development company that promises to be [read more]
[*Updated to include policy analysis*] Hopes that a near-term extension of the production tax credit (PTC) for wind power would be included in legislation to [read more]
During Tuesday's State of the Union address, President Barack Obama urged Congress to pass clean energy legislation - such as an extension of the expiring [read more]
The offshore wind industry requires patience from developers and investors who have the vision to support projects through the inevitable peaks and valleys associated with [read more]
More than 60 years ago, President Dwight Eisenhower outlined plans to build an interstate highway system to connect the far reaches of the country. Now, [read more]
NRG Bluewater's suspension of all offshore wind energy development earlier this week is a stark reminder that, for all of its potential, offshore wind remains [read more]
In an effort to expedite renewable energy development on American Indian lands, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has put forth a proposal that [read more]
Historically, European offshore wind projects were balance-sheet financed, typically by large utilities. However, several recent European offshore wind deals have been project financed, which could [read more]
If the nascent offshore wind industry needed a boost of federal support, it surely received one from U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Ken [read more]
Ontario voters have re-elected Premier Dalton McGuinty in the Oct. 6 election, meaning that incentives for wind energy, including the Green Energy Act (GEA) and [read more]
By year's end, nearly 1,400 MW of wind energy will have been installed in Canada in 2011, representing a calendar-year record. However, despite this achievement, [read more]
Although British Columbia is better suited than most places in the world for large-scale wind energy development, the Canadian province has just 250 MW of [read more]
Although wind energy in Ontario has been among the most divisive of issues in campaigns leading up to the provincial election, the challenges [read more]
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Sinovel denies claims of intellectual property theft made by Devens, Mass.-based American Superconductor (AMSC) on Sept. 15. Responding via email, Sinovel [read more]