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Wind Energy Will Meet 100% Of D.C. Government Department's Electricity Needs

on 07 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

The District of Columbia's Department of General Services (DGS) has signed a one-year contract to meet 100% of its electricity needs with wind energy. Under [read more]

New Website Aims To Engage Canadian Communities In Wind Energy Dialogue

on 07 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) has launched a new website - WindFacts.ca - designed to educate Canadians about wind energy and encourage a meaningful [read more]

Canadian Investor Group To Focus On Green Energy

on 06 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

Ontario investor Suns Group, manager of the Suns Sustainable Fund, says its future investment decisions will be heavily weighed toward renewable energy investments, such as [read more]

Pew Report: U.S. Wind Held Trade Surplus With China In 2011

on 06 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

The U.S. wind sector held a $146 million trade surplus over their Asian counterparts, according to a Pew Charitable Trust report on trade relations between [read more]

Suzlon Increasing Presence In North American Wind Energy Market

on 05 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

Suzlon Group says it installed 1.177 GW of wind energy capacity in North America last year - a company record. With those installations, which represent [read more]

Areva Relocating North American Headquarters

on 05 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

Areva says it is relocating its North American headquarters from Bethesda, Md., to Charlotte, N.C. The company will also add 130 positions over the next [read more]

GL Renewables Certifies Underwater Escape Training Course For Offshore Wind Energy Technicians

on 04 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) has certified Deutsche WindGuard Offshore GmbH's Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) courses, which teach technical personnel how to reach offshore [read more]

Massachusetts To Fund Clean Energy Education Programs

on 28 Feb 2013 by NAW Staff

The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) has made $640,000 in grants available to fund clean-energy-related science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs for K-12 students. [read more]

ARPA-E Projects Have Attracted $450 Million In Private Investment

on 28 Feb 2013 by NAW Staff

Since 2009, 17 projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) have attracted $450 million in private-sector follow-on [read more]

Intertek: French Offshore Wind Energy Sector Can Learn From U.K., Germany

on 27 Feb 2013 by NAW Staff

Intertek Energy & Water consultancy services (formerly Metoc) says it is providing marine advisory services for offshore surveys and export cable installation to Reseau de [read more]

Iberdrola Sells Off Polish Wind Energy Assets

on 26 Feb 2013 by NAW Staff

Iberdrola says it has reached an agreement to sell all of its wind power assets in Poland to Polish energy companies Energa Hydro (a subsidiary [read more]

Miami Hotel Offsets Energy Usage With Wind Power

on 26 Feb 2013 by NAW Staff

The InterContinental Miami Hotel says it is partnering with Greenlight Energy to purchase 16.064 GWh of wind energy this year - enough to offset 100% [read more]

Strategic Marine Delivers Offshore Installation Vessel

on 26 Feb 2013 by NAW Staff

Strategic Marine, a shipbuilder operating in Singapore and Vietnam, has delivered the Njord Curlew - a crew transfer and service vessel - to Njord Offshore, [read more]

Bridgewell Resources Forms Renewable Energy Division

on 26 Feb 2013 by NAW Staff

Bridgewell Resources - a wholesale distributor, sales organization and supply-chain manager - has launched a new renewable resources division that will offer wind, solar, biomass [read more]

First Wind To Sponsor Science Competition, Award Scholarships

on 25 Feb 2013 by NAW Staff

Boston-based wind energy developer First Wind will sponsor scholarships and school awards for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's (LADWP) 21st annual Science [read more]