Post-FIT Decision, Turbine OEMs Mull Over Options For Ontario Wind Energy Market
The Ontario government's recent decision to end the province's feed-in tariff (FIT) program for large-scale renewable energy projects - in favor of a competitive-procurement mechanism - has introduced a jolt   [read more]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:58:20 EDT
Cape Wind Nets $200 Million Investment From Danish Company
Danish pension company PensionDanmark, via the fund Copenhagen Infrastructure I managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has made a $200 million investment in the Cape Wind offshore wind farm. Following   [read more]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:58:12 EDT
Fighting Back: Vestas Launches 'Act On Facts' Campaign Against Anti-Wind Movement
Vestas has announced it is launching the first phase of a global campaign to separate myths from facts and channel public support toward political action favoring wind energy. The company   [read more]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:14:25 EDT
House Appropriations Committee Proposes Massive Cuts To Energy Programs
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has released the fiscal year 2014 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, legislation that provides annual funding for national defense nuclear weapons   [read more]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:13:39 EDT
SDG&E Relying On Sunrise Powerlink To Take Up Slack From Closed Nuclear Plant
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) says its 117-mile Sunrise Powerlink transmission line linking San Diego to renewable power in California's Imperial Valley will play an important role this summer,   [read more]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:13:21 EDT
Ad Campaign Urges N.M. Utility To Focus More On Renewables
New Energy Economy, a nonprofit organization, has launched a new ad campaign pressing New Mexico's largest utility, PNM, to pursue more clean energy. The group says billboards are now posted   [read more]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:13:01 EDT
GL Garrad Hassan Publishes Paper On Offshore Wind O&M
GL Garrad Hassan has produced a new paper detailing the offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) sector in the U.K. The company says the report, which was jointly funded by   [read more]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDT
Timken Helps Develop Test Center For Giant Bearings
The Timken Co., a provider of bearings and other products for the wind energy and industrial industries, and Stark State College have collaborated to develop a new Technology and Test   [read more]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 EDT
Infigen And Gamesa End Years-Long Legal Battle Over Wind Turbines
Australia-based Infigen Energy, which has interests in 18 U.S. wind farms, and Gamesa Wind US LLC announced that they have settled all outstanding legal proceedings related to Gamesa-manufactured turbines purchased   [read more]
Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:04:00 EDT
Former President Clinton, S.D. Sioux Indian Tribes Announce Big Wind Power Plans
During the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative America meeting last week, leaders from six Sioux Indian Tribes and former President Bill Clinton announced a new wind power initiative to spur long-term   [read more]
Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:27:51 EDT