| Content Category: New & Noteworthy |
| Post-FIT Decision, Turbine OEMs Mull Over Options For Ontario Wind Energy Market |
| on Tuesday June 18 2013 by Mark Del Franco |
| 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 [read more] |
| Cape Wind Nets $200 Million Investment From Danish Company |
| on Tuesday June 18 2013 by NA Windpower |
| 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 [read more] |
| Fighting Back: Vestas Launches 'Act On Facts' Campaign Against Anti-Wind Movement |
| on Tuesday June 18 2013 by NA Windpower |
| 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 [read more] |
| SDG&E Relying On Sunrise Powerlink To Take Up Slack From Closed Nuclear Plant |
| on Tuesday June 18 2013 by NA Windpower |
| 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 [read more] |
| Infigen And Gamesa End Years-Long Legal Battle Over Wind Turbines |
| on Monday June 17 2013 by NA Windpower |
| 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 [read more] |
| Former President Clinton, S.D. Sioux Indian Tribes Announce Big Wind Power Plans |
| on Monday June 17 2013 by NA Windpower |
| 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 [read more] |
| Despite Town Order, Developer Keeps Wind Turbines On At Night |
| on Monday June 17 2013 by NA Windpower |
| Fairhaven Wind LLC, developer of a two-turbine project in Fairhaven, Mass., kept its machines on during the night of June 14, despite a ruling made [read more] |
| Renewables Hit $244B Worldwide In 2012; Wind Power Led In Installed Capacity |
| on Friday June 14 2013 by NA Windpower |
| A United Nations agency and an international policy group have issued sister reports showing investments in renewable energy (excluding large hydropower) totaled $244 billion worldwide [read more] |
| AWEA: RPS Laws Stood Strong Nationwide Against Attacks |
| on Friday June 14 2013 by NA Windpower |
| While not all state legislatures have adjourned for the year, proponents of renewable portfolio standards (RPS) that drive adoption of wind energy can be heartened [read more] |
| Continent's First Grid-Connected Offshore Wind Turbine Floats In Maine Waters |
| on Thursday June 13 2013 by NAW Staff |
| Europe continues to far outpace the U.S. and Canada when it comes to offshore wind projects. In fact, North America has never officially connected an [read more] |
| Renewables And Natural Gas: A Match Made In Texas? |
| on Thursday June 13 2013 by NA Windpower |
| The path to resource adequacy and low-carbon generation in the Texas electric power market will likely require the co-development and integration of both natural gas [read more] |
| Global Wind Day Calls On Leaders To End Fossil Fuel Subsidies |
| on Thursday June 13 2013 by NA Windpower |
| As Global Wind Day draws near, an online action has been launched to put pressure on world leaders, ahead of the G8 summit on June [read more] |
| Town Orders That Wind Turbines Be Shut Down Every Night |
| on Wednesday June 12 2013 by NA Windpower |
| The Fairhaven, Mass., Board of Health unanimously ordered on Monday that two wind turbines in town be turned off every night from 7 p.m. to [read more] |
| Xcel Highlights Energy And Environmental Milestones |
| on Wednesday June 12 2013 by NA Windpower |
| Last year, Xcel Energy achieved milestones in renewable energy, energy efficiency and emissions reductions, according to the company's annual Corporate Responsibility Report. Xcel Energy increased [read more] |
| Raising The Discourse: How Wind Industry Can Help Avoid 'Climate Emergency' |
| on Tuesday June 11 2013 by Mark Del Franco |
| As general-session panelists dutifully recited the attributes of wind energy at the recently concluded WINDPOWER 2013 in Chicago, fellow panelist Larry Schweiger, president/CEO at the [read more] |
