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BPA Issues A Renewable Energy Technology RFP

on 14 Dec 2006 by NAW Staff

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a federal power marketing agency based in Portland, Ore., is issuing a request for proposals (RFP) for the research and [read more]

UMQ Passes Resolution For Additional Wind Power

on 13 Dec 2006 by NAW Staff

The Union of Municipalities of Quebec's (UMQ) executive committee and board of directors recently passed a resolution calling for standard offer contracts for wind energy [read more]

Site Allows Users To View Projects Online

on 13 Dec 2006 by NAW Staff

Conifer, Colo.-based Interwest Energy Alliance, a trade association that brings industry participants together to develop new projects in the Western U.S., has redesigned its Web [read more]

NYPA Purchases RECs From New York Wind Farms

on 13 Dec 2006 by NAW Staff

White Plains, N.Y.-headquartered New York Power Authority (NYPA), a state-owned electric utility, recently agreed to purchase 72 MW of renewable energy certificates (RECs) from Houston-based [read more]

Vestas Receives 21-Unit Wind Turbine Order In The U.S.

on 12 Dec 2006 by NAW Staff

Vestas, a wind turbine manufacturer headquartered in Denmark, has received an order for 21 units of its 3 MW wind turbines from Sacramento Municipal Utility [read more]

Aspen Skiing Co. Sells SkiGreen Tags To Its Guests

on 12 Dec 2006 by NAW Staff

Aspen Skiing Co. (ASC), the Aspen, Colo.-based operator of four ski resorts (including Snowmass and Aspen Mountain), has formed a partnership with Bonneville Environmental Foundation [read more]

Fitch Assigns A- Rating To Nine Canyon Wind Project Bonds

on 12 Dec 2006 by NAW Staff

Fitch Ratings, New York, has assigned an A- rating to Energy Northwest's $68 million wind project revenue bonds, series 2006, and has also affirmed the [read more]

North American Market Increases Its Appeal

on 12 Dec 2006 by Shelley Paventy

The North American wind industry has seen an upward trend of foreign wind farm developers, owners and operators entering the market. Wind energy production has [read more]

PTC Positioned For Extension

on 11 Dec 2006 by NAW Staff

The 109th Congress approved the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (H.R.6111), a bill that extends a package of tax cuts that promote [read more]

CT Clean Energy Communities Program Receives Award

on 11 Dec 2006 by NAW Staff

The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, a Rocky Hill, Conn.-headquartered organization that develops and invests in clean energy sources for Connecticut residents, and SmartPower, a Hartford, [read more]

Maxwell Technologies Receives Order For 3 Million Ultracapacitors From European Wind Energy Developer

on 11 Dec 2006 by NAW Staff

Maxwell Technologies Inc., a San Diego-based developer of energy storage and power delivery products, has received a purchase order for 3 million of its ultracapacitors [read more]

New Crane Improves Efficiency At Port Of Vancouver

on 11 Dec 2006 by NAW Staff

The Port of Vancouver, Vancouver, Wash., has developed a new mobile harbor crane to unload generators, blades and hubs for wind farms located in the [read more]

Clipper Agrees To Deliver Another 80 MW Of Wind Turbines

on 08 Dec 2006 by NAW Staff

Carpinteria, Calif.-based Clipper Windpower PLC, a wind turbine developer and manufacturer, will supply Edison Mission Energy (EMG), a subsidiary of Edison Mission Group, with 32 [read more]

Thelen Reid, A Renewable Energy Law Firm, Joins With Brown Raysman

on 08 Dec 2006 by NAW Staff

Thelen Reid & Priest LLP, a national law firm that represents many sectors, including wind energy projects, and Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP, [read more]

Iberdrola Receives Approval For Wind Farm In Mexico

on 07 Dec 2006 by NAW Staff

Iberdrola, an electric utility and wind power developer headquartered in Spain, has received approval from the Spanish Designated National Authority regarding climate change, which reports [read more]