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Finance Committee Approves Stimulus Plan With PTC Extension

on 31 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

On Jan. 30, the Senate Finance Committee voted 14-7 in favor of an economic stimulus plan authored by Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., that includes an [read more]

Intel Tops EPA Green Power Partner List

on 29 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

Intel Corp. will purchase more than 1.3 billion kWh of renewable energy certificates (RECs) annually as part of an approach to reduce its impact on [read more]

DEC Proposes Wind Energy Project Guidelines

on 25 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has proposed guidelines to assist commercial wind energy developers in assessing the potential impacts turbines may [read more]

Governor Releases Report On Renewable Energy Transmission Access

on 25 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

Gov. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., has released the Phase 1 report prepared by the Renewable Energy Transmission Access Advisory Committee (RETAAC). Gibbons created this advisory committee [read more]

REpower Emphasizes Its Commitment To Quebec

on 24 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

Matthias Schubert, chief technical officer for Germany's REpower Systems AG, emphasized his company's commitment to investments in Quebec while speaking at an event sponsored by [read more]

Cape Wind Submits Revised Permit Application To Army Corps

on 24 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

Cape Wind Associates LLC has submitted a revised permit application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for work in waters of the U.S. in [read more]

BPA: Wind Power Exceeds 1,000 MW In Northwest

on 23 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

Portland, Ore.-based Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) reports that, for the first time, the amount of wind power being delivered to customers via its transmission lines [read more]

Ontario Lifts Moratorium On Applications For Offshore Projects

on 22 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

The Ontario government has lifted a deferral on existing proposals for offshore wind power projects and will be accepting new onshore and offshore applications for [read more]

GWEC: Global Wind Market Sees Record Year

on 21 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

The global wind energy markets have seen another record year in 2007, with 20 GW of new installations, according to the Global Wind Energy Council [read more]

NYISO Earns Sixth Consecutive Clean Audit

on 18 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

An independent audit by KPMG LLP recently found that the New York Independent System Operator's (NYISO) controls were complete, accurate and in accordance with the [read more]

Acciona Completes Iowa Wind Turbine Manufacturing Facility

on 18 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

Spain-based Acciona has officially opened its wind turbine generator production facility in West Branch, Iowa. The facility, which is Acciona's first manufacturing facility in the [read more]

AWEA Reports 45% Increase In Wind Power Capacity In 2007

on 18 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

The U.S. wind energy industry installed 5,244 MW in 2007, expanding the nation's total wind power generating capacity by 45% in one year and injecting [read more]

Real Logic Launches Energy Division

on 18 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

Real Logic Inc., a company that specializes in alternative transportation vehicles, will launch an energy division that will include a wind energy component. "The new [read more]

Businesses, Groups Join Climate Registry

on 17 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

Fifty-four corporations, state and local governments, and other organizations have achieved founding reporter status by being the first to join the Climate Registry. The Climate [read more]

Report: Wind-Powered Generation Doubles In Ontario

on 15 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

Wind-powered generation in Ontario more than doubled in 2007, according to statistics released by Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO). In 2007, the output from [read more]