North American Windpower: Content / Category / New & Noteworthy

on 10 Jul 2007 by NAW Staff

Reportlinker has made available a new market research report related to the U.S. electric industry called "Green Energy in the U.S.: Renewable Investment, Capacity Growth [read more]

BC Hydro Releases Plans For Standing Offer Program

on 06 Jul 2007 by NAW Staff

BC Hydro, a Vancouver, B.C.-headquartered electric utility, has released the draft terms and conditions for a standing offer program for clean electricity projects.BC Hydro notes [read more]

Alstom Purchases Spanish Turbine Manufacturer Ecotecnia

on 02 Jul 2007 by NAW Staff

France's Alstom is stepping into wind power generation with its agreement to buy Spanish wind turbine company Ecotecnia for 350 million euros. Ecotecnia, a Barcelona-headquartered [read more]

SCE Applies For Final Phases Of Tehachapi Project

on 02 Jul 2007 by NAW Staff

Southern California Edison (SCE) has applied to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the U.S. Forest Service for authorization to construct segments four through [read more]

U.S. Futures Exchange Introduces Wind Power Futures Contracts

on 29 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

Chicago-based U.S. Futures Exchange (USFE) will begin listing futures contracts on NORDIX Financial Wind Indexes that measure deviations from average wind speeds used in wind [read more]

DOE Provides Superconductor Research Grants

on 28 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a total of $51.8 million for five cost-shared projects intended to accelerate modernization of the electricity grid [read more]

Offshore Generation 'Potentially Favorable' In GA

on 28 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

A two-year study conducted by Atlanta-based utility Southern Company and the Georgia Institute of Technology has identified several conditions potentially favorable for wind power generation [read more]

Study Predicts 49 GW Of Wind Capacity In U.S. By 2015

on 27 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

The U.S. wind power market is expected to reach a cumulative installed wind capacity of nearly 49 GW by 2015, according to a new study [read more]

DOE Selects MA And Texas Consortia For Turbine Blade Research

on 26 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Partnership in Massachusetts and the Lone Star Wind Alliance in Texas to each [read more]

Research And Markets Releases U.S. Green Energy Report

on 22 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

Research and Markets, an international market research firm, has issued a report entitled "Green Energy in the US: Renewable Investment, Capacity Growth and Future Outlook." [read more]

Colorado Governor Discusses Energy Infrastructure

on 21 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

The Colorado Governor's Energy Office recently joined several states' counterparts at a meeting hosted by the South Dakota Energy Infrastructure Authority in Rapid City, S.D., [read more]

Report: More Utilities Looking To Wind, Nuclear Power

on 15 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

PricewaterhouseCoopers has released "Energy and Efficiency: Utilities Global Survey 2007," an annual survey that includes input from 114 power companies in 44 countries and reveals [read more]

Vestas Breaks Ground On First North American Manufacturing Plant

on 15 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

Vestas Blades of Denmark has broken ground on its first North American manufacturing plant in Windsor, Colo. According to Vestas, the $62 million, 200,000 square-foot [read more]

Canadian Renewable Energy Industry Network Created

on 14 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

The Canadian GeoExchange Coalition (CGC), the Canadian Hydropower Association (CHA), the Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA), and the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) have announced [read more]

Manitoba Joins Western Regional Climate Action Initiative

on 13 Jun 2007 by NAW Staff

Manitoba Premier Gary Doer has announced that the Province of Manitoba joined with six western U.S. states and the Province of British Columbia in the [read more]