Wind Energy Continued Rapid Growth in Canada in 2015
2015 was another remarkable year for wind energy in Canada. The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) reported that Canada closed 2015 as seventh in...
Northern Power Systems Announces Lease Facility for Distributed Generation Wind Financing
Northern Power Systems Corp., a next-generation renewable energy technology company, recently announced that its flagship distributed generation wind platform is available to businesses, farms,...
SgurrEnergy Moves into Mexico
SgurrEnergy has boosted its presence in the Americas by opening an office in Mexico City. This latest venture provides a base for SgurrEnergy, a...
Massachusetts Clean Energy Industry Grows by Double Digits for Fourth Year
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) Interim CEO Stephen Pike recently announced the results of the 2015 Massachusetts Clean Energy Industry Report, which found that...
ZF Acquires Industrial Gears and Wind Turbine Gearbox Segment from Bosch Rexroth
ZF has officially taken over the industrial gears and wind turbine gearbox business from Bosch Rexroth AG. Approximately 1,200 employees at the Witten, Beijing,...
Gamesa and CFE Sign Agreement for Wind Energy Projects in Mexico
Gamesa and the Mexican Electricity Board (the CFE for its acronym in Spanish) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the fostering of...
Pilot Hill Wind Project Closes Financing from GE and MetLife
EDF Renewable Energy’s 175-MW Pilot Hill wind project located in Kankakee and Iroquois counties in Illinois has closed structured equity financing from GE Energy...
Bloomberg and EDP Renewables Announce New Yorkâs Largest Corporate Renewable Energy Purchase
EDP Renewables, a global leader in the renewable energy sector and the world’s fourth-largest wind energy producer, recently announced that it has signed a...
Innovative Study Helps Offshore Wind Developers Protect Wildlife
Thanks to a first-of-its-kind in-depth study of wildlife distribution and movements, the nation’s Eastern Seaboard is better prepared now more than ever for offshore...
What Americaâs First Offshore Wind Farm Reveals About GEâs Alstom Deal
Block Island is a teardrop-shaped piece of land some 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island. It’s best known for its beaches, wind-swept...
Invenergy Starts Commercial Operation of Beech Ridge Energy Storage Project in West Virginia
Invenergy LLC recently announced the start of commercial operations of its 31.5-MW Beech Ridge Energy Storage project in Rupert, West Virginia.
The project is located...
Grand Opening of Pattern Energyâs 200-MW Loganâs Gap Wind Facility in Texas
Pattern Energy Group Inc. (Pattern Energy) recently held a Grand Opening ceremony to dedicate its new 200-MW Logan’s Gap Wind facility in Comanche County,...
Equinix Signs Power Purchase Agreements that Bring Its North American Data Centers to 100-Percent...
Equinix, Inc., a global interconnection and data center company, recently announced that it has signed power purchase agreements (PPA) with an affiliate of NextEra...
What Is a Qualified Wind Worker?
We are at a unique time in the relatively young industry of wind power generation. There have been several boom and bust cycles in...
Wind Energy and the PTC: Sustaining an American Success Story
The United States leads the world in wind energy generation, driven by the innovation and productivity of American workers and businesses. American wind energy...
The Coming Shortage of Qualified Wind Techs
The 2014 report by European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) titled “EU Wind Industry Faces Critical Worker Shortage” has identified a deficit in the...
Germany Breaks a Renewable Energy Record
Germany’s transition from coal- and oil-fired power to carbon-free electricity hit a new milestone on July 25 when solar, wind, and other sources of...
Energy Department Reports Highlight Trends of Growing U.S. Wind Energy Industry
According to two reports released in August by the Energy Department, the United States’ wind energy industry continued growing at an impressive rate in...
American Wind Power Continues To Ramp Up in 2015
With 1,661 MW of newly installed wind turbines coming online during the second quarter of 2015 and more than 13,600 MW under construction, American...
Officials Highlight Need for Stable Policy To Continue Growing Wind Energy
Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz emphasized the need for stable policy for wind energy as the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released data showing...
