SunEdison buys 1.6 GW supply deals to qualify for PTC

SunEdison, Inc., a leading global solar technology manufacturer and provider of solar energy services, and TerraForm Power, Inc., a global owner and operator of...

Apex sells 300 MW Balko Wind project to D.E. Shaw

D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments, L.L.C. and Apex Clean Energy recently announced the sale of Balko Wind, a wind energy project in Beaver County,...

RES Americas Secures PPA For Deerfield Wind Project In Mich.

Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc., a leader in the development, engineering, and construction of wind, solar, transmission, and energy storage projects in North America,...

SgurrEnergy lends expertise to Nova Scotia projects

SgurrEnergy is supporting two community wind portfolios through the financing and construction phases in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The company’s North American arm is...

Northern Power Systems plans initial public offering

Northern Power Systems Corp., a next generation renewable energy technology company, announced that it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with...

EDF RE and Vestas re-ink supply deal after 150 MW order

EDF Renewable Energy has placed a firm order with Vestas Wind Systems A/S for 150 MW of wind turbine generators. The order closes the...

Governors urge further White House support for wind energy industry

In a letter to President Obama in late December, South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard and Washington Governor Jay Inslee, the chairman and vice chairman of the...

Report: Atlantic offshore wind economic impact would outshine drilling

Oceana released a new report today that finds offshore wind would produce twice the number of jobs and twice the amount of energy as...

Report: Survival of small / medium wind market hinges on subsidies and cost reduction

A new report from Navigant Research analyzes the global market for small and medium wind turbines (SMWTs), including global market forecasts for capacity and...

Canada installed 1.8 GW of wind capacity in 2014

For the second consecutive year, the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) is pleased to announce that Canada has set a record for the installation...

Portland General Completes 267MW Tucannon River Project

Portland General Electric Company recently announced its Tucannon River Wind Farm is in service and available to generate power for PGE customers. Tucannon River...

Maryland Energy Chief Chosen to Direct Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)

 Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell recently named Abigail Ross Hopper as the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which manages...

Enbridge Acquires 80 Percent Interest Two E.ON Wind Farms

Enbridge Inc. recently announced a deal whereby the Company will purchase an 80 percent interest in a portfolio of two wind farms in the...

Report States World’s Documented Wind Potential at 95 TW

The Technical Committee of the World Wind Energy Association has published the first World Wind Resource Assessment Report. The report gives a comprehensive overview...

DOE Takes on Environmental Review of Plains & Eastern Transmission Project

The U.S. Department of Energy has released for public review and comment the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Plains & Eastern...

SunEdison and TerraForm to Purchase Developer First Wind for $2.4 Billion

SunEdison, Inc., a leading global solar developer, and TerraForm Power, Inc., a global owner and operator of renewable energy power plants, recently announced that...

Iberdrola Opens its First Offshore Wind Farm West of Duddon Sands

Iberdrola USA, the second-largest wind producer in the United Sates, recently announced that its sister company ScottishPower Renewables, in conjunction with Dong Energy of...

GE Celebrates Installation of its 25,000th Turbine Worldwide

GE recently celebrated its 25,000th wind turbine installation — a milestone for the company which now has more than 38 GW of installed wind...

DOE Promotes Wind Workforce with Interactive Wind Career Map

A robust domestic wind industry requires a well-qualified and trained workforce to design, maintain, and install wind energy projects across the country. As wind...

Siemens Awarded 15-Year Extension on Service and Maintenance Agreement for Washington Wind Farms

Siemens has signed two long-term wind service and maintenance agreements covering 132 SWT-2.3 turbines at two wind projects in Washington state. Summit Power Group, LLC,...