Details Of New Offshore Wind Law; Google's Novel Approach To Renewables
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The Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013, recently signed into law by Gov. Martin O'Malley, aims to help boost the local economy and subsidize wind energy development off the state's coast. But what, exactly, does the legislation do? And how have wind industry stakeholders reacted to the new law? [read more]
Internet giant Google, which has invested over $1 billion in renewable energy to date, has proposed a new tariff-based approach to allow companies to purchase electricity generated by renewable sources directly from utilities. In a white paper, Google outlines common methods through which companies procure or support renewable energy, including [read more]
Atlanta-based Georgia Power, a Southern Co. subsidiary, has entered into an agreement with EDP Renewables North America to purchase 250 MW of wind energy from projects in Oklahoma. According to the utility, the output from EDP's Blue Canyon Phases II and VI wind farms will travel on the Southwest Power [read more]
The Molded Fiber Glass Cos. (MFG) has renamed its field service organization, Texas-based Wind Energy Services Co. (WES), MFG Energy Services. MFG says the name change is meant to provide a clearer identification in the market with the parent company and reflect a broader market scope that fits with plans [read more]
Vestas has signed a 10-year extension of the service contract for Eneco's Prinses Amaliawindpark offshore project, located in the Netherlands. The contract has a total capacity of 120 MW comprising 60 units of the V80-2.0 MW wind turbine. The contract is a 10-year service agreement extension with Vestas' latest Active [read more]
S&C Electric Co. has announced that it is now purchasing 40 million kWh of electricity each year exclusively generated from renewable energy sources for its Chicago campus. The campus is S&C's largest facility and includes the company's global headquarters and a majority of its engineering and manufacturing operations. "S&C's purchase [read more]
Annual investment in new renewable power capacity is set to rise by anywhere from two-and-a-half times to more than four-and-a-half times between now and 2030, finds a report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). The report says the likeliest scenario implies a jump of 230%, to $630 billion per year [read more]
Cicero, Ill.-based Broadwind Energy Inc. has announced the sale of its idle wind tower plant in Brandon, S.D. Proceeds from the sale, net of closing costs, totaled approximately $11.7 million. Broadwind says a portion of the proceeds was used to repay the underlying $3.5 million mortgage balance, and the remainder [read more]
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has set Jan. 1, 2014, as the date to officially link the state's cap-and-trade program with that of the Canadian Province of Quebec. California and Quebec have worked together over the past four years to develop their respective cap-and-trade programs to provide for potential [read more]
In its newly released 2012 Sustainability Report, Duke Energy has highlighted plans to rely less on coal-fired generation and more on renewable energy. As part of Duke Energy's $9 billion generation fleet modernization program, the company will retire more than 3.4 GW of older coal-fired units by year-end. That number [read more]
Greenbriar Capital Corp., a Vancouver-based real estate and energy project developer, has executed a letter agreement to purchase a 100% interest in an 80 MW wind project located in Utah. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, and Greenbriar did not name the project or the seller. According to the [read more]
Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo) has introduced The POWER Pledge, an effort to give the northeast Ohio community an opportunity to become directly involved in promoting offshore wind energy in the Great Lakes. By taking The POWER Pledge, members of the public are pledging to buy a portion of [read more]
The Ontario legislature has voted down Bill 39, the Ensuring Affordable Energy Act - a measure that sought to limit provincial wind development, eliminate the feed-in tariff and give municipalities a greater voice in planning renewable energy projects. The bill, which was introduced by Progressive Conservative (PC) party member Lisa [read more]
Following cost-allocation recommendations from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has released a revised proposal to share the costs of oversupply among customers using its transmission system, including hydropower and wind energy generators. BPA says each user, including BPA Power Services, would bear its proportionate [read more]
Thirteen renewable energy companies and advocacy groups have issued a letter to Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., urging support of Senate Bill 5896. If passed, the bill would extend the renewable sales and use tax exemption, which the parties say has provided a tangible incentive for clean energy businesses to locate [read more]
Nordex has signed delivery and service contracts with two Turkey-based customers for four projects entailing a total of 50 turbines with a combined total capacity of 125 MW. A total of 38 N100/2500 turbines are to be connected to the grid for Eksim Holding by the fall. Twenty turbines will [read more]
At a shareholders meeting in Zamudio, Spain, Friday, Gamesa Chairman Ignacio Martin provided an overview of the company's results in 2012 and presented the outlook for this year. Martin said that, despite operating in a complicated economic environment and a highly competitive market, the company attained its annual guidance in [read more]
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