The Ontario government's recent decision to end the province's feed-in tariff (FIT) program for large-scale renewable energy projects - in favor of a competitive-procurement mechanism - has introduced a jolt of uncertainty for provincial wind turbine component suppliers and manufacturers. On May 30, Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli announced the province [read more]
Danish pension company PensionDanmark, via the fund Copenhagen Infrastructure I managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has made a $200 million investment in the Cape Wind offshore wind farm. Following 12 years of development, Cape Wind anticipates financial closing and beginning of construction of the 468 MW project, slated for [read more]
Vestas has announced it is launching the first phase of a global campaign to separate myths from facts and channel public support toward political action favoring wind energy. The company says the Act on Facts campaign embodies a unique approach to dealing with significant business challenges, integrating multiple marketing, communications, [read more]
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has released the fiscal year 2014 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, legislation that provides annual funding for national defense nuclear weapons activities, the Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and other related agencies. However, the new bill [read more]
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) says its 117-mile Sunrise Powerlink transmission line linking San Diego to renewable power in California's Imperial Valley will play an important role this summer, helping maintain reliable electric service without the 2.2 GW provided by the recently shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). [read more]
New Energy Economy, a nonprofit organization, has launched a new ad campaign pressing New Mexico's largest utility, PNM, to pursue more clean energy. The group says billboards are now posted in Albuquerque depicting that the utility is "out of step with the kind of energy generation New Mexicans prefer today." [read more]
GL Garrad Hassan has produced a new paper detailing the offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) sector in the U.K. The company says the report, which was jointly funded by The Crown Estate and Scottish Enterprise, gives an account of the relevant concepts, trends and players in a rapidly developing [read more]
The Timken Co., a provider of bearings and other products for the wind energy and industrial industries, and Stark State College have collaborated to develop a new Technology and Test Center on the college's campus in North Canton, Ohio. According to Timken, the $14 million center tests ultra-large bearing systems [read more]
Australia-based Infigen Energy, which has interests in 18 U.S. wind farms, and Gamesa Wind US LLC announced that they have settled all outstanding legal proceedings related to Gamesa-manufactured turbines purchased by Infigen. The long-lasting legal disputes related to five U.S. wind farms in which Infigen holds interest, particularly California's Kumeyaay [read more]
During the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative America meeting last week, leaders from six Sioux Indian Tribes and former President Bill Clinton announced a new wind power initiative to spur long-term project development on tribal lands in South Dakota. Arent Fox LLP is providing legal and public policy counsel for the [read more]
Fairhaven Wind LLC, developer of a two-turbine project in Fairhaven, Mass., kept its machines on during the night of June 14, despite a ruling made just days before requiring that the turbines be shut down every evening from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. On June 10, the Fairhaven Board [read more]
For the 11th consecutive year, Colorado-based Renewable Choice Energy has announced it will provide clean energy in the form of wind power and carbon offsets to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, which will take place June 20-23. Renewable Choice Energy says the festival will purchase wind power through renewable energy credits [read more]
ABB has named Ulrich Spiesshofer, the head of its discrete automation and motion (DM) division, as CEO. He will succeed outgoing CEO, Joe Hogan, on Sept. 15. In May, Hogan announced plans to leave ABB, but the company says he will remain as senior advisor to the board for some [read more]
Bryan J. Hannegan will join the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on June 24 as associate laboratory director for energy systems integration, an area of research and development that addresses challenges of integrating clean energy sources into the national energy infrastructure. Hannegan joins NREL from [read more]
San Diego-based Salka Corp., which was launched earlier this month, says it has formed a strategic partnership with investment firm Wofi Capital to acquire, develop and construct wind and solar projects throughout North America. Salka says Wofi Capital is "backed by a Gulf-based family office of ultra-high net worth investors," [read more]
A United Nations agency and an international policy group have issued sister reports showing investments in renewable energy (excluding large hydropower) totaled $244 billion worldwide in 2012, with developing countries reaching near parity with developed ones. Wind power reportedly reached a record of 48.4 GW of new installed capacity in [read more]
While not all state legislatures have adjourned for the year, proponents of renewable portfolio standards (RPS) that drive adoption of wind energy can be heartened by the early results of the 2013 legislative session, says the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Lawmakers in at least 20 states introduced bills to [read more]
Independent power producer CENNERGI has placed an order with Nordex for the delivery and turnkey installation of wind turbines for the 134.4 MW Amakhala Emoyeni wind farm, located in South Africa. Nordex says it will start construction work for the complete infrastructure of the project in the third quarter of [read more]
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) CEO Alicia Barton has announced $924,233 in grants that will fund six clean energy job training programs for low- and moderate-income individuals across Massachusetts. Of the programs receiving funding, two have a specific focus on offshore wind energy: - $250,000 for the New Bedford [read more]
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