The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is launching a competitive lease process for wind energy development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore New York. The bureau is publishing a call for information and nominations to gauge companies' interest in commercial offshore wind development within an area located 11 [read more]
Invenergy has arranged project financing for its 16 MW Marsh Hill Wind Energy Center, which currently is under construction in New York. Rabobank acted as the sole lead arranger, administrative agent and collateral agent for the transaction. Tax equity commitments also were completed in connection with this project. Marsh Hill [read more]
Xcel Energy has completed a 345 kV transmission line running from northern Hansford County, Texas, to Woodward, Okla. According to the company, the $64 million project is part of Xcel's Power for the Plains capital investment plan to help increase grid reliability, as well as to tap into cheaper wind [read more]
For the first time ever, during the first quarter of this year, electricity generated in the U.S. by non-hydro renewables (wind, solar, biomass and geothermal) exceeded that provided by conventional hydropower. That is according to the SUN DAY Campaign's new analysis of data in the latest issue of the U.S. [read more]
Enercon is supplying 12 new 7.5 MW wind turbines to RWE for a repowering project in the Netherlands. RWE has already begun construction on the 90 MW Zuidwester wind farm, and the project will feature E126 turbines, which have a hub height of 135 meters and a rotor diameter of [read more]
Nordex has secured a 62.7 MW order from Eneco Wind BV for Generation Delta turbines in the Netherlands. The turbine maker will supply the Delfzijl-Noord wind farm with 19 of its N100/3300 machines. The project will be built 1.5 km from the town of Delfzijl, where Nordex notes wind conditions [read more]
Following a partisan feud last week that halted progress, the U.S. Senate has recessed for the Memorial Day break without a vote on whether to advance the EXPIRE Act, a tax extenders package including the production tax credit (PTC) for clean energy and the investment tax credit (ITC) election for [read more]
Congressional inaction on key clean energy tax policies, coupled with attacks on state renewable energy programs, led to a dramatic decline in U.S. clean energy job announcements in the first quarter of this year, according to a report from Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2). E2 says about 5,600 clean energy and clean [read more]
U.S. Sens. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., and Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., have led a bipartisan group of 45 other senators in sending a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy requesting a 120-day public comment period for the agency's proposed regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from existing power plants. [read more]
Sweden-based SKF has secured a $180 million, long-term agreement for Kaydon slewing ring bearings from an unidentified wind turbine manufacturer providing solutions to the North American and Brazilian wind markets. "We are delighted to sign this agreement. It reinforces SKF's commitment to support developing industries, such as renewable energy, and [read more]
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