Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths
CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. — It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America’s green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind...
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Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Sunday, April 28th, 2013
MIT researchers propose subsea version of pumped hydro for renewable energy storage
Researchers at MIT are proposing using a variation on pumped hydroelectric systems for storage of electricity produced by offshore wind farms.
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Better computer models needed for mega wind farms
Interactions between hundreds of wind turbines make power output difficult to predict.
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
BP puts U.S. wind farm arm up for sale
LONDON, April 3 (Reuters) - BP has put its U.S. wind farm operation, one of the largest in the country, up for sale, marking the continued retreat of big oil companies...
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013
Buffett’s MidAmerican has 6% of U.S. wind, will own 14% of solar
Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. accounts for 6 percent of U.S. wind-energy capacity and will generate about 14 percent of the nation’s solar power when it...
Sunday, February 10th, 2013
Wind energy now cheaper than fossil fuel power plants in Australia
Unsubsidized wind power is now cheaper than electricity produced from new coal- and natural gas-fired power stations in Australia, according to an analysis by Bloomberg...
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
BNEF: China had 35% of world's onshore wind capacity last year
China accounted for more than a third of all newly installed onshore wind power capacity last year, according to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance report.
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Facing expiring tax credit, wind industry posts record year for new capacity added
Wind accounted for 13,124 megawatts of new power in 2012, more than any other energy source, according to the indiustry.
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
Google invests $200M in Texas wind farm
Google has now invested in a Hoover Dam's worth -- or 2 GW -- of clean power. The latest investment, announced on Wednesday is a $200 million equity stake into a wind...
Monday, January 7th, 2013
BP, Shell back development of world’s longest wind turbine blade
The Energy Technologies Institute, backed by Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) and BP Plc, invested 15.5 million pounds ($25 million) in the U.K. to build the world’s longest...
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013
Wind production tax credit extension approved in 'fiscal cliff' deal
A one-year extension to a wind power credit made it into the final “fiscal cliff” bargain Tuesday, much to the delight of green groups and the wind industry.
Saturday, December 15th, 2012
Top wind industry lobbyist Denise Bode to resign
Denise Bode, chief executive with the American Wind Energy Association, will leave her post Jan. 1.
Friday, December 14th, 2012
Wind industry calls for 6-year phaseout of PTC subsidy
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) sent a letter to Congressional leaders accepting a six-year phase-down of its vital production tax credit (PTC) in return for...
Friday, November 16th, 2012
Google backs Iowa wind farm, has put close to $1B into clean power
Google is on the brink of crossing the billion dollar mark for its investments in clean power projects.
Thursday, November 8th, 2012
Obama win raises odds of extending wind PTC
President Barack Obama’s re-election will probably be followed by Congress extending a renewable- energy tax credit, according to the American Wind Energy Association.
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
Indigenous vs. multinationals in Mexico wind power struggle
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is putting up wind power turbines at a breakneck pace and the expansion is pitting energy companies against the Indians who live in one of the...
Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
T. Boone’s wind farm plans finally blow away
Four years after the Pickens Plan was first announced, former oil baron T. Boone Pickens finally sells off his stake in the planned wind farm in Minnesota.
Friday, October 12th, 2012
Vestas fires 18% of workers at two Colorado blade factories
Vestas Wind Systems A/S (VWS), the world’s biggest maker of wind turbines, fired about 18 percent of its Colorado manufacturing workers at two blade factories this week.
Thursday, October 11th, 2012
Political storms threaten Europe's offshore wind goals
Political wavering in Britain, the world's biggest offshore wind market, is casting doubt on European ambitions to build a fleet of gigantic turbines out at sea,...
Friday, October 5th, 2012
Deepwater to build America's first offshore wind farm off Rhode Island
Deepwater Wind is racing to build the first U.S. offshore wind farm off Rhode Island and hopes to parlay that into a string of East Coast farms, the company's chief...
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