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How Much Is Weather Risk Affecting Wind Energy Profitability?
February 01, 2017
In a new report, renewables underwriter GCube emphasizes the long-term financial impact of wind-speed volatility on portfolio and project revenues. [Read More]
With Senate Vote, Maryland's Clean Energy Jobs Act Becomes Reality
February 02, 2017
As expected, the Maryland Senate voted this week on the future of the Clean Energy Jobs Act of 2016, which Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed last year. Like the Maryland House, the Senate also agreed to restore the bill today and [Read More]
 
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North American Wind Growth Helps Drive Strong 2016 For EGP
February 02, 2017
Enel Green Power (EGP), Enel's global renewable energy division, is touting 2016 as a record-breaking year: The company built an all-time high of 2,018 MW of renewable energy capacity, representing more than twice as much as that of 2015, when [Read More]
As Next Step In Renewables Focus, DONG Energy Says Goodbye To Coal
February 02, 2017
Demark-based energy group DONG Energy is planning to not only exit the oil and gas (O&G) industry in 2017, but also stop the use of coal by 2023. Since 2006, DONG Energy says it has reduced its coal consumption by [Read More]
 
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Russian Nuclear Corporation Wants In On Wind Power
February 02, 2017
With a goal of developing wind power in Russia, ROSATOM, the country's national nuclear corporation, has approved a partnership between daughter company OTEK and Dutch wind company Lagerwey. The partners plan to establish a joint venture this year on the [Read More]
Partners Design Floating Microwave Radiometer In Support Of Offshore Wind
February 02, 2017
AXYS Technologies Inc. and Boulder Environmental Sciences & Technology (BEST) are working on the design of a buoy-based microwave profiling radiometer on a floating platform, the FLiDAR WindSentinel. Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the BEST marine profiling radiometer [Read More]
Group Headed By Siemens And Vestas Develops New Wind Standards
February 01, 2017
The parties of APQP4WIND are getting ready to unveil what they say are new standards to ensure that wind manufacturers and suppliers speak the same language when it comes to quality assurance in the production phase of turbines. Over the [Read More]
Senvion Celebrates 2 GW Of U.K. Wind Power
February 01, 2017
German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has reached 2 GW of installed wind capacity in the U.K. alone. The company's 1 GW mark was reached back in 2013. Senvion crossed the new milestone with the installation of the first turbine at [Read More]
Drone Inspections Company Marks Notable Success In Wind
February 01, 2017
Citing increased demand from both domestic and international markets, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) inspections company Cyberhawk Innovations is reporting 12 months of success within its wind power division. Headquartered in Livingston, Scotland, the company also has bases in Houston, the [Read More]
Nordex Acquiring Producer Of Wind Rotor Blade Molds
February 01, 2017
The Nordex Group is acquiring Denmark-based SSP Technology A/S, a developer and manufacturer of wind rotor blade molds. SSP Technology, founded in 2001, engineers rotor blade molds and prototypes for turbines between 1.5 MW and 8.0 MW. The largest rotor [Read More]
IACMI Reveals Nine-Meter Wind Blade Made Of Variety Of Materials
February 01, 2017
The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), an initiative driven by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is set to unveil a prototype of a nine-meter-long wind turbine blade. The prototype blade, based [Read More]
Projects & Contracts
Calif. Software Company Intuit Lands Agreement For Local Wind
February 02, 2017
Washington, D.C.-based Renewable Power Direct LLC (RDP) is bringing wind power to the global headquarters of business and financial software company Intuit Inc. in Mountain View, Calif. The new transaction provides locally produced power from Leeward Energy's Buena Vista Wind [Read More]
EDF RE Gains Investors For Oklahoma Wind Farm
February 02, 2017
Allianz Capital Partners and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (MUFG) have jointly invested tax equity in the Great Western wind park, developed and owned by EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) in Oklahoma. The 225 MW Great Western project is situated [Read More]
Icebreaker Windpower Files With Ohio Siting Board For Lake Erie Project
February 02, 2017
Icebreaker Windpower Inc. has formally filed applications with the Ohio Power Siting Board for the Project Icebreaker wind farm, which the developer says would be North America's first freshwater offshore wind project. As described in one of the documents submitted [Read More]
Microgrid Solution Combines Alaska Wind Farm, Energy Storage
February 02, 2017
ABB is providing a microgrid combining wind power and battery- and flywheel-based storage technologies to test the scalability and improve power stability for around 300,000 people in Anchorage, Alaska. The small-scale project, initiated by Anchorage-based Chugach Electric Association Inc., aims [Read More]
Texas City Signs PPA For Invenergy's Santa Rita Wind Farm
February 01, 2017
Invenergy LLC has executed a power purchase agreement (PPA) that will provide the City of Denton, Texas, with additional renewable energy. The power will come from Invenergy's Santa Rita wind farm, located in Reagan and Irion counties in Texas. Denton [Read More]