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Clean Energy News (press release) (blog)
North Carolina is one step closer to developing its immense offshore wind energy potential. Yesterday, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced three Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) off the coast of North Carolina. The three WEAs, totaling ...
Over 26 GW Of Wind, Solar Power Capacity Offered For Brazil's Upcoming Auction
Following the launch of reverse auctions for power projects, which also includes fossil-fuel based technologies, the cost of wind energy dropped drastically. From $150 per MWh under the feed-in tariff regime, the tariff dropped to $53 per MWh in 2011 auctions ...
Environmental Defense Fund (blog)
Wind energy accounted for one-third of new power capacity over the last five years, an amount that could double in the years to come. Texas, the nation's top wind producing state, saw wind energy generation grow a whopping 13 percent in 2013. Last year ...
Vestas Wind Systems completes Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 line-up
Vestas, the world's leading wind energy company, was today announced as the seventh and final boat for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15. Six-time world champion Chris Nicholson, who will be contesting his fifth race, will skipper the boat and work is already ...
U.S., China wind power deal spins into court battle
A Dallas entrepreneur is suing a Chinese company he partnered with in a wind energy project. Lance Murray: Digital Content Producer- Dallas Business Journal: Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+. A partnership that once seemed destined to bring millions of ...
Bigger turbines to help lift global wind power
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) said there were major cost concerns, especially in the offshore sector. EWEA said a slight slump in installations was expected in 2016 and 2017, but the industry's short-term future was helped by more stable ...
NRG Yield acquires largest wind farm in North America
NRG Yield has completed its acquisition of the Alta Wind facility located in Tehachapi, California from Terra-Gen Power LLC for $870 million, plus the assumption of $1.6 billion of non-recourse project financings and subject to customary working capital ...
Clean Line transmission project gets chilly reception in Missouri
Over the course of several hours, farmers, business owners, politicians and organized labor representatives aired opinions about the $2.2 billion project, which aims to deliver 3,500 megawatts of cheap wind energy from the southwest Kansas plains to more ...
High-altitude wind energy could match the world's power demands 3x over
Researchers have discovered that the world's energy needs could easily be met by harnessing the power potential of high-altitude winds. Developers in an emerging field known as airborne wind energy envisage using devices that might look like parachutes ...
UK wind energy sets new record for August
Wind power in the UK continues to see high levels of energy generation, as figures show the sector reached a record hourly output for August on Sunday. RenewableUK found wind averaged over 5 gigawatts (GW) of power, with high winds in the evening ...
The madness of WA's multi-billion fossil fuel energy disaster
This is twice the average of the eastern states. What's more, it is twice the cost of wind energy and more than the cost of solar. But the capacity mechanism subsidy favours the development of fossil fuel generators. Clearly, though, Nahan and Rowe recognise ...
Udall Talks Colorado Jobs in Clean Energy
Senator Mark Udall was in southern Colorado Wednesday to talk about the need for tax breaks for wind energy companies. He says it's key to creating jobs and boosting the economy. Udall toured the Vestas plant in Pueblo Wednesday. "It's also a prime ...
