Wind Energy
Wind energy is a renewable energy source used to create electricity and mechanical power from wind motion. We include stories about the production of wind energy and its use.
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Votes on Keystone, Drilling and MACT; Obama Proposes Alt Fuel Tax Breaks for Business
A vote Thursday in the Senate to attach the Keystone XL oil pipeline project to a must-pass transportation bill failed 56 to 42; a vote ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Offshore Wind, Clean Energy Standard, 10 Coal-Fired Plants to Retire
A planned six-year $180 million Department of Energy initiative is targeting the potential of offshore wind energy. Four offshore wind energy installations will have access ...
Ernst & Young: Incentives Helped Make U.S. Top for Renewable Energy Investments
Public funding helped the U.S. surpass China last year as the number one country for renewable energy investments, reversing positions held since 2009, but China ...
Careers in the UK Offshore Wind Industry
Last year, global investment in renewable energy rose by 32 percent to $211 billion. And $142 billion of that was new ...
Lego Invests $539m in Wind Farm; Mars Opens 4.4 Acre Solar Garden
The Lego parent company Kirkbi A/S is investing about $539 million for a 32 percent stake in a wind farm project off the German coast, ...
Ikea Sustainability Report: Over Half of Energy Now From Renewables
Renewable energy now provides 51 percent of Ikea's energy, up from 47 percent in FY10, according to the company's 2011 sustainability report.
In FY11 (September ...
Cleantech Innovations Continue to Thrive
Cleantech innovations continue to thrive, a sign that viability for eco-friendly energy technologies is continuing. With increasing opportunity to innovate in ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: E15 Approved, Dioxin Exposure, Fracking Study, Utility MACT, Shell
The EPA approved ethanol fuel blend E15 for voluntary use in all autos and light trucks built since 2001 after completing testing of E15’s impact ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: FY 2013 Budget, ITC Wind Tower Decision, PVC Emissions
President Obama has proposed his FY 2013 budget, whose measures include the cancellation of $4 billion a year in oil and gas tax breaks ...
Renewables Briefing: World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm, 1.3 MW Solar Installation at Navy's SPAWAR
The $1.5 billion, 367 MW Walney Farm, the world’s biggest offshore wind project, opened in the Irish Sea nine miles off the shore of the ...
Renewables Briefing: Siemens and Army, Bancorp Bets on Renewables, and Wind Power Getting Cheaper
Siemens Government Technologies Inc. is to build the U.S. Army's largest solar photovoltaic system at the White Sands Missile Range, in New Mexico. The 4.465 ...
Walmart Rockets from 15th to Third in EPA Green Power Rankings
Walmart has shot to third place on the EPA's rankings of the country's top green power purchasers, from 15th place just last ...
Renewable Energy Projects On Tribal Lands: A Growing Trend
Tribal communities in the Southwestern United States are making renewable energy development on tribal lands a reality. Areas defined as “Indian country” [see ...
Policy & Enforcement: Deepwater Horizon, Wind Tower Anti-Dumping Claim, Rio+20, Thai Flood Plan
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a U.S. District Judge to declare BP, Anadarko and Transocean, as Deepwater Horizon owners and operators of vessels or ...
Financing Wind Ambitions: Offshore Wind Parks
Wind power is currently a highly relevant energy source, especially offshore wind. Within five years, offshore wind power plants are expected to account ...
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: World Future Energy Summit, China Carbon Trading, Obama's Jobs Council
At the Abu Dhabi opening of World Future Energy Summit, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon laid out three core goals for 2030 in his launch of ...
US Replaces China as Top Clean Energy Investor
The United States has regained its place as the world's number one investor in clean energy, reclaiming the top spot from China, according to Bloomberg ...
Wind Towers Are Next Front in Trade War
Four U.S. manufacturers of wind turbine towers have filed a trade complaint against China and Vietnam, opening a new front in an ongoing trade ...
Renewables Briefing: Big Win for Cape Wind, Tata-BP Buyout, Bluewater Ends PPA
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has unanimously upheld the long term power purchase agreement between offshore wind farm Cape Wind and National Grid in two decisions. The Court reviewed the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities ...
SC Johnson Details Scope 3 Emissions, Hits Renewables Goal
The greatest part of SC Johnson's Scope 3 emissions, 38 percent, comes from customer use of its products, according to the company’s ...
