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.
Renewables Briefing: SunPower, Deepwater Wind, Paint-On Solar Panels
SunPower Corp. has begun construction on a massive, 1.1 million square-foot project on the roof of the Gloucester Marine Terminal's refrigerated warehouse in ...
Cape Wind and Offshore Wind Power Generation
On the face of it, it seems hard to imagine a better match between a region and its energy needs than New ...
SC Johnson Cuts GHGs 27%, Meets Climate Leaders Goal
Consumer chemical firm SC Johnson has announced that it has achieved its greenhouse gas reduction goal set through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ...
Whole Foods, News Corp, Adobe Lead Renewable Procurement
News Corporation, Kohl’s, TD Bank and Adobe Systems are sector leaders in renewable energy purchasing, and Whole Foods is a “global wind energy champion”, according ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Boiler Rule Delay, Obama's 56 mpg Plans, Asbestos Exports
The Environmental Protection Agency has further delayed issuing its final air toxics standards for boilers and certain solid waste incinerators, until April of next ...
Renewables Briefing: L’Oréal, Snyder’s-Lance, Cape Wind
L'Oréal USA is partnering with GeoPeak Energy in a purchase power agreement (PPA) to install a 1.4 MW photovoltaic solar system at L'Oréal’s ...
Premier Healthcare Alliance Adds Group Buy for Wind Turbines
The Premier healthcare alliance has added wind power to its group buy program by offering discounts on wind turbines from Southwest Windpower of Flagstaff, Ariz.
The ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Demand Response, Aviation Biofuel, Ratings
Ceres and Tellus Institute are working to create a single standard for rating company sustainability performance. They have started a coalition, the Global Initiative ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: NJ Target Cut, China Subsidy, Methane MOU
New Jersey governor Chris Christie yesterday announced plans to scale back the state’s targets under its renewable portfolio standard, the New York Times ...
Renewable Briefing: Qwest Center, UTC, Google
The Octagon, a New York City waterfront apartment building, has become the first residential property in New York State to be powered and heated ...
GE Natural Gas Plant ‘Will Help Meet Renewable Goals’
GE has announced a "first-of-its-kind" natural gas power plant that rapidly ramps up and down in response to fluctuating output from wind ...
Renewable Briefing: GM, APS, BoDean, US Army, Ikea
General Motors has announced plans to build a 516 kW solar array at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, which produces the Chevrolet ...
Austin Energy, PGE Top Renewable Rankings
Austin Energy and Portland General Electric sold the most renewable energy under voluntary green power programs of any utilities last year, according to ...
Renewable Energy Briefing: WindTamer, Solar 4 All, Longwood Gardens
Rochester, N.Y.-based WindTamer, a maker of wind power generators, has developed a patented “Power on Demand” system which is a storage and power management unit rolled into ...
Unilever’s Triple Win Sustainability Strategy
Unilever has been the number one Food & Beverage company on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for 12 consecutive years. Through ...
Renewable Briefing: Cape Wind, Bloom Boxes, NRG
Here is a briefing on the latest news in renewable power - plus an update on nuclear.
Cape Wind, the 468 MW wind farm ...
Viridity and Jefferson to Build Large-Scale Energy Storage
Viridity Energy has announced that Philadelphia's Thomas Jefferson University and its hospital will use the company's services to develop and implement ...
Renewable Roundup: Ikea, Google, Time Warner
Here is a roundup of the latest news in renewable power installations and contracts:
Ikea has started operating a 290 kW solar energy system ...
Origins and Explanations of Antagonism toward Wind Farms
An industry that is often affected by local opposition in the United States is that of wind energy development. But why? ...
12 Countries Agree to Carbon Capture Actions; IEA Urges Aggressive Policies
Energy secretaries from the U.S., U.K. and ten other countries have agreed to accelerate the development of carbon capture projects, at the ...
