Alewine will assist the American Wind Energy Association staff in organizing sessions, recruiting moderators and speakers as well as providing marketing guidance. cure for herpes Kevin Alewine, director of Renewable Energy Services for Shermco Industries, has been selected as the Technical Program Chair for Windpower 2014 to be held in Las Vegas on May 5-8. … Continue reading Shermco's Kevin Alewine Selected as Technical Program Chair For Windpower 2014 →

Robert Michaels, a Senior Fellow at the fossil fuel industry-funded[1] Institute for Energy Research (IER), is testifying today at a House hearing on the wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) where AWEA

The Western U.S. could reap huge benefits in pollution savings and reduced spending on fossil fuels by installing more wind and solar power plants, according to a comprehensive new analysis released today by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The study found that obtaining 25 percent of electricity in the Western U.S. from renewable energy … Continue reading Boosting renewable energy to 25% of electricity supply in Western U.S. would cut pollution, save consumers billions →

The American Wind Energy Association is encouraged by the announcements by Massachusetts and Connecticut of new long-term contracts for renewable energy to deliver clean, low-cost electricity to Northeastern residents. The states’ actions will drive development of an additional 815 megawatts of wind power—enough to power the equivalent of over 305,000 homes–in New England. “Contracts for … Continue reading Major progress seen on delivering low-priced renewable electricity to customers in the Northeast →

Long-time wind-basher Robert Bryce has a new Bloomberg column questioning the ability of wind and solar power to deal with climate change. While Mr. Bryce may not have his facts straight, he at least gets credit for persistence. Mr. Bryce has been pushing his misleading statistics on wind energy

The Southeastern states from Virginia to Florida are home to over 65 wind-related manufacturing facilities that support thousands of wind energy jobs in the region. The number of these supply chain facilities could expand significantly as land-based and offshore wind developments begin in the region. Besides having a highly skilled manufacturing base, the Southeast has … Continue reading Southeast wind conference resides at hub of emerging regional market →

This article originally appeared today on the Renew Economy blog, and is reposted here with the permission of the author, David Perry. The photograph included did not appear with the original post.

The Bozeman (Mont.) Daily Chronicle recently carried a column by Jeff Fox of the Renewable Northwest Project about the affordability of wind power generated by the Spion Kop wind farm in Montana. Shortly thereafter, a column appeared in the Chronicle from John Bushnell of investor-owned utility NorthWestern Energy, disputing Mr. Fox’s statements about the economics … Continue reading Wind power is affordable, reliable →

A recent New York Times article by Diane Cardwell (“Intermittent nature of green power is challenge for utilities,” August 14) goes astray by zeroing in on unique and temporary circumstances affecting 25 wind turbines in Vermont. In doing so, it misses the more important story of how America

Tom Kiernan, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association, will speak and be available for media interviews tomorrow at the Nevada Clean Energy Summit 6.0 in Las Vegas, hosted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). Kiernan is to speak at 11 am Pacific on Tuesday, on a panel entitled,

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