As part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Department of the Interior, in partnership with the Department of Energy, will publish the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for solar energy development in six southwestern states—Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The final Solar PEIS represents a major step forward in the … Continue reading Roadmap for Solar Energy Development on Public Lands
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Wind farm rises on Alaskan island
Look hard to the west from mainland Anchorage. The horizon is changing fast. Tall towers are rising up on Fire Island as Cook Inlet Region Inc. builds its long-talked-about wind farm. By the end of September, it is expected to be producing electricity – the first megawatt-scale wind project in Southcentral Alaska. From select vantage … Continue reading Wind farm rises on Alaskan island
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Blue Summit Wind Farm, north of Vernon, with 80 wind turbines
As wind energy puts a new face on energy in West Texas, wind power generated electricity is charging the economies of several small towns and bringing new faces onto the scene – mostly construction workers, some with families. Along U.S. 287 and several routes, tall transmission-line towers are going into place. New substations near Kirkland, between … Continue reading Blue Summit Wind Farm, north of Vernon, with 80 wind turbines
Continue readingWind energy in Alaska: wind farm take shape on Anchorage island
Anchorage’s new wind farm is set to go online by the end of September. When completed, the project, which is being developed by the Cook Inlet Region Incorporated, will provide enough electricity to power 4,000 homes along the rail belt. The transmission line that runs across the inlet is almost done. And this week crews … Continue reading Wind energy in Alaska: wind farm take shape on Anchorage island
Continue readingRenew wind power PTC
After a thorough search just a few years ago, Ingeteam, Inc., which produces electrical generators and converters among other products, chose Milwaukee for a new manufacturing plant. The tax credit has not been allowed to expire since President George W. Bush last extended it in 2005, creating an unprecedented stable policy environment that allowed wind … Continue reading Renew wind power PTC
Continue readingInvenergy seeking permission for Oregon wind farm with 335 wind turbines
Invenergy LLC is seeking approval for a 500-megawatt wind power plant in Morrow County, a move being hailed as a sign of life in the wind energy industry.
Continue readingWhy tax credits are critical to wind energy for growth
DoE Secretary Steven Chu visited Ingeteam, a wind power and solar energy equipment manufacturer in Milwaukee.
Continue readingWind Power Technology Bringing Us Closer To a Clean Energy Future
There?s a simple truth in wind energy — the bigger the blade, the more watts generated.
Continue readingWind energy: PTC has generated ‘innovation, jobs’
The federal wind power Production Tax Credit (PTC) has been “effective … in producing American innovation [and] creating new American jobs” and should be extended.
Continue readingAfter the tornado: BTI builds wind turbines dealership network
Like the Phoenix rising from the ashes in ancient Egypt, a wind energy business arose from the devastation May 4, 2007, of an EF-5 tornado in Greensburg, Kans.
Continue readingSouthwest Windpower Wind Turbines Power Remote Alaska Village Water Treatment Plant
Wind power now provides residents of an isolated Alaska village with wind energy to run a water treatment facility, reducing the village?s dependence on imported diesel fuel while maintaining crucial infrastructure.
Continue readingWind Power: Small business bill stalls; PTC extension not considered
A bipartisan effort by three U.S. Senators to have an extension of the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) considered by the full Senate was thwarted yesterday.
Continue readingWind energy born in U.S.A, despite ‘outsourcing’ flap
As CNN?s Election Center reports, the programs painted as outsourcing ?have contributed to a boom in wind power and solar energy projects in particular.
Continue readingIowa Senator Visits Wiota Wind Farm Receiving USDA Rural Development Funding
USDA Rural Development has awarded $177 million to install renewable energy systems such as wind turbines, geothermal energy and solar energy, and reduce energy costs by making energy-efficiency improvements.
Continue readingWind turbines: The U.S. Secretary of Energy visits the Ingeteam facilities in Milwaukee
It should be highlighted that, to date, the wind power generating systems made by Ingeteam have achieved a world market share of 8%.
Continue readingNew Oklahoma wind farm brings economic benefits
Electricity from the wind power project will be sold to Alabama Power, a subsidiary of Southern Co. The Chisholm View Wind Energy Project will consist of 140 1.68-MW GE wind turbines.
Continue readingWind energy: Iberdrola Renewables Announces 30-MW PPA with UMMPA
The Rugby Wind Power Project’s 71 wind turbines generate 149 megawatts (MW) of clean, renewable energy.
Continue readingBennet, Moran, Udall continue bipartisan push for wind energy tax credit
U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) filed an amendment yesterday to extend the federal wind power Production Tax Credit (PTC).
Continue readingMulti-billion-dollar wind farm won’t expand in 2013 without PTC extension
Terra-Gen is in much the same position as other wind power developers such as NextEra Energy Resources, Iberdrola and Horizon Wind Energy, which have each said they will not be building new wind farms next year.
Continue readingWired story bypasses wind turbines industry’s efforts on bats
Wind energy is one of the safest forms of energy for both humans and animals. Wind power does not pollute our air or drinking water, nor does it produce hazardous waste, and it consumes no water.
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