What Do Americans Really Think About Wind Energy? | by Pike Research, Dec. 24, 2012 | The clean energy industry faced several challenges this year, including the uncertainty surrounding the fate of the production tax credit for wind power and the demise of some high-profile solar energy firms. Public sentiment about issues related clean energy and the environment, however, has not always reflected developments in the [read more] | 110 MW Thumb Wind Park Now Online In Michigan | by NAW Staff, Dec. 24, 2012 | DTE Energy says construction of the 110 MW Thumb Wind Park in Michigan has been completed and that the facility is now at full-scale commercial operation. The wind power project uses 69 1.6 MW GE wind turbines and covers 15,000 acres in Bloomfield, McKinley and Sigel townships in Huron County, [read more] | Virginia Offshore Wind Project Will Use Alstom Turbines | by NAW Staff, Dec. 24, 2012 | Dominion Virginia Power, which was recently awarded a grant by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to complete the engineering, site evaluation and planning for an offshore project in Virginia, says Alstom's Haliade 150 offshore turbines will be used for this demonstration-scale initiative. Dominion will install two Haliade 150 turbines [read more] | Iowa Utility Issues RFP For 100 MW Of Wind Power | by NAW Staff, Dec. 24, 2012 | Alliant Energy Corporate Services Inc. (AECS) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) on behalf of Iowa-based Interstate Power and Light Co. for wind energy projects. The RFP is specifically seeking up to 100 MW of wind generation that is deliverable to Interstate Power and Light's electrical balancing area inside [read more] | Siemens Canada To Supply NaiKun Wind With Turbines | by NAW Staff, Dec. 24, 2012 | NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. has signed a supplier agreement with Siemens Canada Ltd. for 100 of Siemens' SWT-4.0-130 4 MW turbines. NaiKun Wind is a British Columbia-based renewable energy company that is building a 400 MW offshore wind project. Siemens and NaiKun Wind will cooperate in advancing the project [read more] | Ontario Grid Upgrades To Help Balance Renewable Energy Intermittency | by NAW Staff, Dec. 21, 2012 | Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) has selected three new suppliers of regulation service, a grid-balancing function traditionally provided by generators. By helping to correct small, sudden changes in power-system frequency, grid regulation balances power flows and maintains the reliability of the power system. This quick response is becoming increasingly [read more] | EDF Renewable Energy Brings Spinning Spur Wind Project Online | by NAW Staff, Dec. 21, 2012 | EDF Renewable Energy (formerly enXco) says the 161 MW Spinning Spur Wind Project, located approximately 30 miles west of Amarillo, Texas, is now operational and supplying electricity to the regional transmission grid. The project, which comprises 70 Siemens 2.3 MW turbines, will deliver power to Southwestern Public Service Co., a [read more] | EDP Renovaveis Sells Wind Farms To Chinese Company | by NAW Staff, Dec. 21, 2012 | EDP Renovaveis SA (EDPR) has entered into an agreement with China Three Gorges International (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd., a fully owned subsidiary of China Three Gorges, to sell a 49% equity shareholding and 25% of the outstanding shareholders loans in EDP Renovaveis Portugal SA for a total consideration of 359 [read more] | Colorado Highlands Wind Project Now Complete | by NAW Staff, Dec. 21, 2012 | GE and the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association have announced that the Colorado Highlands Wind project, located in northeastern Colorado, has been completed. The 67 MW wind farm consists of 42 GE 1.6 MW turbines and is jointly owned by Alliance Power Inc. and GE Energy Financial Services. Tri-State has [read more] | UMass Receives Funding For Wind Energy Research | by NAW Staff, Dec. 21, 2012 | The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) has awarded a $260,000 grant to the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Lowell's Wind Energy Research Group. The grant includes $115,000 for a graduate student program, in conjunction with MassCEC's Wind Technology Testing Center in Charlestown. The grant also provides $100,000 to support the continued [read more] | Wind Turbines Installed At Minnesota American Indian Reservation | by NAW Staff, Dec. 21, 2012 | TWN Wind Power has completed two wind projects at White Earth Nation, an American Indian reservation located in northwestern Minnesota. The two sites, Ojibwa Building Supplies in Waubun, and White Earth Community Service Center in Naytahwaush, are now benefiting from wind energy. Each site consists of an Endurance Wind Power [read more] | | |