Date: 8/11/2014 The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicts that wind power capacity will increase by 8.6% in 2014 and 13.9% in 2015. Electricity generation from wind is projected to contribute 4.5% of total electricity generation in 2015. …
Date: 8/11/2014 Renewable Northwest produced new outreach materials to help inform the public and utilities about the broad benefits that could be achieved through the creation of an Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) in the Northwest. The materials reflect the …
Date: 8/1/2014 The magnitude of Indiana's available wind resource indicates that the development of wind power infrastructure has the potential to support millions of dollars of economic activity in the state. The Jobs and Economic Development Impact ( …
Date: 7/24/2014 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently announced funding for the second round of the Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP) that will help drive down the cost of small and medium- …
Date: 8/12/2014 Source: American Solar Energy Society 3 p.m. ET Wildlife interactions with wind energy projects have been a challenge since turbines were first erected in California in the 1980s. Over the past two decades, much research has been conducted …
Date: 7/31/2014 Source: Micheal Clements, National Association of Farm Broadcasters Audio with Ron Omann, U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Energy Coordinator (MP3 2.3 MB). Download Windows Media Player. Time: 00:02:33. The U.S. Department …
Date: 7/19/2014 Sarah Cottrell Propst, executive director of the Interwest Energy Alliance and Four Corners Wind Resource Center, outlined the benefits of wind energy to Colorado in her op-ed guest column for the Pueblo Chieftain on July 19. Propst …
Date: 7/7/2014 On July 7, members of Utah's Tooele Army Depot workforce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the project completion of the first wind turbine not only at the depot but also in Tooele County and at an Army installation. The …
Date: 7/3/2014 In support of the President's Climate Action Plan, the Department of Energy issued a loan guarantee solicitation making as much as $4 billion in loan guarantees available for innovative renewable energy and energy efficiency projects …
Date: 8/20/2014 August 20, 2014, 3 p.m. ET Add to my calendar Join Ryan Wiser of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for an overview of the DOE 2013 Wind Technologies Market Report and Alice Orrell of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for a …
Date: 7/23/2014 3 p.m. ET Join us for a national rollout of the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) 2-year planning grant to the Distributed Wind Energy Association (DWEA), supported by eFormative Options …
Date: 7/17/2014 Location: Kingston, RI The Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources will hold a presentation on Radiated Noise Measurements of Rhode Island Wind Turbines at Kirk Auditorium on the University of Rhode Island Kingston Campus at 6 p.m. Hosted …
Date: 7/14/2014 Energy is neither created nor destroyed—and yet the global demand for it continues to increase. But where does energy come from, and where does it go? In this animated lesson, DOE's Education and Workforce Development Team examines the …
Date: 7/14/2014 The most recent meeting of the Massachusetts Wind Working Group (MWWG) took place on May 28 and included presentations from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, UMass graduate students, and a variety of private-sector participants. The …
Date: 6/27/2014 On June 27, the American Council on Renewable Energy issued Renewable Energy in the 50 States: Northeast Region 2014 Edition, the first portion of the larger Renewable Energy in the 50 States report. The report provides a review of …
Date: 7/1/2014 On July 1, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the first step toward issuing a $150 million loan guarantee to support the construction of the Cape Wind offshore wind project with a conditional commitment to Cape Wind Associates, …
Date: 7/16/2014 July 16, 2014, 3 p.m. ET Add to my calendar Join WINDExchange for an update on topics related to the U.S. offshore wind industry. DOE's Patrick Gilman will discuss recent Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) related to offshore wind …
Date: 6/30/2014 On June 17, U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced that more than 742,000 acres off the Massachusetts shore will be available for commercial wind energy leasing. The proposed …
Date: 6/30/2014 DOE is investing $3.2 million to launch the National Incubator Initiative for Clean Energy, which will create a national support network to serve the clean energy small business and entrepreneur community, providing critical technical …
