DoE Secretary Steven Chu visited Ingeteam, a wind power and solar energy equipment manufacturer in Milwaukee.
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Wind 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.
Continue readingNYSERDA emerges as leading state small wind power incentive program
In 2011, NYSERDA cemented its reputation as a leading state small wind energy incentive program.
Continue readingWind Farm: Steelworkers call for extension of ‘vital’ PTC
The PTC helped to establish the wind energy market in the United States 20 years ago.
Continue readingWind power in Oklahoma
Acciona announced that its 132 MW Big Smile Wind Farm, formerly known as the Dempsey Ridge Wind Farm, began commercial operations on July 5 in Oklahoma. It uses 66 wind turbines.
Continue readingSales Show U.S. Drivers to Embrace Electric Vehicles
Electric cars that you plug-in overnight are a tough sell with drivers afraid of becoming stranded with few charging stations in operation across the nation.
Continue readingCompletion of Kaheawa Wind Farm
First Wind, an independent U.S.-based wind energy company announced that construction of the 21 megawatt Kaheawa Wind power project has been completed and commercial operations have begun.
Continue readingWestern Wind Energy Awarded $78334713 Tax Free Cash Grant
Western Wind Energy is a vertically integrated renewable energy production company that owns wind power and solar energy generation facilities with 165MW of rated capacity.
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