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Smooth Sailing for Offshore Wind?
Published at Mar 4, 2013
source: Slate
Two firms are planning to start construction off the East Coast within the year. -
American Electric Power agrees to close 3 coal plants in emissions settlement.
Published at Mar 4, 2013
source: Washington Post
One of the the nation’s largest utilities agreed Monday to close three of its coal-fired power plants as part of a settlement with government... -
UMaine offshore wind team engaged in international race to use lasers to gauge ocean wind speeds
Published at Mar 3, 2013
source: Bangor Daily
The University of Maine is in the midst of an international race to develop a new system to measuring winds high above the oceans and... -
Global wind power capacity may be overestimated
Published at Mar 3, 2013
source: Treehugger
Global wind power resources may be grossly overstated, and previous estimates of peak production levels of 2 to 7 watts per square meter may need... -
How Much Renewable Energy Can the Grid Handle?
Published at Mar 3, 2013
source: Green Tech Media
We’ve seen a lot of dialogue over the past week over whether green power and grid stability are compatible. It started when the Wall... -
Canada: Canada: Adding more RE to Ontario Grid
Published at Feb 28, 2013
source: Solar Industry
Throughout the next 18 months, 3,200 MW of renewable capacity will be connected to the power transmission system in Ontario. Total wind and solar generation... -
Boulder steps closer to creating clean energy-based municipal utility
Published at Feb 24, 2013
source: Renewable Energy World.com
Boulder, Colorado’s residents decided not to renew their contract with Xcel Energy to continue to serve as the utility for the city and its residents... -
Canada: Canada: Ontario Shutting Down its Coal-Fired Power Plants
Published at Feb 21, 2013
source: The Globe And Mail
By late 2014, Ontario will be one of the first places in the world to have completely eliminated the use of coal-fired power plants to... -
Wind energy market shows continued expansion, says GWEC
Published at Feb 11, 2013
source: Renewable Energy Focus
According to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), the wind energy market in 2012 had annual growth of almost 10%, and cumulative capacity growth of... -
Wind and solar power capacity surge, report says
Published at Feb 11, 2013
source: EurActiv
Global wind power expanded by almost 20% in 2012 to reach a new peak of 282 gigawatts (GW) of total installed capacity, while solar power...
