Renewable Energy

Conservation Groups to Sue Over Wind Turbine Project in Key Bird Migration Corridor

Conservation Groups to Sue Over Wind Turbine Project in Key Bird Migration Corridor

The Ohio National Guard facility at Camp Perry, near Port Clinton in northern Ohio, is the focus of possible legal action by American Bird Conservancy (ABC), a leading national bird conservation organization, and Ohio’s Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO), which yesterday announced the intention to sue the Ohio National Guard in connection with violations of […]

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    UK Energy Minister Calls For 4 Million Solar Panels

    UK Energy Minister Calls For 4 Million Solar Panels

    One of the United Kingdom’s ministers wants the government to lead the way in deploying renewable energy—to the tune of 4 million solar panels. Energy Minister Greg Barker said he will announce plans in 2014 for the government estate and the rest of the United Kingdom, according to The Telegraph. “We need to make the government […]

    Wind Companies Scramble to Secure Tax Credit Before Expiration

    Wind Companies Scramble to Secure Tax Credit Before Expiration

    The expiration of the wind Production Tax Credit has already become a certainty, leaving many in the industry racing against time in recent weeks to make sure they qualify. Projects have to be initiated before Jan. 1. As a result, companies are working around the clock to secure deals with turbine manufacturers and farm developers […]

    Scotland Zips Past U.S. on Road to 100 Percent Renewable Energy by 2020

    Scotland Zips Past U.S. on Road to 100 Percent Renewable Energy by 2020

    Scotland is on the fast track to using 100 percent renewable energy by 2020. The country got 40 percent of its power from renewable sources last year—a 24-percent improvement from 2010. To show just how far behind the U.S. is from that mark, Juan Cole skips over a nation-to-nation comparison in favor of pitting the […]

    Failure to Pass Tax Credit Creates Uncertainty for Wind Industry

    Failure to Pass Tax Credit Creates Uncertainty for Wind Industry

    By Ryan Koronowski The U.S. House of Representatives has already gone on vacation back to their districts and the Senate effectively adjourned for 2013 on Friday, meaning that the one-year extension of the Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) will expire on Jan. 1, 2014. The PTC is a $0.022 per kilowatt-hour tax credit on the power that new wind […]

    Baucus Proposes Consolidation of Energy Tax Credits, Preserves Wind PTC Through 2016

    Baucus Proposes Consolidation of Energy Tax Credits, Preserves Wind PTC Through 2016

    U.S. Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus. Photo credit: Center for American Progress Though the head of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee chair says he wants to revamp the nation’s energy tax credits, a draft he presented Wednesday shows his preference to let some expire while consolidating others. There are currently 42 energy tax incentives, including 16 […]

    How Solar Panels Can Boost Your Home’s Value by Nearly $6,000

    How Solar Panels Can Boost Your Home’s Value by Nearly $6,000

    Plenty of additions can add to a home’s market value, and a roof with solar panels is no exception. The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory‘s (LBNL) Electricity Markets and Policy Group released a report with the numbers to prove it, too. According to LBNL, home values can increase by $5,911 for each kilowatt (kW) of solar energy […]

    24 Senators Fight to Extend Wind Credit Set to Expire End of Year

    24 Senators Fight to Extend Wind Credit Set to Expire End of Year

    Photo courtesy of Shutterstock As the calendar continues ticking on a vital renewable energy tax credit set to expire in two weeks, 24 U.S. senators sent a letter to the Senate Committee on Finance in hopes of preserving jobs, investments and a path to clean energy. While the renewable energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) and its […]

    World’s Largest Onshore Wind Turbine Order Coming to U.S.

    World’s Largest Onshore Wind Turbine Order Coming to U.S.

    The largest single order of wind turbines for an onshore energy project is coming to the U.S. Siemens announced today that MidAmerican Energy purchased 448 turbines to be deployed in five different projects in Iowa. Collectively, the turbines have a capacity of 1,050 megawatts (MW). “This represents not only the largest order for onshore wind turbines […]