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    Future of Offshore Wind Could Be Shaped By Key Approval in Maine

    Future of Offshore Wind Could Be Shaped By Key Approval in Maine

    A consortium in Maine is all about delivering competitive, offshore wind power in the 2020s, and this week marks a large step in that direction. According to the Bangor Daily News Maine (BDN), the Maine Public Utilities Commission approved a pilot project for offshore wind energy led by Maine Aqua Ventus, a group that consists of Emera, Cianbro Corp. […]

    Woman Breaks Barriers to Achieve Dream of Working in Wind Energy

    Woman Breaks Barriers to Achieve Dream of Working in Wind Energy

    By Meredith MacDonald Meredith MacDonald. Photo credit: Life Among Giants In September of 2010, I set foot on my first wind project as a security guard. I must admit I had set foot on wind farms prior to this, but just as a gawker who wanted to see the giant components up close. My job on […]

    Gov. Cuomo: New York to Spend $1 Billion on Solar Energy

    Gov. Cuomo: New York to Spend $1 Billion on Solar Energy

    By Kiley Kroh New York governor Andrew Cuomo delivered his State of the State address this week and announced an even greater commitment to clean energy, including $1 billion in new funding for solar energy projects. Launched in 2012, Cuomo’s NY-Sun Initiative has already been a tremendous success, with almost 300 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic capacity installed or […]

    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 […]

    Large-Scale Solar Project Funding Grew by $5 Billion in 2013

    Large-Scale Solar Project Funding Grew by $5 Billion in 2013

    Funding for large-scale, solar energy projects across the globe grew immensely in 2013. According to a year-end report from Mercom Capital Group, corporations and undisclosed investors financed projects with about $5 billion more in 2013 than the year before. Large-scale project investments were $13.6 billion last year, compared to $8.7 billion in 2012.  “While venture funding […]

    How Renewable Energy and Organic Farming Helped Revitalize a Small Italian Town

    How Renewable Energy and Organic Farming Helped Revitalize a Small Italian Town

    By Laurie Guevara-​Stone A trip to Varese Ligure, Italy, will bring you face to face with a charming town of pastel-colored houses and a plethora of restaurants serving dishes with organic porcini mushrooms and chestnuts. Stop at the bustling markets and you will see Italians who have traveled from far and wide to purchase the locally […]