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Construction on nuclear site nears -- Five miles from Yucca Montain

Developers of a wind farm at the Nevada nuclear test site say they are nearing completion of environ...

EnXco investigates wind potential in Idaho

EnXco could be the first wind developer to take a serious look at Idaho's unproven commercial wind r...

Rhode Island in bid to attract green power suppliers

One of the first states to restructure its electric utility industry has been slow to attract green ...

Praying for the PTC

If America's politicians need evidence of the importance of the federal Production Tax Credit (PTC) ...

The Texas secret

The Texas Renewable Portfolio Standard is one of the most successful state-initiated policies for in...

Emissions trading now includes wind

The Ontario government has finalised an emissions trading framework that includes set-asides for ren...

Opposition without bounds in Wisconsin

A dirty tricks campaign to prevent construction of a small 25 MW wind farm near the town of Addison,...

Conference emissions free thanks to utility donation

This year's conference was the first to run emissions-free, at least symbolically. Enmax Energy, a C...

Dedicating South Dakota's first commercial scale turbines

Basin Electric and East River Electric Power Cooperative in South Dakota dedicated the state's first...

Shell sets Rock River rolling

SeaWest Windpower has completed the Rock River 1 wind project for owner Shell WindEnergy Inc. Four m...

Running out of nuclear storage -- Xcel's 1100 MW contingency bid

Giant US utility Xcel Energy in the upper Midwest is soliciting bids for 1100 MW of new generating c...

Grid integration aided by hydro

Canada's heavy reliance on hydro could make it easier to integrate large amounts of wind power into ...

Partners in place for Vancouver Island 10 MW project

BC Hydro has reached a deal with the Axor Group of Montreal, Quebec, to jointly develop a 10 MW wind...

Utah first at Great Salt Lake

A Utah engineering firm that builds small power plants is working with Britain's Renewable Energy Sy...

Waiting for merger fallout -- Enron and Dynegy

Energy trading giant Enron has said nothing so far about an imminent sale of subsidiary Enron Wind f...

Wind cash crop for Canadian farmers

Wind power could be a significant new cash crop for Canada's prairie farmers. Marc Chappell, an Otta...

Washington state contract goes to British developer

Two days after Energy Northwest sold nearly $71 million in bonds to pay for its 48 MW Nine Mile Cany...

Federal tax credit nearly home and dry -- One year PTC almost certain but not enough to prevent slow down

Short of a legislative train wreck in the US Congress, another 12 months is almost certain to be add...

Residents vote in renewables bonds -- San Francisco lead

San Francisco is on track to becoming the wind capital of the United States. In November, 72% of vot...

Legislation for energy cash crops -- Potentially highly significant

In a new version of the US Federal Farm Bill for 2002, renewable energy and efficiency -- "clean ene...

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