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US Wind Power Added Jobs more than 9 Times Faster than Overall US Economy
New figures published by the American Wind Energy Association show that the US wind energy industry added jobs at more than 9 times faster than the overall US economy in 2016, reaching 102,500 jobs in all, helping to install over…
Enel Green Power Begins Constructing 300 Megawatt Red Dirt Wind Farm With New Corporate Partner T-Mobile
Enel Green Power has begun construction of the 300 megawatt Red Dirt wind farm in Oklahoma, US, which upon completion will sell its electricity under two long-term power purchase agreements — one with Grand River Dam Authority, and the second…
Oklahoma Ends Wind Subsidy Despite Generous Tax Breaks for Fossil Fuel Industry
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed a bill into law Monday that will end a state tax credit several years early for electricity generated by wind power. Under the new legislation, wind farms that start producing energy after July 1 will…
Offshore Wind Comes of Age: No Government Subsidies Needed
Denmark offshore wind giant DONG Energy won the rights last week to build two new wind farms in the German North Sea without any government subsidies. The move represents a major milestone for the offshore wind industry, which has relied…
Report: Onshore Wind Now So Cheap it Could Go ‘Subsidy-Free’
Onshore wind is now cheap enough to deliver power to UK consumers without subsidy, according to a report released today by management consultancy Baringa Partners. Commissioned by Scottish Renewables, the report finds the government could deliver 1GW of new onshore…
Scotland Sets Wind Record, Provides Enough Electricity for 3.3 Million Homes in March
Slowly but surely, it is becoming fact that households and entire countries can run on clean, renewable energy. Costa Rica, for instance, ran on renewable energy sources for 285 days in 2015 and achieved similarly in 2016. Additionally, Denmark produced…
Oceanic Properties Wins Council Backing for Southampton Wind Turbine
Southampton is a step closer to hosting a brand new wind turbine factory, after the City Council last week approved planning permission for a new manufacturing plant on the site of a former shipyard. Southampton-based firm Oceanic Estates wants to…