A new study by a Dutch researcher concludes that Dutch power stations can integrate large amounts of wind power as long as use is made of up-to-date, improved wind forecasts. The study, by a PHD candidate at TU Delft, also concluded that there is no need for storage facilities because new forecasting...

“I have good news for you – 8,300 megawatts of wind energy were installed in the U.S. last year, and 70 new manufacturing facilities were opened, expanded or announced in the past two years – bringing many thousands of jobs to the U.S. economy,” said AWEA CEO Denise Bode at the National...

The WINDPOWER 2009 Conference & Exhibition, to be held in Chicago May 4-7, will devote two conference sessions to community wind, up from a single session at last year's conference and expo. Jeff Wright, president of Midwest Wind Finance (MWF), will chair both sessions. The sessions will be focused on opportunities for...

AWEA traveled to Tech Advantage last weekend to plug into the concerns of the members of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). NRECA's conference and expo attracts several thousand representatives each year from these rural electric utilities — many located in the windiest part of the United States. AWEA’s Jeff Anthony,...

Invenergy, LLC, continues to defy the harsh wind project financing climate. The wind developer’s most recent capital deal: the company just closed on a $30 million convertible note from Leaf Clean Energy Co., an investment firm focusing on North American clean energy opportunities. This marks the first foray into wind power for...

Yesterday in Denver, President Obama signed the economic stimulus legislation, which contains a number of critical incentives for wind energy. We in the wind industry are grateful to the administration and Congress for providing the incentives that will allow us to keep growing, despite the downturn in the economy. The benefits will...

A poll conducted in early February for the Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy (GPACE) found that almost two-thirds of Kansas residents prefer that the state expand clean, renewable types of energy production like wind power and energy efficiency instead of building new coal-fired power plants. According to the poll, 64% of...

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today released a white paper titled “Green Power Superhighways: Building a Path to America’s Clean Energy Future,” detailing current inadequacies of the U.S. electric transmission infrastructure and offering policy solutions to address them. The white paper notes that a...