Wind

Public Utilities and MURDER/shutterstock

What do sex, murder, and public utility capital ratios have in common? They all carry a certain level of risk. Let’s start with the most exciting one; capital ratios for public utilities.[read more]

Wind Energy Challenges

I recently visited Cumbria in the scenic northwest of England as part of my wind power in the landscape project. Community wind initiatives are facing challenges in the UK even though they are supported by the UK government.[read more]

Wind Energy Risks

I have a lot of love for the wind turbine and always have. Driving around the southern coast of Victoria, here in Australia, you’ll come across wind turbines spinning majestically within view of the crashing waves that make up our beautiful coastline.[read more]

Capacity Markets/shutterstock

There is a difference between energy and capacity, and power plants are compensated for both because both are important to maintaining the electrical system in different ways.[read more]

Clean Energy Ruling

 

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently issued a resounding endorsement of the value of high-voltage transmission needed to bring clean energy to millions of electricity customers.[read more]

Offshore Wind Energy

The Department of Interior announced this week the first-ever competitive offshore wind auction. Many policymakers and advocates are hailing it as a milestone moment.[read more]

Clear Cutting for Wind Energy

 

The governor of Vermont last year established the “Energy Generating Siting Policy Commission,” after citizens protested a proposed wind farm, to evaluate how much local input should be required in energy siting decisions.[read more]

UK Solar Energy/shutterstock

Two questions for you: how many countries in the world source their electricity 100% from renewable sources? And which major European nation that is well-endowed with renewable energy resources, is the worst at exploiting them?[read more]

global energy supplies

This infographic looks at our portfolio of renewables and offers an overview of the share of renewables in the energy supply, country by country.[read more]

renewable energy costs

The latest estimates from the International Renewable Energy Agency shows that onshore wind is already at grid parity with fossil fuel electricity and that solar might be at grid parity in certain select regions by the year 2020.[read more]

Google's Finnish Data Center

The renewable energy world was abuzz last week with news that Google has just nailed down an exclusive agreement with a Swedish wind farm developer to provide its Finnish data center with wind power for the next ten years.[read more]

The Trust Factor

Re-building trust in the energy industry was the topic of the day at a May 15th event hosted by Edelman and TheEnergyCollective.com. The event was the first live, in-person event we’ve hosted, and you can watch the full event here.[read more]

US offshore wind energy

The first floating wind turbine in U.S. waters was towed into the Atlantic over the weekend, and it might be a big new greentech investment opportunity.[read more]

Interior Department

DOE has been considered the catalyst of renewables in America, but two major announcements by the Interior Department may have just served notice it could be the real driver of clean energy growth during President Obama’s second term.[read more]

Brazil's solar energy growth

Brazil, which has been a wind energy leader for a long time, has started to get going in the solar energy arena. In one recent week, it saw a tremendous surge of applications for solar power projects that totaled 392.4 MW.[read more]