The state of Texas has attained their goal of getting 10,000 megawatts of renewable energy capacity this year. The best news is that the goal has been attained fifteen years earlier than scheduled. According to a report filed with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas last week, Texas has 10,367 megawatts of renewable energy capacity, [...]

Wind controversy over in Wales: plans to transport wind turbine blades and towers along mid Wales’ country roads are being tested and people are up in arms over it. BBC news is reporting that a truck towing an extended trailer with a police escort carried out the first trial run on Tuesday, with a second [...]

The company that owns the universe will soon be investing $38.3 million into two NextEra Energy Resources wind farms to hurry the process of serving people with clean, renewable energy. The wind farms currently generate 169.5 megawatts of power; that’s enough juice to power more than 55,000 homes, according to Google. In February of this [...]

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has announced the results of a national survey of the public opinion of wind energy. Conducted in March, the results conclude that there is generally a clear support for wind energy as well as public support for new projects.  Highlights of the survey include the fact that 89% of respondents [...]

Canada’s capital city of Ottawa saw a Conservative group named, the North Gower Wind Action Group, march on Queen’s Park to deliver a staggering 408 signature petition to stop the building of 10 wind turbines in the Ottawa community. The protestors opposition to the bubilding of the wind turbines was based on the belief that [...]

A massive project planned in the UK that would erect an offshore wind farm consisting of over 8,000 wind turbines by 2020 is likely to now be delayed. The government is looking to contract out a major project that would connect the wind farm energy to the grid. By letting contractors bid on the project, [...]

A South Dakota wind turbine company located in the town of Howard, has announced plans to lay off one third of the company. Knight & Carver Wind Group Inc., which builds blades for medium sized wind turbines, is laying off 16 of the plant’s 55 workers this week, and the firm might temporarily close the plant in [...]

The Washington Post has stated that source close to the Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar, will approve the Cape Wind wind farm project off the coast of Nantucket. This decision will conclude nine years of planning and debate over the controversial wind farm and will see the first American offshore wind power project built. Cape Wind [...]

Six East Coast Governors have formally backed the Cape Wind wind farm being considered by the Obama Administration. With a week to go before the big decision is made, the six governors have petitioned the U.S. Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar, to permit the massive offshore wind farm and disregard the opposing views of the Advisory [...]

Whole Foods Market, based out of Austin, Texas, has been contributing to the proliferation of wind power projects and wind farms by buying renewable energy credits over the last few years. In an attempt to cut their overall energy consumption by 25% per square foot by 2015, they are now also looking to make their [...]