Over the next three years, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey are planning on the installation of five units of wind towers, each over 280 feet in height, operating in New York Harbor’s west side. The City of Bayonne in New Jersey also has developed extensive plans to install a massive wind [...]

Hawaii is joining the wind farm party. The Kahuku project, near the windy North Shore by Oahu, will generate enough electricity to power nearly about 7,700 homes a year.
“To be continually dependent on imported oil or energy is a dead end for Hawaii and we can be a model for the world,” said Governor Linda [...]

Over 300 people turned out this weekend to protest a proposed wind turbine farm in the Scottish Borders region.
The group, monikered “Say No To Fallago” held the protest in the Lammermuir Hills, which is an area in the country that the group says will be ruined by the 48 turbines proposed by North British Windpower.
“If [...]

Columbus’ Center of Science and Industry got a visit from GE today, who displayed a 131-foot wind turbine blade to show the public and Ohio’s leaders the innovative technologies that are helping to build our clean energy future.
The tour’s stop will allow Ohio residents to add their signatures to the wind turbine blade and pledge their support [...]

Linemar Corp. and German-based NCB Lohmann announced their alliance today to pursue wind turbine components for customers in North America.
Linamar will provide manufacturing infrastructure and machining capabilities to Lohmann customers and others wishing to expand or establish their manufacturing reach to North America. With Lohmann, a leading manufacturer of wind turbine components in Europe.
“We’re pleased to partner [...]

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 about [...]

Since Saturday’s Mississippi tornado, which killed ten and injured 49 when it barelled through Yazoo City, disaster relief efforts have begun and reports from The Red Cross cite that the victims are in dire need of two things: cash donations and volunteers on standby.
“The victims don’t need stuff, not yet,” said Paige Roberts of the [...]

Germany’s first offshore wind farm was made operational today, 45 kilometers off the coast in the North Sea. This new, green spectacle of German engineering has 12 turbines producing energy for 50,000 households.
The turbines, each 150 meters high, produce 12 megawatts of power and the total cost of the project was $361.01 million, the consortium [...]

The U.S. Renewable Energy Group, A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd, and American Nevada Group recently announced the development and construction of a new production and assembly plant in Nevada that will supply highly advanced wind energy turbines to renewable energy projects throughout North and South America. As many as 1,000 jobs are expected to be [...]

An increase to 20% or more of the Eastern Interconnection’s electrical load to wind energy is possible by 2024, which is great news. However, costs for new transmission lines could be as high as $93 billion, according to a new study released by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
The Eastern Interconnection [...]