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Australia Removes Wind Projects from $2 Billion Renewable Development Fund

August 25, 2015

The Australian government will no longer allow the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to invest in wind Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) received a directive from the Australian government to stop investing in future wind power projects. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the decision was made in hopes of refocusing the CEFC on developing new technologies, rather than supporting

A U.S. First – an Offshore Wind Project is Under Construction

August 20, 2015

Block Island wind project is expected to generate 30 MW of electricity Deepwater Wind’s Block Island project is beginning construction three miles off the coast of Rhode Island, making it the first offshore wind energy project to reach the construction phase in the United States. With the full $360 million in project financing in its coffers, the Block Island Wind

Where You See a Depleted Oil Well, Quidnet Sees Green Energy Storage

June 25, 2015

With Hollywood seed funding, startup is testing abandoned oil and gas wells as grid-scale energy storage solution for wind and solar generation “Our goal is to get to a cost point that’s potentially lower by a factor of about ten times than the batteries that you read about in the popular media, especially from companies like Tesla,” Aaron Mandell, Quidnet

EIA: Expect Natural Gas to Carve Out a Greater Market Share

May 4, 2015

Natural gas continues to grow The Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects natural gas to account for 31% of electricity generation by fuel type by 2040. In the EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) 2015, the administration predicts that the percentage of electricity of generated from natural gas will gain 4% of the market share on top of its existing 27% share

Leading Wind Energy Developer Coming to the U.S.

April 9, 2015

Dong Energy takes over a U.S. offshore wind development project Denmark’s Dong Energy recently entered into an agreement with U.S. renewable energy company RES Americas Developments to take over an offshore wind energy development project off the coast of Massachusetts. The lease covers an area that could accommodate more than 1,000 MW of wind energy, according to the company’s press

Northern Long-Eared Bat Proposed Buffer Zone

Pending Govt. Designation Could Threaten Areas of NE Shale Development

March 6, 2015

Comment Period Ends Mar. 17, 2015 Remember the Northern Spotted Owl? It was a bird living in the Pacific northwest that was awarded the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s “Threatened Species” designation in 1990. Vast swaths of timber were classified off limits to harvest. That action drove lumber prices to new levels of volatility, costing homebuilders and buyers of new homes

742,000-Acre Wind Energy Farm will be 12 Miles Off the Massachusetts Shore

November 26, 2014

Department of Interior looking to triple federal offshore acreage for wind development In a press release on Monday, the Department of Interior announced that more than 742,000 acres offshore Massachusetts will be offered for commercial wind energy development in a January 29, 2015, competitive lease sale. According to an analysis prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy

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