Archives for March 2013

Renewed Tax Credit Buoys Wind-Power Projects

NY Times | By Diane Cardwell | Link to article After a deep slump at the end of last year, the wind industry is picking up. First Wind, a Boston-based developer and operator that was sitting on a pile of stalled projects with the potential to power roughly 300,000 homes, now expects to go forward […]

L.A. DWP to be coal-free in 12 years under new plan

Los Angeles Times Blog | By Kate Linthicum at Los Angeles City Hall | Link to article The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will be coal-free within 12 years under a plan announced Tuesday. Under the plan, the utility would sell off one coal-fired power plant in Arizona and grant approvals for a […]

Germany’s Energiewende: What Have We Learned So Far?

The Globalist | By John Mathews | Link to article After a deep slump at the end of last year, the wind industry is picking up. First Wind, a Boston-based developer and operator that was sitting on a pile of stalled projects with the potential to power roughly 300,000 homes, now expects to go forward […]