Propelled by powerful and complementary forces, the U.S. renewables market is in the early stages of a multiyear period of sustained development and construction activity that may come to be viewed as the golden age of wind and solar power.
Three ocean engineering firms in January completed testing of wave energy converters in a unique wind-wave test basin at the University of Maine, gauging how they will respond to severe offshore storms.
President Obama and the governors of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania have agreed to speed up the review and development of proposed offshore wind-power projects in the Great Lakes region.
A proposed $150-million wind farm in Ohio's Champaign County cleared a major hurdle with a March 6 ruling by the Ohio State Supreme Court to back the state’s decision to allow construction to begin on the 9,000-acre site situated in a largely rural community just west of Columbus.
The U.S. Army has ramped up efforts to power its domestic bases with renewable energy sources, issuing a draft request for proposals to enter into power purchase agreements totaling $7 billion with local utilities over the next 30 years.
