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Wind and Solar Plan Would Triple Alternative Power for Long Island, NY

November 2, 2016

Chicago-based Invenergy is proposing to build four new wind farms and two solar farms to provide 700 megawatts of generation that would triple existing renewable energy available on Long Island.

With Future Extended, Wind Energy Reaches for Sky

Thomas F. Armistead

June 15, 2016

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Following congressional passage in December of a multiyear extension of the wind-energy production tax credit and investment tax credit, the wind industry is breezing ahead with a new lease on life.

Viewpoint: Staying Afloat in Energy Industry Crosscurrents

Thomas F. Armistead

May 25, 2016

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Congress is wrestling with its first energy policy update since 2005, and there is some concern that it may not be passed this year. That may not be all bad.

Construction Risk Management

Financial Climate Change Hits Abengoa, SunEdison

Debt and government subsidies added up to financial disaster at firms with talent for renewable energy

May 25, 2016

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Energy innovation has been the stage on which many a financial farce has been performed.

Laying the Groundwork for Iberdrola Wind Farm

Site conditions at 22,000-acre site are challenging contractors

Bruce Buckley

May 9, 2016

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With wind turbine projects in 18 states, renewable energy developer Iberdrola has experienced a wide spectrum of site conditions, but those at its $400-million, 208-MW Amazon Wind Farm US East project are unlike anything the firm has ever encountered.

California Solar Farm Moves Forward

Thomas F. Armistead

April 13, 2016

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The U.S. Interior Dept. has approved construction of a 287-MW solar-photovoltaic project on 1,767 acres of federal land in the Mojave Desert, near Baker, Calif.