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Department of Energy reports detail growth of wind farm installations
The number of wind power installations continues to grow across the country as technology costs and wind energy prices continue to fall, according to several recent reports from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Wind energy contributed 6.3 percent of the nation’s electricity supply in 2017. ... Read More »Michigan ‘roadmap’ outlines opportunities, obstacles to expanding co-gen power plants
Michigan lawmakers interested in expanding the number of co-generation power plants in the Great Lakes State will have an important new document waiting on their desks when they return to the capital this fall. The Michigan Energy Office (MEO) released a new report this month highlighting the hur... Read More »Large installations of distributed wind power turbines almost doubled in 2017
Large installations of distributed wind power turbines nearly doubled in 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) annual Distributed Wind Market Report. Distributed wind power is localized wind power, which means the power is generated near w... Read More »Wind energy prices drop to 2 cents per kilowatt hours
Wind energy prices in the United States are being driven lower by technology advancements and cost reductions, a report from the U.S. Department of Energy and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory revealed. Specifically, it found that prices offered by newly built wind projects average around 2 c... Read More »Chris Deeney