wind energy

As America plans to move away from coal-fired power plants to renewable energy, the country plans to build more commercial wind farms.But the country's…

The wind industry is clearly growing. A new report from the American Wind Energy Association touts a record total of 88,000 jobs across the industry at…

Marguerite Wells is the project manager of Black Oak Wind Farm, which at this point is just a field with a wind measuring tower outside of Ithaca. But,…

The United States is not yet generating a watt of energy from commercial offshore wind. A couple of years ago, it looked like the Great Lakes might lead…

It’s a windy day as Dan Teed makes his way up the side of a gravel road. Tall, twirling turbines stand like sentinels on the crest of the hill.Teed is on…

Wind farms are a touchy subject in the North Country. As the town of Cape Vincent wrestles with a potential project, in neighboring Lewis County another…

A recent study outlines a scenario that would see New York State’s energy infrastructure based on close to 100% all-renewable sources by year 2030.The…

With several tax credits and incentives for the wind industry extended by Congress for at least another year, wind projects in upstate New York can move…

The last-minute fiscal cliff deal brought good news for the wind industry. Congress agreed to extend production tax credits for wind energy producers…

For wind energy producers, the looming expiration date for the production tax credits, or PTCs, is getting even closer. The current tax incentive - a…