According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the western U.S. electric grid could support up to 35% of wind and solar power by 2017, without extensive additional infrastructure. The US Department of Energy’s research agency issued a study whose merits are “technically feasible” – but the mountainous and southwestern states’ network would need to be [...]

April 28, 2010 – BOSTON — It’s been stalled for nine long years, but at last the nation’s first offshore Wind Farm could become a reality, pending the final decision of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Wednesday. Salazar’s noon announcement in Boston, while still a few hours away at the time of this writing, will determine [...]