CalWEA articles from the "News" category.
U.S. wind capacity now stands at over 82,000 megawatts (MW), surpassing the nation’s hydropower dams.
News
News from AWEA's Into the Wind Blog
U.S. Windpower Passes Historic Milestone
February 9, 2017
News from Reuters
U.S. desert plan hurts renewable energy
September 15, 2016
Source: By Nichola Groom, Reuters • Posted: Thursday, September 15, 2016
The United States on Wednesday unveiled a long-awaited plan for desert renewable energy development that the solar and wind industries said unfairly favors land conservation and severely limits the ability to build projects critical to meeting the nation’s climate goals.
The Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, eight years in the making, was designed to streamline development of wind and solar projects on federal and private lands in California while preserving pristine desert habitats.
News from CalWEA
Coalition Says Interior's Desert Plan Reverses Course on Clean Energy Development
September 14, 2016
After eight years of work, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) will effectively foreclose development of renewable energy resources on millions of acres of federally managed lands in Southern California, said a coalition of renewable energy and labor groups in response to the federal government’s release of the plan. The plan abandons the initial promise to balance renewable development with preservation of desert land.
News from Politico Pro
Renewable developers warn BLM leasing rule may undercut lofty green ambitions
July 21, 2016
Politico reports that Hillary Clinton's promise of a huge buildout of new solar panels and wind turbines on federally owned deserts and scrublands may be impossible under the land-use strategy that the Obama administration is pursuing, including the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan.
News from North American Windpower Magazine
The California Wind Market: Fraught with Promise
May 1, 2016
Largely credited with launching the industry in the 1980s, wind energy in California is poised for a resurgence. This article by CalWEA's Nancy Rader and Dariush Shirmohammadi discusses the challenges that must be addressed for wind energy to succeed in California's market for renewable energy.