The story of Apex's power purchase agreement with the Defense Logistics Agency–Energy and Fort Hood, which involves the Army's largest single renewable energy project to date. By: Melissa Peterson, Manager of Business Development   In October 2014, Defense...

Spanning farm fields in Pasquotank and Perquimans counties, the Amazon Wind Farm US East, powered by Avangrid Renewables at Desert Wind, is now the first commercial-scale wind farm in North Carolina. The wind farm reached full commercial operation this month and began delivering power in December 2016.

by Kirk Ross RALEIGH — The elimination of 45 positions at the Department of Environmental Quality and a moratorium on wind-energy projects through 2020 are among items raising concerns among environmental groups following the release Tuesday of the Senate’s two-year...

Wind energy manufacturing in the United States is thriving, and North Carolina ranks fourth in the highest number of wind manufacturing plants in the country. Not only is the wind industry providing opportunities for high paying careers, it is also promising long-term...

Bob Steinburg Tuesday, January 31, 2017 Now in my third term serving northeastern North Carolina communities as a state legislator, we have together weathered challenging economic times with a few bright spots. That all changed when Avangrid Renewables (formerly...

Legislation aimed at restricting the development of wind energy projects with the goal of preserving the readiness of military bases in North Carolina has necessitated further inquiry into the subject. As a result, experts from key military stakeholder groups (e.g.,...

A small band of North Carolina GOP legislators has made its antipathy toward wind power clear in recent months – urging the Trump administration to shut down the state’s first major wind farm and introducing two different bills to severely restrict future projects....

By Jon Hawley Staff Writer Friday, February 24, 2017 The Amazon Wind Farm US East should be allowed to continue operating, a leading House Republican said Thursday after touring the Navy's long-range radar facility in Chesapeake, Virgina. Rep. John Szoka,...

State House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, took a tour Tuesday of the 104-turbine wind farm project Moore and his colleagues tried to close. During the tour of the $400 million Amazon Wind Farm in Pasquotank and Perquimans counties, the lawmakers discussed the...

By Jon Hawley Staff Writer Sunday, January 15, 2017 The U.S. Navy did not contact state lawmakers about shutting down Amazon Wind Farm US East, nor does it have evidence the farm can't co-exist with its nearby radar facility, a Naval spokeswoman reported Friday. Ten...

Wind Power: A Growing Resource That Is Getting Cheaper Wind energy in America is booming. However, this growth is at risk from potential legislation to protect military bases with rules the military doesn’t need or even want. The recently released numbers for 2016...

BY LEO GOFF Every active duty and retired military professional knows readiness and operational integrity can make or break a mission. It is something the military does not compromise. After serving for 30 years in the U.S. Navy, I now work with the Military Advisory...

The leaders of North Carolina’s state Senate repeatedly say they want to run government like a business. The clean energy economy in North Carolina accounts for 1,000 firms and 34,000 fulltime jobs – more than 8,000 added in the last year. Annual revenues in the...

An ill wind blew out of our state Senate last week. In the middle of the night. It took a day or so for undermanned news organizations to catch up with Senate Republicans’ slick trick of pulling about $1 million in education funds from the districts of Democrats,...

RALEIGH — The elimination of 45 positions at the Department of Environmental Quality and a moratorium on wind-energy projects through 2020 are among items raising concerns among environmental groups following the release Tuesday of the Senate’s two-year budget...