Echoing President Obama’s State of the Union call for an “all of the above” energy strategy, the Department of the Interior has marked a major milestone for offshore wind energy along the Atlantic coast.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has granted Appalachian Power a 30-year license to continue to operate the 75 megawatt (MW) Claytor Hydroelectric Project on the New River in Pulaski County, Va.

The project consists of 94 GE 1.6 MW wind turbines

Energy produced will be delivered to Omaha Public Power District

While much of the news coming out of the renewable energy sector was surprisingly positive given the number of stumbling blocks the industry encountered last year, private sector funding did not match that trend.

The solar PV system is the primary component of the energy savings performance contract to be implemented by the Building Technologies Division of Siemens Industry, Inc.

Apex Wind Energy Holdings, a wind power developer based in Charlottesville, Virginia, is the project developer