Bethesda-based Terraform Power Inc. on Friday announced that the company and its Missouri-based parent SunEdison Inc. had settled disputes with shareholders of a Chilean firm after a failed deal to acquire the third company. Shareholders of Latin America Power Holding BV had filed ...

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A Maryland environmental group wants the state to double the minimum amount of energy that must be generated by wind and solar sources over the next decade.

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OAKLAND — Exelon Corp. is seeking Maryland Public Service Commission approval to erect 12 to 15 wind turbines on Backbone Mountain in Garrett County about six miles south of Oakland. The Cumberland Times-News reports a public hearing on the project ...

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FREDERICK — Union utility workers are picketing in Frederick to draw attention to their contract dispute with FirstEnergy Corp. The Frederick News-Post reports that Local 102 members of the Utility Workers Union of America have been picketing outside the Frederick ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — Eight energy companies will bid Sept. 4 on a lease for a vast expanse of ocean off Virginia’s coast set aside for the development of wind farms. The Bureau of Ocean Management on Monday announced the scheduled ...

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A written opinion from the Maryland Office of the Attorney General says controversial labor and wage provisions in Gov. Martin O’Malley’s offshore wind legislation are legal.

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Gov. Martin O’Malley’s energy advisor said Tuesday that a field of offshore wind turbines may not start spinning in 2017, as planned, but rebutted a recent report that said the project won’t ever be built.

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ROCK HALL — A new solar power array in Rock Hall will provide most of the electricity for the Town Hall, a school and three other buildings. Rock Hall and Kent County officials plan to unveil the new array Friday ...

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WASHINGTON — Thousands of Maryland residents remain without power after Superstorm Sandy, while electricity has been restored to people in Delaware, the District of Columbia and Virginia. On Friday morning, there were nearly 19,000 power outages across Maryland. Snowy Garrett ...

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CHICAGO — Exelon Corp., the nation’s largest supplier of wholesale electric power, said Thursday that its third-quarter earnings were squeezed by lower prices for the power it makes, while costs for nuclear fuel rose. Exelon earned $296 million, or 35 ...

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