CUMBERLAND — A wind power developer is renewing its effort to build a 17-turbine project in Allegany County over the objection of the local zoning board. The Cumberland Times-News reported Monday that Dans Mountain Windforce LLC has asked the state ...

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TerraForm Power Inc. and its parent, SunEdison Inc. on Monday announced the closing of the acquisition of Atlantic Power’s 521-megawatt portfolio of operating wind power plants. At the same time the deal was closed, SunEdison formed  TerraForm Private Warehouse, to ...

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Opponents of the increase say the change will increase electricity costs for residential and business consumers and ultimately cost jobs.

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Environment Maryland says land-based wind power projects in Maryland produced enough electricity to power more than 29,000 homes in 2013.

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The effort to place a moratorium on a proposed Eastern Shore wind farm got a major boost Tuesday in the form of testimony from U.S. Rep. Steny H. Hoyer.

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OAKLAND — State regulators have given conditional approval to a proposed wind power project in far western Maryland. The Maryland Public Service Commission this week approved the construction of up to 15 wind turbines on Backbone Mountain, about five miles ...

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CUMBERLAND — The Maryland Public Service Commission is giving a wind power developer more time to build a proposed 25-turbine project on Dan’s Mountain in Allegany County. The Cumberland Times-News reports that the commission agreed Wednesday to give Dan’s Mountain ...

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OAKLAND — Maryland’s attorney general has deemed a portion of a law aimed at putting distance between wind turbines and homes unconstitutional. The Times-News reports that Attorney General Douglas Gansler wrote Gov. Martin O’Malley in May noting that a portion ...

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The University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Maryland Energy Administration are teaming to compile wind speed and directional data to aid the state’s offshore wind energy program.

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The Maryland Public Service Commission is scheduled to hear a proposal to build a wind power project near Frostburg. The PSC is scheduled to hear the case Wednesday in Baltimore. Fourmile Wind Energy LLC is seeking to build the project ...

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