Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick this week announced that National Grid and Cape Wind have agreed to enter into negotiations for a long-term contract under which the utility would purchase the electricity generated by Cape Wind. Full Article at Renewable energy access

A plan that was a day-after-Election-Day shocker from the city administration was stopped in its tracks by outrage from local elected officials. Full Article at New York Post

BOSTON -- A utility here may soon join Delmarva Power as America's only contract buyers of offshore wind power, with a potential deal boosting the prospects for the controversial Cape Wind wind farm planned for Nantucket Sound. Full Article at The Delaware News Journal

This view of the new 91-turbine wind farm off Denmark's Jutland peninsula offers a sense of what Nantucket Sound could look like if Cape Wind consummates the project it first announced eight years ago. In a major advancement Gov. Full Article at Cape Cod Online

Cape Wind may have turned a critical corner. Yesterday, Governor Deval Patrick’s administration said the yet-to-be-built offshore wind farm has secured a long-term customer for its electricity: National Grid. Full Article at Boston Globe

British consumers could end up spending billions of pounds on redundant smart metering technology if the introduction of the energy saving devices to all 26 million homes in the country is rushed through too quickly, the chief executive of National... Full Article at Times Online