Column, Iain Murray Germany and Spain have been hit by the downside of alternative energy. ·         Spain and Germany increased reliance on wind power, have recently cut subsidies or reversed course. ·         U.S. should look to Europe’s renewable energy failures when considering future energy policies. ·         Wind power’s higher prices could cost us jobs. As the… More

BOSTON —  In response to written questions to the two candidates for Senate, Republican Gabriel Gomez arguing the offshore wind farm is not cost-competitive and  Democrat Ed Markey says he has backed the energy project and sought to speed it along. Each offered a plan for helping the state’s fishermen, who are faced with sharply… More

Staff report A New Hampshire-based group calling itself the New England Ratepayers Association has contacted the United States Department of Energy, stating its opposition to the Cape Wind project in Massachusetts. The group also plans to fight any wind energy projects in New Hampshire, said Marc Brown, president of the group, who works from his… More

Boston Globe: US to auction parcels for wind energy development Nearly 165,000 acres off Vineyard, R.I., will be leased By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff The federal government will lease nearly 165,000 acres off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard and Rhode Island next month for wind power development, in the first such auction on the US… More

By JOHN M. BRODER Washington — The federal government will hold the first lease sale for commercial offshore wind energy projects at the end of July, the Interior Department announcedTuesday. The sale will offer 164,750 acresof federal waters off the coasts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. If that is fully developed, officials said, it could… More