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Ravenswood Wind Project Plugs Into Grid

on 24 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

Ravenswood, Ontario's newest wind farm, is the first of its kind to be built and brought online with the help of the province's renewable energy standard offer program. The 10 MW, six-turbine facility is one of more than 200 contracts awarded through the program since November 2006. The program encourages [read more]

REpower Emphasizes Its Commitment To Quebec

on 24 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

Matthias Schubert, chief technical officer for Germany's REpower Systems AG, emphasized his company's commitment to investments in Quebec while speaking at an event sponsored by the German-Canadian Chamber of Commerce. REpower has proposed to source steel towers, wind turbine blades and electrical modules from facilities based in the [read more]

PPL Electric Utilities Seeks Green Pricing Program Approval

on 24 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

PPL Electric Utilities has filed a proposal with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) seeking approval of a PPL Electric green power program to be offered to PPL Electric's customers in partnership with Community Energy Inc., a marketer and developer of renewable energy. According to David G. [read more]

DOL Announces Grant For Energy Jobs

on 24 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) employment and training administration has announced a new competition to build the capacity of the energy industry by providing potential workers with skills-based job training at the regional level. This $10 million grant competition, under the president's High Growth Job Training Initiative, is designed [read more]

Cape Wind Submits Revised Permit Application To Army Corps

on 24 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

Cape Wind Associates LLC has submitted a revised permit application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for work in waters of the U.S. in conjunction with a wind farm proposal in Nantucket Sound, Mass. A public notice and draft environmental impact statement (EIS) were issued by the Corps of [read more]

Report: Global Market For EES Worth $3.8 Billion By 2013

on 24 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

According to a new technical market research report, "Utility Power Storage Technologies" from BCC Research, the global market for electric energy storage (EES) is expected to be worth $2.6 billion in 2008. This is expected to increase to over $3.8 billion by 2013, a compound average annual growth rate (CAGR) [read more]

Proposed Wind Farm's Environmental Report Completed

on 24 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

Sky Harvest Windpower Corp. has received an environmental report focused on avian and bat activity on the company's proposed wind farm site, according to Vancouver, British Columbia-based Keewatin Windpower Corp. The report was prepared by Golder Associates of Calgary, Alberta. Studies were conducted throughout 2007. After reviewing the report, [read more]

OSIsoft Unveils PI Notifications and PI AF 2.0

on 24 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

OSIsoft, a producer of performance management software, has made available PI Notifications, an alarm and alerting infrastructure, and PI AF 2.0, the underlying structural database. PI Notifications and PI AF extend data management and real-time event notification delivery and allow customers to access, organize and provide alerts on their data, [read more]

BPA: Wind Power Exceeds 1,000 MW In Northwest

on 23 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

Portland, Ore.-based Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) reports that, for the first time, the amount of wind power being delivered to customers via its transmission lines has exceeded 1,000 MW. "Within just a few years, we've seen more wind projects come online, and BPA has been working quickly to connect the [read more]

Virginia Utility Files Renewable Energy Generation Plan

on 23 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

In a recent filing with the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Richmond, Va.-based Appalachian Power, a unit of American Electric Power, is seeking approval of a plan to meet a 12% renewable energy goal for 2022 by increasing the generation of electricity supplied by renewable sources, including wind and hydro. "This [read more]

AWEC Announces Growing Interest From Educational Institutions

on 23 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

Americas Wind Energy Corp. (AWEC), a manufacturer of medium-sized wind turbines, has announced recent activities in the market for wind turbines installed by educational institutions in the U.S. and Canada. An AWE 54-900 kW wind turbine is currently being delivered to Wray, Colo., for installation this month at the Wray [read more]

Delmarva Power RFP

on 23 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

Newark, Del.-based Delmarva Power, a subsidiary of Pepco Holdings Inc., has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for bids from onshore wind power providers from across the region to obtain competitively priced renewable energy for its Delaware customers. Delmarva Power supported state legislation in 2007 requiring that 20% of the [read more]

Great River Purchasing Power From Minnesota Wind Farm

on 23 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

Great River Energy has begun purchasing power from the Prairie Star Wind Farm, located about 15 miles southeast of Austin, Minn. Horizon Wind Energy is the owner and developer of the 100.65 MW project. Great River Energy is selling 5 MW from the wind project to Dairyland Power Cooperative in [read more]

Finavera Completes Field Work On Wind Project

on 23 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

Finavera Renewables Inc. has completed all of the significant environmental field work on its 75 MW Ghost Pine wind project in Alberta. The field work included wildlife, vegetation and land-use studies, historical resource investigations and approvals, avian and raptor surveys, and preliminary geotechnical surveys. The project's final detailed [read more]

Acciona Awarded Construction Of Canadian Wind Farm

on 23 Jan 2008 by NAW Staff

Spanish wind farm developer Acciona Energy has been awarded a contract worth C$103.5 million for the installation of 33 1.5 MW Acciona Windpower turbines for a project in Lameque, New Brunswick. The project is expected to generate up to 49.5 MW of power. The wind park will be wholly owned [read more]