New Rule Could Cause More Wind Curtailment

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New Rule Could Lead To More Wind Energy Curtailment In Midwest by Mark Del Franco, Oct. 11, 2012 New market rules that take effect next week in Southwest Power Pool's (SPP) footprint figure to significantly impact new wind farms being placed in service. On Sept. 20, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) conditionally approved how SPP characterizes resources as eligible for curtailment. For wind power, the most important [read more] Study: East Coast Offshore Wind Energy Development Would Boost Economy, Create Thousands Of Jobs by NAW Staff, Oct. 11, 2012 The large-scale development of offshore wind power off the Mid-Atlantic coast would create thousands of jobs and boost the region's - as well as the nation's - economy, finds a new study conducted by IHS Inc. for the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC), an offshore backbone electricity transmission system proposed for [read more] Rock Island Seeks Route Approval For 3.5 GW Clean Energy Transmission Line by NAW Staff, Oct. 11, 2012 Rock Island Clean Line LLC, an affiliate of Clean Line Energy Partners LLC, says it has requested public utility status and approval to build a 500-mile high-voltage direct-current transmission line that will deliver 3.5 GW of wind energy from northwestern Iowa to Illinois and other states to the east. In [read more] NYSERDA Launches $13.8M RFP For Small Wind Energy Installations by NAW Staff, Oct. 11, 2012 The New York Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has issued a $13.8 million request for proposals (RFP) for wind energy installations for residential, commercial, institutional or government use. The incentives, which are capped at $400,000 per site/customer, will be paid to eligible companies that install approved grid-connected wind energy [read more] Intertek Announces Involvement In Cape Wind Project by NAW Staff, Oct. 11, 2012 Intertek has signed an agreement with a major European manufacturer to help the company comply with North American electrical safety requirements while it completes its work on the Cape Wind project, a 468 MW offshore wind farm planned for Nantucket Sound. As part of the certification and evaluation service, Intertek [read more] Gamesa Scores First Wind Turbine Order In Finland by NAW Staff, Oct. 11, 2012 With its latest order, Gamesa has entered the Finnish wind energy market. The company has received an 18 MW order from TuuliWatti Ltd., a wind power joint venture between Finnish energy company St1 Ltd. and national retail cooperative S-Group. The agreement calls for the delivery, installation and start-up of four [read more] Reznick Group, J.H. Cohn Complete Merger by NAW Staff, Oct. 11, 2012 Accounting and consulting firms J.H. Cohn LLP and Reznick Group PC have completed their merger and rebranded the combined firm as CohnReznick LLP. The firm will serve the renewable energy, manufacturing, wholesale distribution, private equity, construction and technology markets, among other industries. CohnReznick LLP's headquarters is in New York, and [read more] McCarter & English Hires Renewable Energy Counsel by NAW Staff, Oct. 11, 2012 Law firm McCarter & English LLP says Marshall B. McLean has joined the firm's Environment & Energy and Corporate Practice groups as special counsel. He will be based in the firm's Newark, N.J., office. McLean represents developers, manufacturers and investors in the renewable energy industry. He has assisted in the [read more] Vestas Confirms New Round Of Layoffs At Colorado Manufacturing Facility by Laura DiMugno, Oct. 10, 2012 As promised, Vestas is continuing its workforce reductions in Colorado - this time, at its Brighton, Colo., blade manufacturing plant - due to Congress' failure to extend the wind energy production tax credit (PTC). According to company spokesperson Andrew Longeteig, the layoffs amount to approximately 5% of Vestas' Colorado manufacturing [read more] Two Large Kansas Wind Farms Begin Operation by NAW Staff, Oct. 10, 2012 Westar Energy Inc. has announced that two wind farms with a combined capacity of 369 MW have been completed in Kansas. The first wind farm, the 168 MW Ironwood Wind Power Project, is located in Ford and Hodgeman counties on a site owned by Westar. A portion of the site [read more] New Facility Will Test Siemens And Mitsubishi Offshore Wind Turbine Prototypes by NAW Staff, Oct. 10, 2012 SSE and Scottish Enterprise (SE) say they are investing up to 20 million British pounds to create an offshore wind turbine test center capable of hosting three full-scale wind turbines designed for offshore deployment. The test center will be located at the port of Hunterston on the coast of North [read more] Massachusetts Colleges Net Funding For On-Site Clean Energy Projects by NAW Staff, Oct. 10, 2012 The Massachusetts Department of Energy and Environmental Affairs has awarded $713,814 in grants to three Massachusetts community colleges to invest in clean energy projects on their respective campuses. The grants, which were awarded through the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources' Leading by Example program, will support the installation of a [read more] Airhog Debuts Nitrogen Accumulator Charging System For Wind Turbines by NAW Staff, Oct. 10, 2012 Airhog Pneumatics, a supplier of portable high-pressure gas equipment, has released its nitrogen accumulator charging system, which has been developed specifically for the wind energy industry. Airhog's portable Gaspac was designed to tackle one of the most dangerous, time-consuming and costly procedures on a wind farm: charging the nitrogen accumulators. [read more] Ramboll Acquires Wind Turbine Design Specialist by NAW Staff, Oct. 10, 2012 Denmark-based engineering, design and consultancy Ramboll says it has acquired niche consultancy LAC engineering, which specializes in onshore and offshore wind turbine design. LAC engineering provides services within aeroelastic simulations, load calculation, certification and production control development. "When you understand and control the correlation between the external impact on a [read more] New Application Allows Users To Assess Virginia's Offshore Wind Resources by NAW Staff, Oct. 10, 2012 Timmons Group, along with researchers and scientists from the Virginia Center for Wind Energy at James Madison University and WeatherFlow Inc., have launched the Wind, Weather and Energy Viewer, which displays a detailed view of Virginia's offshore wind energy resources. The Wind, Weather and Energy Viewer offers users the ability [read more]

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