Friday, March 01, 2013

Bipartisan Efforts Show Promise For Offshore Wind, Energy Policy

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Sen. Carper Renews Push For Offshore Wind Energy, Investment Tax Credit
by Mark Del Franco, Feb. 28, 2013 email the content item print the content item
Sens. Tom Carper, D-Del., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, have reintroduced the Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act, which would provide financial incentives for investments in offshore wind energy. Co-sponsors of the bill include Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del.; Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.; Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I; Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio; Jack Reed, D-R.I.; Angus King, [read more]
Rare Bipartisan Cooperation Yields Ideas For Stable Renewable Energy Policy
by Laura DiMugno, Feb. 28, 2013 email the content item print the content item
While bipartisanship remains but a pipedream on Capitol Hill, a group of Democrat and Republican energy experts, policy analysts and former lawmakers are coming together to help establish a comprehensive energy strategy. The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) - a bipartisan think tank created in 2007 by former Senate Majority Leaders [read more]
Analyst: U.S. Renewable Energy Policy Superior To Europe's
by NAW Staff, Feb. 28, 2013 email the content item print the content item
One energy analyst is challenging the commonly held belief that European nations' renewable energy policies are more progressive than those in place in the U.S. "Whisper it quietly," says Jonathan Lane, head of consulting for power utilities at research firm GlobalData. "The U.S. has a more progressive renewable support policy [read more]
Massachusetts To Fund Clean Energy Education Programs
by NAW Staff, Feb. 28, 2013 email the content item print the content item
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) has made $640,000 in grants available to fund clean-energy-related science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs for K-12 students. The grants, part of MassCEC's Workforce Capacity Building Program, will target projects that help build STEM skills in elementary and secondary students, and that boost [read more]

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Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm Secures Installation Contractor
by NAW Staff, Feb. 28, 2013 email the content item print the content item
Norway-based Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AS, which is indirectly owned on a 50/50 basis by Bonheur ASA and Ganger Rolf ASA, says it has been awarded a contract to perform the installation work on the Butendiek offshore wind farm, located in the German North Sea. Under the contract, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier [read more]
ARPA-E Projects Have Attracted $450 Million In Private Investment
by NAW Staff, Feb. 28, 2013 email the content item print the content item
Since 2009, 17 projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) have attracted $450 million in private-sector follow-on funding, administration officials said at the agency's ARPA-E Summit, held this week. Following ARPA-E's initial investment of approximately $70 million, 12 companies have leveraged their [read more]
AEP Unit Seeking 200 MW Of Wind Energy
by NAW Staff, Feb. 27, 2013 email the content item print the content item
Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), an operating unit of American Electric Power (AEP), has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for up to 200 MW of new wind energy projects to be built in I&M's service territory. The RFP seeks proposals from eligible projects and bidders for a long-term 20-year power [read more]
Poll Shows Strong Support For Wind Energy In Ohio
by NAW Staff, Feb. 27, 2013 email the content item print the content item
A solid majority of Ohio residents support investment in renewable energy and approve of the state's law that encourages those investments, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) reports, citing a study conducted by Fallon Research & Communications Inc. According to the results of the poll, nearly 80% of Ohio voters [read more]

Wind Energy Update

juwi Wraps Up Construction On 30 MW Community Wind Farm
by NAW Staff, Feb. 27, 2013 email the content item print the content item
juwi Wind LLC has completed the construction of the Community Wind South Project, located in Nobles County, Minn. Approximately $67 million has been invested in the community to build the 30 MW wind project, which has been under development since 2003 and features 15 REpower MM92 2 MW turbines. The [read more]
ACORE Names Two New Board Members
by NAW Staff, Feb. 27, 2013 email the content item print the content item
The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) has appointed two new members to its board of directors. Michael Brower, senior federal policy director at Mosaic Federal Affairs LLC, and Rolf Gibbels, global power generation solutions leader at IBM, will replace outgoing board members Bill Holmberg and Ken Westrick, who are [read more]
E.ON Awards Foundation Contract For U.K. Offshore Wind Farm
by NAW Staff, Feb. 27, 2013 email the content item print the content item
E.ON has awarded TAG Energy Solutions a contract to manufacture 16 monopiles and transition pieces for E.ON's Humber Gateway offshore wind farm. Preparation work for the manufacturing of the 16 60-meter-long, 650-metric-ton monopiles, as well as the associated transition pieces, will begin immediately at TAG Energy Solutions' production facility, located [read more]
Intertek: French Offshore Wind Energy Sector Can Learn From U.K., Germany
by NAW Staff, Feb. 27, 2013 email the content item print the content item
Intertek Energy & Water consultancy services (formerly Metoc) says it is providing marine advisory services for offshore surveys and export cable installation to Reseau de Transporte d'Electricite (RTE), the French electricity transmission services operator and an independent subsidiary of EDF, for two French offshore wind projects. France is entering the [read more]
Wind Energy Services Co. Names New General Manager
by NAW Staff, Feb. 27, 2013 email the content item print the content item
Wind Energy Services Co. (WES), a Molded Fiber Glass (MFG) company, says Thomas Brazina has joined WES as general manager. Brazina will assume responsibility for the company's field-service operations, based in Gainesville, Texas. He will report to MFG Corporate Senior Vice President David Giovaninni. Brazina has held positions in engineering, [read more]
Suzlon Nets Order For Its S88 Wind Turbines
by NAW Staff, Feb. 27, 2013 email the content item print the content item
Suzlon Group says it will provide 49 of its S88 2.1 MW wind turbines to Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. (ONGC) for a 102.9 MW wind farm in Rajasthan, India. The S88 turbine is designed for medium wind regimes and has the ability to withstand extreme conditions, Suzlon notes. [read more]
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