A personal quest to promote the use of wind energy and hydrogen technology in the Great Lakes area of the United States. The Great Lakes area is in a unique position to become an energy exporting region through these and other renewable energy technologies. *Update 2014: Just do it everywhere - Dan*
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
A Call To Arms From WINDPOWER: Protect RPS Mandates
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Wind industry participants can help advocate in five states where legislative bills are coming due for a vote regarding renewable portfolio standards (RPS), according to Gabriel Alonso, CEO at EDP Renewables North America and chairman of the board of directors at the American Wind Energy Association. During the Wind Industry [read more]
The World Trade Organization (WTO) denied the Canadian government's appeal on Monday regarding an earlier ruling that a mechanism in Ontario's feed-in tariff (FIT) program violates trade law, according to a Reuters report. Last year, the European Union (EU) and Japan issued claims that the FIT program's domestic-content rules unfairly [read more]
Gamesa has sold Iberdrola a wind farm development in Mexico with a future total installed capacity of 70 MW. Gamesa will be in charge of developing and building the Dos Arbolitos wind farm, located in the town of Juchitan de Zaragoza in the state of Oaxaca. The scope of the [read more]
Suzlon Group says its S97-2.1 MW wind turbine has been upgraded to handle higher wind speeds in a 60 Hz version for application in the North American market. The company says the S97 will achieve higher average wind speed operation through modifications to the controller software and use of enhanced [read more]
UpWind Solutions Inc. has signed operations and maintenance (O&M) service agreements for four wind farms. The projects include the Trinity Hills, Sherbino 2 and Silver Star 1 wind farms in Texas and the Flat Ridge 1 wind farm in Kansas, representing a combined 485 MW of production. The four projects [read more]
Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES Americas) has announced that RES Group's global construction portfolio has exceeded 8 GW, of which more than 6 GW is located in North America. RES Americas was founded in 1997, and RES Canada was founded in 2003. The two companies' combined construction portfolio totals [read more]
Siemens has received a 114 MW order from Nordisk Vindkraft for the Sidensjo wind power project in Sweden. Siemens will supply 48 direct-drive wind turbines with an output of 3 MW each and a rotor diameter of 113 meters. The scope of supply also encompasses servicing of the wind turbines [read more]
Texas Tech University has announced the National Wind Institute (NWI), which will combine the university's Texas Wind Energy Institute (TWEI) and former Wind Science and Engineering (WiSE) research center. According to a Texas Tech Today report, TWEI offers the only Bachelor of Science degree in wind energy, and WiSE established [read more]
Foxborough, Mass.-based ICONICS has announced the release of GENESIS64 V10.8, a SCADA solution that the company says is ideal for wind farm operations. According to ICONICS, the product features Windows 8 natural user interfaces and can be used in warranty and asset performance verification, as well as system-wide monitoring and [read more]
SMUD - Assistant Superintendent Power Generation Renewable Assets
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