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, August 07, 2013
Despite Advances, Report Finds U.S. Wind At The Crossroads
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "North American Windpower" <efeature@nawindpower.com> Date: Aug 7, 2013 5:44 AM Subject: Despite Advances, Report Finds U.S. Wind At The Crossroads To: <aquarianm@gmail.com> Cc:
Blade damage and gearbox failure are the most common U.S. wind energy insurance claims, according to renewable energy insurance services provider GCube. Based on 2012 reported U.S. claims data, blade damage and gearbox failure account for the greatest number of losses - accounting for 41.4% and 35.1% of the total [read more]
U.K.-based FoundOcean reports it is currently working on the 48-jacket Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm in the North Sea near Germany. According to FoundOcean, project teams are looking at options to speed up the foundation installation process. One option under consideration is moving to a subsea connector that will allow [read more]
Siemens Financial Services says it has recently completed a $4.35 million financing package with Utah-based Mountain Crane Service to support its acquisition of a Liebherr LR 1600-2 crawler crane. Mountain Crane Service will use the crawler crane in support of newly awarded contracts with Siemens Energy's wind power service business. [read more]
ACCIONA Windpower North America has appointed Leif Andersen as director of wind turbine sales. According to ACCIONA, Andersen brings with him more than 25 years of wind industry experience. He not only led U.S. sales for the likes of Suzlon, Vestas and NEG Micon, but he served for 10 years [read more]
Greenbriar Capital Corp. has completed an acquisition agreement with Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Champlin Windpower LLC to become a 50% owner of the 80 MW Blue Mountain wind energy project, located in Utah. According to Greenbriar, the agreement immediately gives the company a 50% interest in the wind farm. Upon completion [read more]
Suzlon Group says it has added two wind industry veterans to the executive and management ranks of subsidiary REpower Systems. Lars Rytter has assumed the role of REpower's chief operating officer as of Aug. 1. No stranger to REpower, Rytter was previously the turbine maker's chief supply chain officer from [read more]
Mainstream Renewable Power and Japanese Trading Company Marubeni Corp. have agreed on a EUR 100 million equity investment deal that sees Marubeni gaining a circa 25% holding in Mainstream. The deal, which is subject to shareholder approval, represents the largest single equity investment in the company's five-and-a-half year history. As [read more]
DONG Energy has started shipment preparations for its offshore substation and jacket foundations needed for the 277 MW Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm, located the North Sea. With a total capacity of 3,500 tons and a height of 65 meters, DONG Energy reports the massive shipment is slowly moving [read more]
Goldwind USA has closed a $71 million project financing deal for the 55 MW Penonome wind farm, the first in Panama. According to Goldwind, the project represents the largest wind energy project using Goldwind wind turbines financed by western lenders. Sponsors for the deal, Goldwind International Holdings Limited and Union [read more]
The U.K. government has unveiled a plan to invest 66 million British pounds into the region's offshore wind industry. At a ceremony officially opening the 270 MW Lincs offshore wind farm, a project developed by Centrica and partners DONG Energy and Siemens, U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Energy [read more]
Massachusetts-based Bristol Community College (BCC) will offer a new certificate program to prepare local residences for the rise of an offshore wind industry in the U.S. The announcement came Thursday, a day after the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management held the nation's first-ever offshore wind [read more]
Granite Services International Inc., an affiliate of GE, held wind technician intern training at New Mexico-based Mesalands Community College's North American Wind Research and Training Center. Granite had use of the college's 1.5 MW GE wind turbine, classroom space and lecture hall to conduct training for its Wind Technician Internship [read more]
BBVA Compass, a commercial banking company that operates 688 branches in several states, and Choice! Energy Services, a Houston-based retail energy consultant and broker, have signed a 10-year fixed contract to bring renewable power to a large number of the bank's branches and facilities in Texas. Under the deal, Choice [read more]
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