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*
Friday, October 04, 2013
Legislators Debate Survival Of Wind Production Tax Credit
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Ralls Corp., which is owned by two Chinese executives and tied up in a legal battle with the U.S. government, has bought the development rights to a 20 MW wind energy project in Texas. The company acquired the Pleasant Hill rights from the Crosby County Wind Farm LLC and will [read more]
Michigan-based utility Consumers Energy says it is on track to meet the state's 10% by 2015 renewable portfolio standard, thanks to investments in resources such as wind and solar. In its first-ever Accountability Report, the company provides a quick overview of its role in Michigan, including highlights like corporate citizenship [read more]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Ala., has awarded contracts to 11 companies that will provide design and build support for energy and energy conservation projects at facilities worldwide. These contracts are not part of the $7 billion multiple award task order contract for [read more]
Gamesa has announced the company's first contract to supply its G128-5.0 MW turbines. Through the 15 MW order, Gamesa will provide three units of the 5 MW turbines to TuuliWatti Oy, a wind energy joint venture between Finnish energy company St1 Oy and the national retail cooperative S-Group. In addition, [read more]
AXYS Technologies Inc., in conjunction with Sound and Sea Technology (SST), has developed a sea lion protection barrier system for the WindSentinel offshore wind resource assessment system. AXYS says the barrier is designed to ensure that seals and sea lions are prevented from climbing onto the WindSentinel during long-term deployments [read more]
Global renewable energy consultancy SgurrEnergy has hired Alan Mortimer as director of innovation. The company says that Mortimer, who held leading roles at ScottishPower over the past 20 years, will inform and guide SgurrEnergy's strategic direction and help further the firm's future service and product offerings to the renewable energy [read more]
Service provider Availon has been awarded a complete maintenance contract for Vattenfall's 12 MW Janschwalde wind farm, located near Cottbus in the German federal state of Brandenburg. Availon was already in charge of maintaining three of the turbines since 2012, and it has now taken over the responsibility for all [read more]
Vestas is shuttering its nacelle assembly factory in Taranto, Italy. According to the company, 120 employees at the factory, including management, are expected to be affected. The company says creating a leaner and more asset-light manufacturing organization is a key part of Vestas' ongoing turnaround plan, adapting to a slowdown [read more]
Invenergy Wind LLC has arranged debt and tax equity financing for its 200.6 MW Prairie Breeze Wind Energy Center project, which is under construction approximately 100 miles northwest of Lincoln, Neb. The financing included construction and term loans with Sovereign Bank N.A. (an affiliate of Banco Santander S.A.), Prudential Capital [read more]
E.ON has officially opened the 48 MW Karehamn offshore wind farm, which was connected to the grid a few weeks ago after 19 months of construction. Located near the Swedish island of Oland in the Baltic Sea, Karehamn comprises 16 Vestas V112 turbines, each with a capacity of 3 MW. [read more]
Pattern Energy Group Inc. says it has closed its initial public offering (IPO) of 16 million shares and walked away with gross proceeds of $352 million. The company's shares started trading on Sept. 27. Pattern says it intends to use the IPO's proceeds to help pay for eight wind assets [read more]
UpWind Solutions Inc., an operations and maintenance (O&M) independent service provider for the wind industry, along with SMART BLADE, a German engineering research company, have partnered with 3M to deliver vortex generators (VGs) for wind turbine rotor blades. According to the companies, a VG is a cost-effective upgrade to improve [read more]
The Switch, a Finnish supplier of megawatt-class permanent magnet generator and full-power converter packages for wind power and other renewable energy applications, has announced a new partnership that the company claims will eventually result in "bigger and better wind turbines." The Switch will enter into a strategic cooperation agreement with [read more]
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