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 25, 2013
Will U.S. Offshore Wind Finally Become A Reality?
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "North American Windpower" <efeature@nawindpower.com> Date: Oct 25, 2013 5:36 AM Subject: Will U.S. Offshore Wind Finally Become A Reality? To: <aquarianm@gmail.com> Cc:
Eleven offshore wind projects representing 3,824 MW of capacity are currently in an advanced stage of development in the U.S., according to a new report released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). These projects, the DOE explains, have at least signed a power purchase agreement, received approval for an [read more]
Initiated in Australia in June, Vestas' so-called Act on Facts campaign has expanded to Europe. At the VIND 2013 wind industry conference in Stockholm, the company says it launched the next phase of its global effort to separate myths from facts and channel public support toward political action favoring wind [read more]
Ontario, which has committed to cease coal-fired generation in the province by the end of 2014, is one step closer to its goal. On Oct. 23, the province marked the end of burning coal at the Lambton Generating Station. This leaves Nanticoke Generating Station as the last operating coal-fired facility [read more]
DTE Energy reports the first 13 GE wind turbines at its Echo Wind Park have been commissioned, with the entire facility set to begin commercial operation by the end of November. The 70-turbine project, sited on nearly 16,000 acres in Huron County, Mich., will add another 112 MW to DTE [read more]
WESCO Wind LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Star Distributed Energy, has started construction on the Sibley Wind Farm, a 20 MW project located in Sibley County, Minn. The project is jointly owned by WESCO and Sibley Wind Substation LLC, a partnership of local property owners and investors. This is [read more]
Total funding in the wind sector came in at $5.6 billion during the third quarter of this year (Q3'13), including venture capital (VC) funding and other equity financings, debt financings and announced project funding deals, according to a new report from Mercom Capital Group. The report says VC funding dropped [read more]
Vestas has unveiled its new Vestas De-icing System (VDS), which the company says can help boost the business case for operating wind farms in cold climates. "The VDS is an active de-icing solution consisting of an ice detection system and a hot air flow unit within the blades," explains Chief [read more]
NJR Clean Energy Ventures (NJRCEV), the unregulated clean energy subsidiary of New Jersey Resources, has announced the acquisition of its first wind project. Named for the Montana town it is adjacent to, the Two Dot wind farm will be located on 176 acres of rural agricultural land, approximately 93 miles [read more]
U.K.-based Pelagian and Boston-based Pioneer Consulting have established P2 Offshore Consulting, a new joint venture (JV) focused on providing marine consulting and management services to U.S. offshore renewable energy projects. Peter Fisk, managing director of Pelagian and a co-owner of the new company, says the U.S.' emerging offshore wind farm [read more]
GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) has published its new Technical Note for the Certification of Wind Turbines for Tropical Cyclones. According to the company, an increasing number of onshore and offshore wind parks are proposed in cyclone-affected areas, mainly in the U.S., China, Korea and Japan. GL RC says the [read more]
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