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, November 15, 2013
GE Blade Crashes To The Ground At Michigan Wind Farm
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The Quebec government has published the final regulation regarding a call for 450 MW of wind energy. The 450 MW block is part of Quebec's previously announced plan to acquire an additional 800 MW of wind. The TechnoCentre eolien has welcomed the new clarifications and highlighted some of the key [read more]
Mainstream Renewable Power has closed a deal to sell its 46 MW Oldman 2 Wind Farm, located in Alberta, Canada, to furniture-retail giant IKEA. Mainstream says it has commenced construction of the project at a cost of approximately C$90 million, and the wind farm is slated to be operational in [read more]
An appeals court has ruled that Toronto-based Trillium Power Wind Corp. can proceed with its lawsuit against the Ontario government. The developer had filed the lawsuit in response to Ontario's moratorium on offshore wind development, established in 2011. A Superior Court judge originally dismissed Trillium's case in October 2012, and [read more]
Gamesa reports it has installed its 10,000th 850 kW turbine. The company achieved the milestone at the Adrar wind farm in Algeria, where 12 G52-850 kW turbines have been erected. Gamesa says the 850 kW turbine has been its best-selling unit since the model was first assembled at Spain's La [read more]
Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) has entered an agreement to sell wind-generated renewable energy credits (RECs) to Becton, Dickinson and Co. (BD), a medical technology company, for 20 years. Through a previously established power purchase agreement, NPPD is buying all the output and associated RECs from NextEra Energy Resources' 75 [read more]
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has approved a majority of the proposed Gateway West Transmission Line Project, a 990-mile, high-voltage line poised to provide up to 1.5 GW of transmission capacity in southern Wyoming and southern Idaho. The DOI says the Gateway West project particularly expects to tap [read more]
Eight European companies have issued a statement calling for a strong 2030 EU climate and energy framework, including a legally binding renewable energy target of more than 30%. The group, comprising acciona Energia, Alstom, DONG Energy, EnBW, ERG, Gamesa, RES and Vestas, outlines three main needs. In the statement, the [read more]
Apex Clean Energy has sold the remaining 100 MW of its 300 MW Balko Wind project, located in Beaver County, Okla. Through its subsidiary Balko Wind LLC, Apex entered the 100 MW renewable energy purchase agreement with the Western Farmers Electric Cooperative (WFEC). In October, Public Service Co. of Oklahoma [read more]
ACCIONA Windpower, the wind turbine manufacturing subsidiary of ACCIONA Group, has signed a contract to supply 100 of its AW 116/3000 3-MW turbines for two unidentified projects in Texas. The 300 MW agreement totals more than $400 million and also covers the operation and maintenance over 10 years. The turbines, [read more]
Investor-owned power and gas company E.ON has agreed to sell an 80% stake in its 207 MW Rodsand II offshore wind farm to the Danish energy company SEAS-NVE. The transaction values the wind farm, located in the Baltic Sea, at DKK 3.5 billion on a 100% enterprise basis. At closing, [read more]
Enel Green Power has begun construction of its 102 MW Sureste I-Phase II wind farm. The plant, which is located in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, will comprise 34 wind turbines with a capacity of 3 MW each. According to Enel, project construction will require a total investment of approximately [read more]
The Switch says that its 8.6 MW permanent magnet generator (PMG) for offshore wind use has successfully passed initial no-load testing. According to the company, its medium-speed, rear-mounted PMG design helps increase annual energy production, particularly at partial loads, and reduces generator weight. The drivetrain component is scheduled to undergo [read more]
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