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, November 06, 2013
Three Key Unresolved Wind PTC Issues
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Computer software giant Microsoft has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with RES Americas for the output from a Texas wind project. In a company blog post, Microsoft says construction work will begin on the 110 MW Keechi Wind project, located near Jacksboro, next year. The wind farm will [read more]
As Congress debates the merits of what many in the wind industry consider an essential incentive, the American Energy Alliance, the advocacy arm of the Institute for Energy Research, says it has joined with over 100 organizations in opposition to the production tax credit (PTC). The organizations have released a [read more]
Citing published figures, the U.K.-based Renewable Energy Association (REA) reports that 76% of respondents surveyed by the government "support the use of renewable energy for providing our electricity, fuel and heat." Seventy-two percent of the respondents support offshore wind power, and 66% favor onshore wind. The REA says this is [read more]
GE has announced it is providing two new wind farms in central England with more than 40 MW of installed capacity. The company has already supplied the Chelveston Wind Farm with nine GE 2.85 MW turbines and will deliver nine GE 1.6 MW turbines to the Burton Wold wind farm [read more]
Manchester, N.H.-based BURNDY, a manufacturer of connector and tooling solutions for the wind industry, has added Vance Smith to its U.S. sales organization as south central regional sales manager. Smith joined the team in September and will report to Warren Jenkins, vice president of sales and marketing. He will be [read more]
EDF Renewable Energy has reached an agreement with Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES Americas) to acquire the 200 MW Longhorn Wind Project in Texas. The companies expect construction to commence later this year in order to qualify the project for the production tax credit (PTC). "Longhorn is another example [read more]
Although wind power plant construction across Latin America is modest compared to more established markets, such as North America and Europe, the region's wind industry is taking off at a rapid pace, according to a new report from Navigant Research. The firm says Latin America has become the hottest growth [read more]
Vestas has unveiled the V105-3.3 MW turbine, an expansion of its 3 MW platform. The company says the new model is aimed at high-wind and high-turbulence onshore sites, as well as markets with tip-height restrictions. "The V105-3.3 MW has been optimized to meet the need for customers developing projects in [read more]
Michigan-based Consumers Energy, its contractors, Tuscola County-area landowners and local government officials held a ground-breaking event Friday to officially start construction of the utility's 105 MW Cross Winds Energy Park. Consumers Energy expects Cross Winds to open in late 2014, fulfilling Michigan's requirement that energy providers generate 10% of their [read more]
Vattenfall's board of directors has given the green light to spend 150 million British pounds on the 49.5 MW Kentish Flats Extension. The 15-turbine project will be built next to the company's existing 90 MW Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm, located off the coast of Kent, England. According to Vattenfall, [read more]
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is on the lookout for organizations to help the agency and lab facilitate regional stakeholder engagement regarding wind energy. According to the DOE, NREL has issued a request for proposals (RFP) from qualified groups and plans to fund up [read more]
Signal Energy Constructors, a general contractor serving the renewable energy industry, was recently awarded a full design/build contract from BayWa r.e. Wind LLC for the 20 MW Brahms wind farm, located in Grady, N.M. Signal Energy's scope of work includes full design and engineering of all project civil infrastructure, underground [read more]
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