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, December 04, 2013
Congress Mulls Tax Incentives; Do Ontario's New Wind Plans Come Up Short?
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Construction continues at Iberdrola Renewables' 202 MW Baffin Wind Farm in Kenedy County, Texas, following road construction that began in November. The company says major activities included mobilizing the construction trailers and equipment, ordering foundation steel and road materials, and initiating grading. Work will continue through December with road and [read more]
Two consortia have announced bids to develop up to 1 GW of offshore wind in France. In March, the French government launched a call for tenders for the construction and operation of two large-scale offshore wind farms, with one located off Treport in the Haute Normandie region and the other [read more]
Growth for the global offshore wind industry is expected to remain solid and lead to 25 GW of new capacity from 2013 to 2020, according to a new report from MAKE Consulting. Short-term demand in Europe - the main market region for offshore wind - is set to stabilize pending [read more]
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (APUC) has entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining 40% of a 400 MW wind power portfolio in the U.S. from Gamesa Wind US LLC for total consideration of approximately $117 million. The 400 MW wind portfolio consists of three facilities: the 200 MW [read more]
Boralex Inc., Gaz Metro and Valener Inc. have announced commercial commissioning of the first 131 MW of the Seigneurie de Beaupre Wind Farms within the projected time frame. Located in Quebec, the Seigneurie de Beaupre Wind Farms are being built as phases and will total 365 MW. According to the [read more]
REpower Systems SE, a subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, has signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Mitsui & Co. (Australia) Ltd. Under the deal, REpower says it will deliver 52 wind turbines with a total rated output of 106.6 MW for the Bald Hills wind farm in [read more]
Vestas has signed a 23 MW deal with the Tefirom Group to provide seven V112-3.3 MW turbines for the extension of Tefirom's Bakras wind power plant in Turkey. Built in 2010, the existing Bakras wind farm currently consists of five V90-3.0 MW turbines. The wind turbines for the extension are [read more]
On Nov. 26, the Connecticut legislature extended a long-standing ban on wind power development in the state. According to a Hartford Business Journal report, the legislature established the wind moratorium in 2011. The law prohibits any new wind turbines pending regulations from the Connecticut Siting Council; however, the state's Regulation [read more]
EDF Renewable Energy has acquired the 200 MW Hereford 1 wind project in the Texas Panhandle from Lincoln Renewable Energy, and construction has commenced. EDF notes that it now has 561 MW of wind capacity either in construction or ready-to-build in Texas. Encompassing approximately 15,000 acres in Deaf Smith County, [read more]
Burning fossil fuels to generate electricity pollutes our air, contributes to global warming, and consumes vast amounts of water - harming our rivers and lakes and leaving less water for other uses. In contrast, wind energy produces no air pollution, makes no contribution to global warming and uses no water. [read more]
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