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, December 06, 2013
Wind Power Is Going To The Super Bowl; Obama Sets 20% Renewables Target For U.S. Government
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Power Co. of Wyoming LLC (PCW) has announced another development regarding the federal permitting of its massive Chokecherry and Sierra Madre (CCSM) Wind Energy Project, a 3 GW wind farm planned for southeastern Wyoming. The company says it is submitting a comprehensive eagle conservation plan, along with an application for [read more]
juwi Wind Canada Ltd., a subsidiary of the juwi Group, has sold its stake in four wind projects totaling 24 MW to Firelight Infrastructure Partners. All of the projects are located in Nova Scotia and are being developed under the province's community feed-in tariff program. juwi says it will still [read more]
Gamesa has signed a deal to supply 128 MW of its turbines to a Brazilian wind farm complex being developed by Gestamp Wind, the wind energy subsidiary of Gestamp Renewables. The development encompasses five wind farms: Santana I (20 MW), Santana II and III (30 MW each), Lanchinha (28 MW) [read more]
Renewable energy consultancy SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group, says it has invested in a control engineering technology business specializing in the development and provision of advanced control systems for wind and tidal turbines. Formerly operating as StrathControl, and now renamed SgurrControl, the new business will retain its current staff of [read more]
Avent Lidar Technology, a joint venture between Renewable NRG Systems and Leosphere, reports that Boston-based developer First Wind has purchased a Wind Iris LIDAR to optimize the performance of its wind turbines. According to Avent, the decision resulted from a successful field trial that used data from the nacelle-mounted LIDAR [read more]
ABB says it has delivered and commissioned a microgrid control solution that enables the island of Faial in the Atlantic ocean to add more wind energy to its power mix without destabilizing the network. Faial is one of nine volcanic islands in the Azores, a Portuguese archipelago located midway between [read more]
Vestas has signed a contract with Elektrik Uretim A.S. for 22 V100-2.0 MW wind turbines. The Kangal RES facility, located in Turkey, will be Elektrik's first wind project. Vestas says the agreement includes delivery, installation and commissioning of the wind power plant, including an eight-year full scope availability agreement. The [read more]
On Nov. 26, a fire was reported at the nacelle of a Gamesa G80-2 MW turbine at Enel Green Power's (EGP) Stipa Nayaa wind farm in Oaxaco, Mexico. Gamesa completed construction and development of the 74 MW facility, formerly known as Bii Nee Stipa II, for Enel last year and [read more]
Vestas says that the 396 MW Marena Renovables project, for which it is supplying 132 V90 3 MW turbines, has been further delayed. In May, the company announced a forbearance agreement with the project developers until Nov. 30. At the time, Vestas said that access to the project sites had [read more]
Nebraska-based utility Lincoln Electric System (LES) recently worked with Infogroup to conduct a survey of LES' residential customers in order to gauge interest in renewable energy. The survey of over 400 adults concluded that customers want renewable power and are split in their interest in paying more for it. Seventy-six [read more]
Environment Virginia says leaders from the Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority, the City of Norfolk and the Virginia Ship Repair Association recently joined the group to detail the benefits of offshore wind power and its related supply chain industries, as well as to call on the state's legislators to support [read more]
The nacelle for Vestas' V164-8.0 MW prototype offshore wind turbine has been completed at Lindo Industrial Park in Denmark. The nacelle is 20 meters long, 8 meters wide and 8 meters high and weighs approximately 390 tons including the hub. Vestas says the nacelle is now en route to the [read more]
Chicago-based Invenergy Wind LLC and Polish renewable energy developer Enerco have completed project financing for the 24 MW Porzecze wind project, which is currently under construction in northwest Poland. Located approximately 280 miles northwest of Warsaw, Porzecze is sited in the Village of Porzecze. Invenergy says the project features 16 [read more]
Snap-on Industrial has announced its new pneumatic torque wrenches, which the company says are designed for technicians working in fields such as power generation, construction and maintenance. According to Snap-on, the wrenches feature dual-speed gearboxes and pneumatic technology that controls input air pressure. The design provides a rundown gear with [read more]
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