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, February 07, 2014
Canadian Wind Breaks Record In 2013; Fate Of N.J. Offshore Pilot Hinges On Two Approvals
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Canada recorded exceptionally strong growth in 2013 with a record of close to 1.6 GW of new wind energy capacity installed, placing it fifth globally, according to the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA). The association says Canada sustains its position as a global wind energy leader, today ranking ninth in [read more]
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc. has entered into a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources for a 150 MW wind power generating facility to be constructed in eastern Colorado. Under the agreement, Tri-State will purchase the entire output and associated environmental attributes of [read more]
Navitus Bay Development Ltd., a 50-50 joint venture between Eneco Wind UK Ltd. and EDF Energy Renewables, will again scale back the proposed offshore wind park in order to reduce its visual impact. In response to public feedback during the final round of consultation last year, the developer says it [read more]
Nordex says Finnish investment company Taaleritehdas has placed another large-scale order for a further 19 N117/2400 turbines, which are to be supplied for the Myllykangas wind farm on the northwest coast of Finland. This marks Taaleritehdas' third call-down under a frame contract that was signed in 2012 for a total [read more]
The Governors' Wind Energy Coalition has welcomed South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee as the new chairman and vice chairman of the coalition, respectively. "I look forward to working with Governor Inslee and our coalition colleagues to help the wind energy industry diversify our nation's energy [read more]
Availon says its portfolio of wind turbines under maintenance has reached the 2 GW milestone since its foundation in 2007. The company notes much of the over-2 GW output is made of GE 1.5 and Vestas V80/V90 wind turbines, as well as turbines from Gamesa. In addition to focusing on [read more]
ZF Services LLC, the strategic after-market business unit of ZF Friedrichshafen AG in North America, has signed San Diego-based UpWind Solutions to its authorized service provider network for its wind power division. UpWind Solutions will now have the authorization to perform turbine gearbox field repair for ZF Services in selected [read more]
In 2013, newly installed global wind capacity dropped by almost 10 GW from 2012's figures, totaling 35.467 GW, according to a new report from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). GWEC attributes the precipitous decrease last year to the slowdown in U.S. installations created by policy uncertainty. However, the report [read more]
The U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has given the green light for Principle Power Inc. to submit a formal plan to build a 30 MW pilot project using floating wind turbine technology offshore Coos Bay, Ore. "Today's announcement is consistent with President [Barack] [read more]
Bladt Industries A/S and the German company EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH recently signed a contract to supply the foundations for the 468 MW Cape Wind offshore project, located off the coast of Nantucket Island. Bladt Industries and EEW SPC note they have worked closely together in the past to [read more]
NJR Clean Energy Ventures (NJRCEV), the unregulated distributed power subsidiary of New Jersey Resources (NJR), has agreed to acquire its second wind project. The 20 MW Carroll Area wind farm will be located on 1,100 acres of rural agricultural land in Carroll County, Iowa, approximately 65 miles northwest of Des [read more]
EDP Renewables (EDPR) will use GE's Wind PowerUp software-enabled platform to help increase the power output of 402 GE 1.5-77 wind turbines located at five U.S. wind farms. According to GE, EDPR is now expected to generate more than 420,000 MWh of additional energy each year. The wind farms that [read more]
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