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*
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Thousands Push For PTC; Rhode Island Offshore Demo Leaps Forward
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "North American Windpower" <efeature@nawindpower.com> Date: Feb 12, 2014 5:48 AM Subject: Thousands Push For PTC; Rhode Island Offshore Demo Leaps Forward To: <aquarianm@gmail.com> Cc:
Irish renewable energy company Mainstream Renewable Power has announced eight utility-scale wind and solar projects slated to reach financial close and begin construction this year. The projects, which are spread across four continents, have a combined capacity of over 1 GW and will cost approximately EUR 1 billion. The projects [read more]
Gamesa has reached an agreement with Swedish wind farm developer Eolus Vind for the supply of four G114-2.0 MW turbines - a deal that marks the European debut of the new wind turbine model. With a rotor spanning 114 meters, the new turbine's swept area is 38% greater than that [read more]
ABB has won an order worth around $55 million to supply a submarine alternating-current (AC) power cable system for the 400 MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Norfolk, U.K. Dudgeon Offshore Wind Ltd., a company owned by Statoil and Statkraft, placed the order, and the underwater [read more]
Iberdrola says it has completed a two-year demo project to create new power-frequency and voltage-control equipment and systems to optimize the connection between wind farms and electricity transmission grids. According to Iberdrola, the Syserwind project was a collaboration with Gamesa, Red Electrica de Espana (REE) and the Institute for Technological [read more]
Renewable energy provided 13% of U.S. electricity generation in 2013, up from 12% in 2012 and just 8% in 2007, according to a new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). The report, produced for The Business Council for Sustainable Energy, covers renewables, energy efficiency and natural gas. The report [read more]
Wind developer BayWa r.e. Wind LLC has placed its 19.8 MW Brahms project in service. Located in Curry County, N.M., the project comprises 12 units of 1.65 MW Vestas V82 turbines. The company says commissioning occurred four months after construction began. In addition, BayWa notes it is preparing its next [read more]
Siemens has won a contract to supply seven of its SWT-3.0-113 direct-drive wind turbines for the 21 MW Holzacker-Knorburg community wind project, located between the north German municipalities of Enge-Sande and Stadum. The SWT-3.0-113 has a rotor diameter of 113 meters and a hub height of 92.5 meters. Delivery and [read more]
On Feb. 7, President Barack Obama signed into law the Agricultural Act of 2014, also known as the Farm Bill. Among a variety of provisions meant to help support rural Americans, the legislation includes $881 million in mandatory funding for the Energy Title program. The revamped Rural Energy for America [read more]
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) has approved cost recovery for three wind power purchase agreements recently signed by Public Service Co. of Oklahoma (PSO). The contracts, totaling 600 MW, are for NextEra Energy Resources' Seiling Wind project, TradeWind Energy's Goodwell Wind project, and Apex Clean Energy's Balko Wind project. According [read more]
Iberdrola Renewables has handed checks totaling over $2.7 million to local officials in Van Wert and Paulding counties, Ohio, to commemorate the first of annual payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) from the Blue Creek Wind Farm. The developer says the 304 MW wind farm is the largest in Ohio [read more]
JustGreen, a subsidiary of Just Energy Group Inc., has announced that the City of Joliet, Ill., has purchased renewable energy certificates (RECs) to help offset its greenhouse gas emissions and electricity use for the next three years. According to JustGreen, the RECs purchased by Joliet are sourced from 100% U.S. [read more]
Under EU merger regulation, the European Commission has approved the offshore wind joint venture (JV) between Vestas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). According to the commission, "[T]he proposed acquisition would not raise competition concerns, in particular because there are only minimal overlaps between the activities carried out by the parties." [read more]
The Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (IWES) is constructing an oil sensor test stand on its grounds in Bremerhaven, Germany. As the institute explains, wind turbines are increasingly being equipped with oil sensors to monitor the condition of the gearboxes, and the project aims to provide [read more]
Germany-based engineering company GICON has received a U.S. patent for its SOF floating offshore wind turbine foundation. The company's patent lasts until July 2017, with an extended protection running until January 2029. According to GICON, the SOF can be deployed in both shallow water (from 65 ft. onwards) and deep [read more]
No comments:
Post a Comment