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*
Saturday, February 01, 2014
Vestas Investigates Blade Failure; Gamesa To Shut Down U.S. Factory
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The Agricultural Act of 2014 - popularly known as the farm bill - passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, paving the way for $881 million in renewable energy and energy efficiency programs. The legislation includes the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), which offers grants and loans to [read more]
EDF Renewable Energy has announced a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Southern California Edison (SCE) for the 19.8 MW Patterson Pass repowering wind project in California. The PPA was contracted through the California Renewable Auction Mechanism competitive procurement program. As part of the project, EDF says it will upgrade [read more]
The U.K.-based Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, The Crown Estate and offshore wind farm owner/operators have launched a new collaboration program aimed at improving wind turbine operational performance by increasing safety, reliability and availability, thereby cutting the cost of electricity generated from offshore wind. The SPARTA project will create a [read more]
Northland Power Inc., an Ontario-based independent power producer, has entered into agreements for the rights to acquire Typhoon Offshore B.V.'s 5% interest in Gemini, a 600 MW offshore wind project currently in advanced development in the North Sea. Subject to final documentation and board approval, this deal would boost Northland's [read more]
Boston-based developer First Wind says it achieved record growth in 2013 by securing commitments for some 750 MW in new renewable energy projects, including about 600 MW of wind power. At the start of 2013, following the extension of the federal tax credits, First Wind announced that it planned to [read more]
WindSim AS, a provider of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to the wind industry, has launched its WindSim Cloud solution, a service reporting the annual energy production for planned or existing wind farms. "Access to powerful computing resources makes cloud simulations attractive and offers an alternative to running simulations locally," says [read more]
Several factors, including austerity measures implemented in a number of European economies and boom-and-bust cycles in the U.S. caused by fluctuating policy on production tax credits, are combining to limit the growth of wind power markets across much of the developed world in the coming years, says Navigant Research. At [read more]
In a new financial report, NextEra Energy Resources reveals it added approximately 375 MW of new U.S. and Canadian wind capacity to its portfolio in 2013, bringing the total size of the wind portfolio to 10.21 GW. NextEra notes it also reached wind production levels of nearly 30 million MWh [read more]
Siemens has announced details about an order for the 182 MW Panhandle 2 wind power project, located in Carson County, Texas. The company says the project will consist of 79 Siemens SWT-2.3-108 wind turbines. Component deliveries will start in March, and commissioning of the turbines is scheduled for November. The [read more]
Electricity has been generated for the first time from the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, which is being developed by ScottishPower Renewables and DONG Energy in the Irish Sea. According to the companies, engineers have now installed 42 of the 108 Siemens turbines that will make up the [read more]
Chris Beaufait has been appointed new group senior vice president of Vestas and president of Vestas Asia Pacific and China. Beaufait, who comes from a position as president and general manager of GE Aviation in China, enters into his new position on April 1. Beaufait succeeds Danny Nielsen, chief operating [read more]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has appointed Elliot Mainzer the administrator for the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). Mainzer has served as acting administrator since July 2013. As one of four Power Marketing Administrations within the DOE, BPA markets hydropower from the Federal Columbia River Power System. BPA also owns [read more]
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