Report: Giant turbines would make Sahara more inhabitable

Analysis: Corporate collaboration can drive renewable VPPAs | Carlyle unit to scoop up wind trio in N.Y. | 21 200-foot turbine blades are headed through R.I. Created for aquarianm@gmail.com |  Web Version September 7, 2018 News for wind power professionals and advocates SIGN UP ⋅   FORWARD Industry Update Analysis: Corporate collaboration can drive renewable VPPAs Aggregation -- a process in which two or more corporate entities work together to acquire assets -- is a huge opportunity for virtual power purchase agreements with renewables, writes Roberto Zanchi, a senior associate at the Rocky Mountain Institute's Business Renewables Center. Akamai, Apple, Swiss Re and Etsy recently partnered, for example, to secure PPAs for 125 megawatts of wind and 165 MW of solar. GreenBiz/Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (9/6)       Carlyle unit to scoop up wind trio in N.Y. The Carlyle Group's Zephyr Wind Energy unit has agreed to purchase three wind farms in New York with a combined capacity of 612 megawatts. The trio represents 29% of the state's total wind generating capacity. Renewables Now (Bulgaria) (tiered subscription model) (9/7)       21 200-foot turbine blades are headed through R.I. The Port of Davisville in Rhode Island has received 21 200-foot-long turbine blades and they're gradually being transported via truck to a site in Johnston, where Green Development is developing a 21-megawatt project. Each blade will travel on a single truck with a police escort. Warwick Beacon (R.I.) (9/6)       Are You Ready to Grow? Software companies must capitalize on new growth opportunities or risk slowly declining into irrelevance. When a software company can go from being classified as a startup to seeing its IPO within a few years, finding a business system that can keep up with the pace of change is a challenge. Download ebook to learn more! ADVERTISEMENT Project Focus Vattenfall launches 11-turbine offshore wind farm in Scotland Vattenfall has achieved full operations at 11-turbine, 93.2-megawatt European Offshore Wind Deployment Center located off the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland. BBC (9/7)       Operations & Maintenance Q&A: Drones, AI are revolutionizing wind inspections Drones, artificial intelligence and special software are changing how wind turbines and industrial sites are inspected, says Vincent Lecrubier, co-founder of drone software company Sterblue. "Sterblue is both cheaper and faster than other traditional solutions, so we believe we could allow to increase the frequency of wind turbines inspections," he says. CleanTechnica (9/6)       Economy, Energy & Trends Senvion taps Yves Rannou as its new CEO Senvion has named Yves Rannou, formerly of General Electric and Alstom, as its new CEO, effective March 2019 or earlier. "I am thrilled and honored to be joining Senvion at a truly exciting time for the wind industry," says Rannou. North American Windpower online (9/6)       Report: Giant turbines would make Sahara more inhabitable Researchers have found that the widespread use of giant turbines in the Sahara would raise air temperatures, encourage more rainfall, increase ground-level wind speeds and overall make the semiarid region more inhabitable and able to grow produce. "Renewable energy can have multiple benefits for climate and sustainable development," wrote a group of University of Maryland researchers. Discover magazine online (9/6),  Los Angeles Times (tiered subscription model) (9/6)       Policy Watch Opinion: Carbon pricing would spur renewables innovation Research from the Information Technologies and Innovation Foundation reports that carbon pricing would spur renewables innovation as well as curb carbon emissions, writes Eric Enberg, group leader of the Duluth Citizens' Climate Lobby in Minnesota. "This in turn lowers the cost of the transition to a renewable energy future," he writes. Duluth News Tribune (Minn.) (9/6)       AWEA News AWEA signs the Transportation Electrification Accord Today, AWEA joins Fortune 500 companies, including automakers and electric utilities, consumer advocates, labor groups, and other organizations to sign the Transportation Electrification Accord. We couldn't be more excited to join this diverse and growing list of companies and organizations working to evolve our transportation sector in a manner that not only provides economic and social benefits, but also recognizes renewable energy's critical role in electrification across the country. Read more. Into the Wind blog (9/7)       Learn more about AWEA: AWEA Home | Events | Take Action AWEA Facebook | AWEA Twitter | AWEA LinkedIn CAREERS IN WIND powered by Director, Offshore Development INVENERGY LLC - Chicago, Illinois Lead Scientist / Consultant APEM INC -  View More Listings | Post a Job To shirk your duty when you see it before you shows want of moral courage. Confucius, philosopher and teacher      These stories were selected and summarized by independent editors at SmartBrief Inc., not by AWEA's staff, and do not represent AWEA positions. They reflect the variety of daily coverage of American wind power. 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