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, September 13, 2013
Treasury Contemplates More PTC Guidance; Xcel Seeks Less Wind Power
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The City of Palo Alto, Calif., has issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking renewable energy resources. The City wants to contract for projects (or off-take shares of projects) yielding between 20 GWh and 60 GWh of electric output per year, with deliveries beginning between 2014 and 2016. The contract [read more]
EDF Renewable Energy has executed a turbine supply agreement (TSA) with GE for up to 200 MW of wind turbines. The agreement covers the supply of GE 1.85 MW models for U.S. wind projects beginning construction this year. The first turbines under the TSA will be deployed at the Hereford [read more]
Vestas has announced two new wind deals: a 48 MW order in China and a 42 MW contract in Germany. Hebei Construction and Investment Group (HECIC), an infrastructure construction corporation in Hebei province, China, has ordered 24 V100-2.0 MW wind turbines. Vestas notes this is its third supply agreement in [read more]
Westerly Wind, through its subsidiary Westerly Route 66 LLC and development partner, Big Sky Wind Energy LLC, has sold a project in Texas to a subsidiary of First Wind Holdings LLC. Route 66 Wind Power is a late-stage wind farm development project located on approximately 20,000 acres in Armstrong and [read more]
During a visit to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colo., on Wednesday, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz dedicated the new Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF). According to the DOE, the new research facility will focus on helping manufacturers, utilities, and public- and private-sector researchers [read more]
DONG Energy has inaugurated its Gunfleet Sands III demonstration project, comprising the world's first Siemens 6 MW wind turbines to be deployed offshore. Located next to the existing 172 MW Gunfleet Sands wind farm off the coast of Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, U.K., the two new Siemens turbines will undergo a [read more]
The competition authorities in South Korea, the U.S., the EU and China have cleared the merger between standards bodies DNV and GL. The new company, formally called DNV GL Group, will comprise 17,000 employees across 300 sites in more than 100 countries. The merger was originally announced in December 2012, [read more]
Goldwind reports the company has achieved the fourth and final milestone of GL Garrad Hassan's criteria for "Commercially Proven Status" in North America: 100 equivalent wind turbine years of operation above 95% availability in the market. In fact, Goldwind says the 1.5 MW permanent-magnet direct-drive platform operating in North America [read more]
Michigan-based utility Consumers Energy has signed a contract with Barton Malow Co. for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services at its $255 million Cross Winds Energy Park, a 105 MW wind farm in Tuscola County. The contract is subject to approval by the Michigan Public Service Commission. In June, Consumers [read more]
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MSPC) has approved Detroit-based DTE Energy's contract to purchase 20 MW of renewable energy from a subsidiary of Heritage Sustainable Energy, a Michigan-based wind power producer. The energy produced for DTE Energy under the 20-year contract will come from Big Turtle Wind Farm LLC, which [read more]
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recently issued a proposed decision for energy storage targets and policies to bring about rapid deployment of grid-scale energy storage in the state. According to the California Energy Storage Alliance (CESA), the proposed decision's framework provides essential goals and a timeline for the implementation [read more]
Colorado-based developer juwi Wind LLC has added Michael Hammond to its leadership team as chief financial officer (CFO). A long-time consultant in the renewable energy industry, Hammond brings with him experience with valuations, business plan development, acquisition support, project sales, financial modeling, transaction structuring and financing. According to juwi, Hammond [read more]
Renewable NRG Systems, a designer and manufacturer of resource assessment and wind turbine optimization equipment, has hired four new employees in its engineering, information technology (IT) and sales departments. Junda Zhu has joined the team as systems engineer for Renewable NRG Systems' turbine optimization product line. Zhu recently earned his [read more]
BayWa r.e. Wind LLC, a California-based turnkey developer and operator of renewable energy projects, has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with community wind developer National Renewable Solutions to acquire the development assets for the Broadview Wind Project in New Mexico. The 19.8 MW project, to be located on [read more]
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