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, May 10, 2013
Big Names Tout Wind Energy; Utility Plans 1 GW Build
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Google likes wind energy. So does Motorola and Bloomberg. Ditto Walmart, which intends to become even more active in wind energy procurement. "Walmart is open for business when it concerns wind," Greg Pool, Walmart's senior manager for renewable energy and emissions, told a packed crowd during the Corporate Purchasers of [read more]
In light of the recent federal production tax credit (PTC) extension, MidAmerican Energy Co. says it wants to invest $1.9 billion to add up to 1.05 GW of wind generation in Iowa by year-end 2015. If approved by the Iowa Utilities Board, MidAmerican says the proposed expansion will add to [read more]
Xcel Energy has announced an expanded agreement with the Boulder, Colo.-based National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) for renewable energy forecasting. NCAR previously designed a wind energy prediction system for the utility company beginning in 2009. In the next two years, NCAR scientists and engineers will develop custom forecasting systems [read more]
The Wind Energy Institute of Canada, an independent research and testing institute, has chosen S&C Electric Canada Ltd. for the supply of a battery energy storage system (BESS) to be installed at the institute's Wind R&D Park in Prince Edward Island. The BESS will be composed of two primary components: [read more]
PacifiCorp has begun construction of the high-voltage, 160-mile Sigurd to Red Butte transmission line to serve customers throughout six western states. In addition, the company has announced the completion of its 100-mile Mona to Oquirrh transmission line, which will begin serving customers May 17. Both projects are located in Utah. [read more]
In the first quarter of this year (Q1'13), Vestas generated EUR 1.096 billion of revenue - a 1% decrease from Q1'12, according to the company's interim financial report. Other results from Q1'13 include making and shipping 613 MW, a 34% decrease from Q1'12; delivering wind energy systems worth a total [read more]
Renewable energy consultancy SgurrEnergy has concluded a one-year wind measurement campaign in Hong Kong using its Offshore Risk Quantification Analysis (ORQA) platform. The project began in March 2012 and was carried out on behalf of The Hongkong Electric Co. Ltd. (HK Electric), which is looking to develop an offshore wind [read more]
The MaRS Cleantech Fund has completed a venture deal with Toronto-based energy storage firm Hydrostor, whose technology converts surplus electrical energy to underwater compressed air and stores it for use at peak times. "Our fund targets technologies that change the energy game, and low-cost storage is at the top of [read more]
GE will supply 59 of recently debuted 1.7-100 wind turbines to NextEra Energy Resources LLC's wind farm planned for the thumb region of Michigan. GE says the 1.7-100 wind turbine is the second "brilliant" wind turbine in its portfolio, following the 2.5-120. The 1.7-100 advances the company's 1.6-100 wind turbine [read more]
The University of Maine's (UMaine) Advanced Structures and Composites Center has introduced VolturnUS, a floating offshore wind turbine prototype to be deployed off the coast of Maine. The approximately 65-foot-tall turbine prototype is a 1:8 scale of a 6 MW, 423-foot-rotor diameter design, and UMaine says the program goal is [read more]
Cheswick, Pa.-based PPG Fiber Glass has sold its 50% interest in the PPG-Devold fiber glass joint venture to Hexagon Devold, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hexagon Composites. The 50-50 joint venture was created in 2007 to manufacture glass fiber reinforcement fabrics for use in turbine blades for wind energy. PPG [read more]
Colorado State University's Center for the New Energy Economy (CNEE) has announced the rollout of the Advanced Energy Legislation (AEL) Tracker, a new online database of energy-related state legislation pending in all 50 states. "If we look at where the country is going on advanced energy policy, overwhelmingly that transition [read more]
California-based utility Imperial Irrigation District (IID) has chosen Abengoa to work on the Path 42 power transmission project. The project is an extension of IID's power network meant to help increase capacity and enable access to new sources of renewable energy in California. The contract involves the reconductoring of a [read more]
SMUD - Assistant Superintendent Power Generation Renewable Assets
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