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, March 28, 2014
Developers Invest Billions In Oklahoma; Firm Unveils Global Wind Market Roundup
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled that China has unfairly restricted its export of rare earth elements. Rare earth metals, such as neodymium, are used in permanent-magnet direct-drive generators in wind turbines. According to the United Steelworkers (USW) union, China produces more than 95% of all rare earths, which [read more]
California-based Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) says it delivered 22.5% of its power from eligible renewable resources in 2013 and is on track to meet the state's 33% by 2020 renewable portfolio standard. PG&E says this marks the first time that its renewable energy deliveries - including solar, wind, [read more]
TradeWind Energy Inc. has entered into 20-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) with the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) for two Oklahoma wind farms totaling 234 MW. TradeWind is developing the 136 MW Mustang Run project in Osage County and the 98 MW Breckinridge project near Enid. According to the company, [read more]
Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, has received a 67.65 MW order from Scottish energy firm SSE. Under the contract, Senvion will supply 33 Senvion MM82 wind turbines to SSE's new Strathy North Wind Farm, located near the village of Strathy in Sutherland, Scotland. The turbines [read more]
Boulder Wind Power (BWP), a Colorado-based developer of permanent-magnet generators and full power converter technology for utility-scale wind turbines, has expanded its product portfolio for onshore and offshore applications. Originally focused on developing and testing core technology for direct-drive turbines, BWP says it now offers solutions for geared turbines in [read more]
Renewable energy consultancy Natural Power says it has provided consent support for the 1.1 GW Moray offshore wind farm. The project, located off the Caithness coast in Scotland, recently received approval in the Crown Estate's Round 3 process. Renewables Ltd., a joint venture between EDP Renewables and Repsol Nuevas Energias [read more]
Although the Kansas Senate had approved a bill to repeal the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS) on Tuesday, the state House of Representatives later rejected the proposed legislation in a 77-42 vote on Wednesday. The RPS requires the state's utilities to source 20% of their electricity from renewable energy resources [read more]
Cape Wind and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. (BTMU) have added France-based Natixis and Netherlands-based Rabobank to serve as lead arrangers for the 468 MW Cape Wind project, which is being developed off the coast of Massachusetts. Natixis and Rabobank will work with BTMU to structure and arrange the [read more]
In response to a Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) request for proposals for new sources of renewable energy, developer Deepwater Wind is submitting an offer to supply Long Island with more than 200 MW from its Deepwater ONE project - an offshore wind farm planned approximately 30 miles east of [read more]
U.K.-based energy company SSE is stepping back from its offshore wind investments, a move that industry stakeholders say signals the need for policy certainty. SSE has revealed plans to reduce its stake in the approved 750 MW Beatrice offshore wind project from 75% to no more than 50%. Furthermore, the [read more]
Nordex SE has been awarded two wind contracts totaling 25 MW in the U.K. by returning customer RES. Located in North West Norfolk, the 15 MW Jack's Lane Wind Farm will have six N90/2500 turbines. The 10 MW Woolley Hill Wind Warm, located in Huntingdonshire, will feature four N100/2500 turbines. [read more]
Senvion SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, has started work in Germany to install the prototype of its new 6.2M152 offshore wind turbine. The company is building access routes to the Langen-Neuenwalde location, 20 km north of Bremerhaven, and the 6.15 MW turbine is scheduled to begin [read more]
Gamesa has entered a 49.3 MW supply contract with Chinese company CGN Wind Energy for the Chengdingsha wind farm, being built in Shandong province. The scope of the agreement calls for the installation and commissioning of 25 G97-2.0 MW class III wind turbines, which Gamesa says it designed specifically for [read more]
Californians would benefit and save money - up to $1 billion in annual generation costs - if a new direct-current transmission line connected the California grid to Wyoming's high-capacity wind energy resources, according to an economic analysis produced by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Commissioned by the Wyoming Infrastructure [read more]
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