KATE GALBRAITH, The New York Times, July 22, 2009
Some North Carolina politicians consider this type of thing an aesthetic blight — and want to ban it from the state’s peaks and ridgelines.
A furious battle over the aesthetics of wind energy has erupted in North Carolina, where lawmakers are weighing a bill that would bar giant [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Wind Turbines’
North Carolina to Ban Mountaintop Wind?
Posted in Electricity Generation, North Carolina, Offshore Energy Plan, Renewable Energy, U.S., Viewscape Issues, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Electricity Generation, North Carolina, Renewable Energy, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines on August 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Renewable Energy Has Its Price
Posted in Carbon Emissions, Electricity Generation, Energy Footprint, Energy Research, Energy Sprawl, Renewable Energy, Research, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Viewscape Issues, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Carbon Emissions, Energy Footprint, Energy Sprawl, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Impact, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbine Noise, Wind Turbines on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CATHY PROCTOR, Denver Business Journal, July 31, 2009
Wind farms and solar power plants may offer free fuel costs and no carbon-dioxide emissions, but don’t assume there’s universal support from environmentalists, according to industry observers.
“The world is changing,” said Andrew Spielman, a partner at the Denver office of Hogan & Hartson LLC who works on renewable [...]
From Coal Mine to Wind Farm in Four Years
Posted in Coal-fired Power Plants, Electricity Generation, News, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, Wyoming, tagged Coal Mine, Electricity Generation, Glenrock Wind Farm, Reclamation, Renewable Energy, Rocky Mountain Power, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Tracking, Wind Turbines, Wyoming on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DANIEL TERDIMAN, CNET, July 23, 2009
Wyoming — Walking across the former site of the Dave Johnston Mine here, about half an hour outside Casper, you’d never know that over the course of 42 years, 104 million tons of coal was taken out of the ground.
But now, instead of having a heavy carbon footprint–and coal certainly [...]
MMS and FERC Rivalry Stalls Wind Energy
Posted in DOI, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, MMS, Marine Energy, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, FERC, MMS, Obama, OCS, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wave Energy, Offshore Wind Farms, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
H. JOSEF HEBERT, The Associated Press, March 16, 2009
While the Obama administration has touted offshore renewable energy development, a turf fight between two federal agencies has stymied the government’s ability to issue rules needed to approve wind energy projects off America’s coasts.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Monday the infighting has got to stop.
“It will be resolved,” Salazar said [...]
Portugal’s Wave and Wind Energy Projects Dwindling
Posted in Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Europe, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Technical Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Aguçadoura, Economic Issues, EDP, Energy Research, Europe, Floating Foundations, Funding, Offshore Wind, Pelamis, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Technical Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, WavEC, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on March 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
PATRICK BLUM, International Herald Tribune, March 15, 2009
LISBON: Projects for wind and wave energy beset by technical snags and dwindling investment
In July, a Pelamis wave power generator, an articulated steel machine like a giant semi-submerged sausage, was towed into the deep Atlantic, off the coast of Aguçadoura in northern Portugal, and attached to a floating mooring.
By [...]
WhalePower Turbine Blades Improve Power by 20%
Posted in Biomimicry, Canada, Energy Research, News, Renewable Energy, Research, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, Windmills, tagged Biomimicry, Canada, Energy Research, Funding, Renewable Energy, Toronto, WhalePower, Wind Energy, Wind Energy Institute, Wind Farms, Wind Turbine Blades, Wind Turbines on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
TYLER HAMILTON, CleanBreak.ca, February 17, 2009
Toronto-based WhalePower, maker of the tubercle-lined turbine blades inspired by humpback whale flippers, got the results back from its first independent study in the field.
The blade design was tested on a 25-kilowatt Wenvor Technologies turbine at the Wind Energy Institute of Canada. The institude found that annualized energy production from [...]
Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland Backing Wave Energy
Posted in Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, UK, United Kingdom, Viewscape Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Aberdeen, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Ocean Energy Ltd., Renewable Energy, Scotland, Tarves, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID EWENCHIEF, The Evening Express, February 11, 2009
The Aberdeenshire Council has pointed to tides – rather than wind turbines – as the best green solution to the energy crisis. The council took part in a consultation on the Scottish Government’s Climate Change Bill, which is going through Parliament, suggesting tide and current generation would be [...]
Renewable Energy Now Looking for Economic CPR
Posted in Congress, Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Funding, Green Jobs, Green Recovery, Issue, News, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Small Solar, Solar Energy, Solar PV, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Funding, Green Recovery, NextEra, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Tax Credis, Small Solar, Solar Energy, Solar Panels, T. Boone Pickens, U.S., U.S. Congress, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
KATE GALBRAITH, The New York Times, February 4, 2009
Wind and solar energy have been growing at a blistering pace in recent years, and that growth seemed likely to accelerate under the green-minded Obama administration. But because of the credit crisis and the broader economic downturn, the opposite is happening: installation of wind and solar power is plummeting.
Factories [...]
New York Testing Small Wind on Albany Skyscraper
Posted in Electricity Generation, New York, News, Renewable Energy, Small Wind, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Wind Energy, U.S., Wind Turbines, New York, Renewable Energy, Small Wind, Electricity Generation, Albany, Small Wind Turbine, Gov. David Paterson, Corning Tower, NYSERDA on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
RICHARD RICHTMYER, AP via Forbes, February 2, 2009
New York state officials are using a small wind turbine atop Albany’s tallest building to test a big renewable energy idea.
The turbine stands 17 feet above the roof of the 41-story Corning Tower. Its 7-foot diameter blades can produce up to 1.5 kilowatts of electricity when spinning at full [...]
US Wind Energy Generating Capacity Grows by 50% in 2008
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Funding, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged AWEA, DOE, Economic Issues, Funding, MendoCoastCurrent, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on January 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 28, 2009
To Keep Momentum, AWEA Calls for Quick Approval of the Obama Stimulus Package
The massive growth in 2008 swelled the nation’s total wind power generating capacity by 50% and channeled an investment of some $17 billion into the economy, positioning wind power as one of the leading sources of new power generation in [...]
Mexico Launches $550 Million Wind Farm
Posted in Event, Funding, Mexico, News, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Spain, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Acciona, Acciona Energia, Eurus Wind Farm, La Ventosa Wind Farm, Latin America, Mexico, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Spain, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, Zapotec Indians on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press, January 22, 2009
La Ventosa, Mexico — On January 22, 2009 Mexico inaugurated one of the world’s largest wind farm projects as the nation looks for alternative energy, in part to compensate for falling oil production.
Mexico is trying to exploit its rich wind and solar potential after relying almost exclusively on petroleum [...]
Mendocino Energy
Posted in Biomimicry, Bioremediation, California, Clean Energy, Clean Technology, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Environmental, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Green Economy, Green Recovery, Issue, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, Mill Site Clean Up, News, Northern California, Obama, Ocean Energy, Patents, Renewable Energy, Research, Sea Turbine, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Sustainable, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged California, Dept. of Energy, DOE Review Team Leads, DOI Review Team Leads, FERC License, Fort Bragg, Funding, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, PG&E, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 17, 2009
Here’s the post from MendoCoastCurrent in the Citizen’s Briefing Book at President-elect Barack Obama’s change.gov site:
Renewable Energy Development (RED) federal task force
Immediately establish and staff a Renewable Energy Development (RED) federal task force chartered with exploring and fast-tracking the development, exploration and commercialization of environmentally-sensitive renewable energy solutions in solar, wind, wave, green-ag, et [...]
DONG Energy Opens Denmark’s Largest Onshore Wind Farm
Posted in Denmark, Europe, News, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Denmark, DONG Energy, Europe, MendoCoastCurrent, Offshore Wind Farms, Onshore Wind Farms, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, December 9, 2008
DONG Energy and Wind Estate A/S opened the second stage of Overgård wind farm on December 2, 2008. With the construction of 10 new wind turbines next to 20 existing turbines, Overgård will now be Denmark’s largest onshore wind farm.
The wind farm, situated approx. 25 km northwest of Randers in East Jutland, [...]
Wave Energy Pilot with Grays Harbor Off Rhode Island
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, Hawaii, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Massachusettts, New Jersey, New York, News, Rhode Island, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Block Island, California, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, EPRI, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Fishermen, Governor Donald Carcieri, Grays Harbor, Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co., Hawaii, Massachusetts, MMS, New Jersey, New York, Oscillating Water Columns, Rhode Island, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
TED NESI, Providence Business News, December 5, 2008
The list of suitors lining up to develop renewable energy projects off Rhode Island’s coastal waters is getting longer.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has begun reviewing a permit application from Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co., a year-old company based in Seattle, to build 100 large towers that [...]
The Energy Ball: Small Wind with Style
Posted in Europe, News, Small Wind, Sweden, Wind Energy, Windmills, tagged Europe, Home Energy, Small Wind, Sweden, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, Windmills on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m loving this design! LKBlog
MATTHEW MCDERMOTT, Treehugger.com, September 4, 2008
Designed by Swedish company Home Energy, the Energy Ball breaks from most wind turbine design by using a spherical structure. Home Energy says that by using such a design significantly higher aerodynamic efficiency can be achieved, as compared to traditional designs. What’s more the Energy Ball [...]
Swift Wind Now Selling Small Wind Turbines
Posted in Michigan, News, Small Wind, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, Windmills, tagged MendoCoastCurrent, Michigan, Small Wind, Swift Wind Turbine, U.S., Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, December 8, 2008
In late October 2008 Michigan-based Cascade Engineering launched the Swift Wind Turbine in North America.
“With rising energy costs and increased environmental consciousness, we’ve seen more people turning to small wind. For the past several months, we’ve been inundated with requests for the Swift before we’ve even launched the product” said Michael Ford, [...]
Vestas Wins Wind Turbine Contract for Thanet Wind Farm
Posted in News, UK, United Kingdom, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Thanet Wind Farm, United Kingdom, Vattenfall Wind Power, Vestas, Vestas Wind Systems, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines on December 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Energy Central News, December 02, 2008
Vestas Wind Systems has received an order to supply 100 units of its V90-3MW wind turbine for installation at the Thanet offshore wind farm, 11.3km offshore from Foreness Point in the Thames Estuary on the easternmost part of the Kent coastline in the UK. The order has been placed by [...]
EnXco Secures Wind Turbine Funding for Shiloh II
Posted in Bay Area, California, Electricity Generation, Funding, News, Northern California, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Bay Area, California, EDF Energies Nouvelles, Electricity Generation, EnXco, Funding, Northern California, PG&E, Renewable Energy, REpower, Shiloh II, Solano County, Tristan Grimbert, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SolanoCountyBusinessNews.com, November 27, 2008
Escondido-based EnXco, a subsidaiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles Co., recently announced that it has closed on the project financing for the Shiloh II Wind Energy Project under construction in the Montezuma Hills area of Solano County, California.
Lenders to the projects are Nord/LB as lead administrative agent, Dexia and Credit Industriel et Commercial; [...]
Small Wind Now Available for Homesteads
Posted in Clean Energy, Climate Change, Electricity Generation, News, Renewable Energy, Small Wind, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, Windmills, tagged Bergey Windpower, Economic Issues, Electrical Grid, Funding, Net Metering, Residential Wind Energy, Small Wind, Small-scale Wind Turbines, Southwest Windpower, Tax Credit, U.S., U.S. Congress, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on November 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
BRYAN WALSH, Time, November 20, 2008
Doug Morrell had already installed solar panels on his house in Coopersville, Michigan, but he was eager to get a little bit greener. So the 52-year-old Navy veteran bought something that might seem more at home in the Dutch countryside than in a small town in western Michigan: a personal [...]
Northern California Catching the Wind at Shiloh
Posted in California, News, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Wind Energy, U.S., California, Wind Turbines, Turbines, Iberdrola, General Electric, Gamesa, EDF, Vestas, Wind Farm, Solano County, Shiloh II, REpower, Suzlon, FPL Group, Clipper Windpower, Turbine on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
TODD WOODY @ Fortune Magazine, November 12, 2008
About 60 miles north of San Francisco, the strip malls of Solano County give way to gently rolling hills where, as far as the eye can see, wind turbines sprout from the golden bluffs overlooking the Sacramento delta. Construction on Solano’s newest turbine farm, Shiloh II, began this [...]
A Splash of Green for the Rust Belt
Posted in Biofuel, Funding, News, Peak Oil, Research, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar Thermal, Spain, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Acciona, Biofuel, Daniel M. Kammen, Funding, Maytag, Peak Oil, Rust Belt, Saudi Arabia Wind, Solar Cell, Solar Energy, Solar Panels, Spain, T. Boone Pickens, TPI Composites, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, Xunlight on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PETER S. GOODMAN, The New York Times, November 2, 2008
Newton, Iowa – Like his uncle, his grandfather and many of their neighbors, Arie Versendaal spent decades working at the Maytag factory here, turning coils of steel into washing machines.
When the plant closed last year, taking 1,800 jobs out of this town of 16,000 people, it [...]
UK Overtakes Denmark as World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Generator
Posted in Denmark, News, United Kingdom, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Denmark, United Kingdom, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on October 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
ALOK JHA, The Guardian, October 21, 2008
The United Kingdom now leads the world in generating electricity from offshore wind farms, the government said today as it completed the construction of a farm near the coast off Skegness, Lincolnshire.
The new farm, built by the energy company Centrica, will produce enough power for 130,000 homes, raising the [...]
Mighty Wind: How Long Will Economics Work in Favor of Clean Energy?
Posted in Delaware, Dept. of Energy, Economic Issues, MMS, News, OCS, Peak Oil, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Bluewater Wind Park, Delaware, Delmarva, Economic Issues, MMS, Offshore Wind Farms, Peak Oil, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines on October 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Keith Johnson, Environmental Capital in WSJ, September 15, 2008
Most of the renewable-energy business is busy fretting about the extension of federal tax credits, which expire at the end of this year. But the real story, it seems, is how clean energy’s biggest historical handicap is coming to be seen as one of its biggest selling [...]
U.S. Installed Wind Energy Tops 20,000 Megawatts
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Event, Germany, News, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged AWEA, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Germany, Horizon Wind Power, MendoCoastCurrent, PTC, Renewable Energy Systems Americas, U.S., Vestas, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, Xcel Energy on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, September 4, 2008
The American Wind Energy Association released today that the U.S. wind industry has surpassed the 20,000-megawatt (MW) installed capacity milestone, achieving in two years what had previously taken more than two decades (the 10,000-MW mark was reached in 2006). Wind now provides 20,152 MW of electricity generating capacity in the U.S., producing [...]
NYC Mayor Bloomberg Offers Windmill Power Plan
Posted in New York, News, Solar Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, Windmills, tagged Bloomberg, New York, NYC, Offshore Wind Farms, Solar Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Tidal Turbines, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, Windmills on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MICHAEL BARBARO, The New York Times, August 20, 2008
In a plan that would drastically remake New York City’s skyline and shores, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is seeking to put wind turbines on the city’s bridges and skyscrapers and in its waters as part of a wide-ranging push to develop renewable energy.
The plan, while still in [...]
Flush With Energy
Posted in Denmark, Greenland, Issue, News, Peak Oil, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Denmark, Greenland, Renewable Energy, Vestas, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, The New York Times Op-Ed, August 10, 2008
Copenhagen
The Arctic Hotel in Ilulissat, Greenland, is a charming little place on the West Coast, but no one would ever confuse it for a Four Seasons — maybe a One Seasons. But when my wife and I walked back to our room after dinner the [...]
FERC Grants Washington Coast Studies for Wind & Wave Energy
Posted in Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, News, OCS, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Environmental Issues, FERC, Fishermen, Funding, Grayland, Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co., Hyrodvolts, Olympic Peninsula, Washington, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on August 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
RACHEL THOMSON, The Daily World, August 5, 2008
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a preliminary permit to grant the Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co. the exclusive right to conduct a feasibility study for generating power from wind and wave energy on a 28-mile stretch of the Pacific Coast from Ocean Shores to Grayland over [...]
NY Chautauqua Wind Energy Helping Harness Small Wind
Posted in New York, News, Small Wind, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Bergey, Chautaugua Wind Energy, Helix Wind, New York, Small Wind, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, Windterra on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NICHOLAS L. DEAN, The Post-Journal, August 5, 2008
The wind that blows above Chautauqua County homes is an oil field waiting to be tapped, and New York’s Chautauqua Wind Energy wants to help area residents harness the free power supply.
A green energy company, the new local business intends to sell, install and maintain personal wind turbines [...]
Gamesa Sees First-half Net Profits Soar
Posted in Europe, Mexico, News, Spain, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Europe, Gamesa, Iberdrola, Mexico, Spain, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
AFP, July 29, 2008
MADRID (AFP) — Spanish wind turbine maker Gamesa Energia, a sector leader, said on Tuesday its net profits soared during the first-half at a time when record high oil prices are fueling interest in alternative energy sources.
The company posted a comparable net profit of 93 million euros ($146 million US) during the [...]
NASA Ocean Wind Maps May Reveal Best Wind Energy Sources
Posted in California, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, NASA, News, Renewable Energy, Research, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, Windmills, tagged MendoCoastCurrent, NASA, Offshore Wind, Offshore Wind Farms, QuickSCAT, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Maps, Wind Turbines on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 9, 2008
Efforts to harness the energy potential of Earth’s ocean winds could soon gain an important new tool: global satellite maps from NASA. Scientists have been creating maps using nearly a decade of data from NASA’s QuikSCAT satellite that reveal ocean areas where winds could produce energy.
The new maps have many potential uses [...]
New Jersey Briskly Planning Offshore Wind Power
Posted in Environmental Issues, Funding, Issue, Mendocino Coast Current, New Jersey, News, Research, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Windmills, tagged Environmental Issues, Fishermen, Funding, MendoCoastCurrent, New Jersey, U.S., Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 23, 2008
If the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities agrees next month to build offshore wind turbines, then projects covering as much as 40 square miles of the Atlantic Ocean could be built locally over the next several years.
Plans on file in the state BPU office here show most of the proposals favor [...]
Army Corps of Engineers Studying Tidal Energy in Cape Cod Canal
Posted in Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Massachusettts, News, Tidal Stream, U.S., Wind Energy, tagged Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Tidal Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
WickenLocal.com via Ocean Energy Council News, July 23, 2008
Consultants for the Army Corps of Engineers are conducting a study at the east end of the Cape Cod Canal to determine if it’s feasible to tap the famous waterway’s hydro-power.
The idea to harness rapid tidal flow to take advantage of alternative and renewable energy possibilities is [...]
Wind Energy Taking Off in Spain
Posted in News, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Spain, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Solar Energy, Spain, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
EuroWeekly News, July 24, 2008
The results of a study by business analysts DBK, which have just been released, show that the use of renewable energy resources is increasing rapidly here in Spain.
The energy generated from wind in 2007 rose to 13.8 Megawatts, with a projected increase to15.9 MW by the end of the year. The [...]
Rock Port, Missouri, First City Entirely Powered by the Wind
Posted in Missouri, News, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Missouri, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ScienceDaily, July 16, 2008
Rock Port Missouri, with a population of just over 1,300 residents, has announced that it is the first 100% wind powered community in the United States. Four wind turbines supply all the electricity for the small town.
Rock Port’s 100% wind power status is due to four wind turbines located on agricultural lands [...]
T. Boone Pickens Could Gain From His Energy Plan, But So Might We
Posted in Issue, News, Texas, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Mesa Power, Pickens Plan, T. Boone Pickens, Texas, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID LAZARUS, The Los Angeles Times, July 9, 2008
When a guy heavily invested in natural gas and wind power says the answer to our energy woes is natural gas and wind power, it’s hard not to smirk at his Texas-size gumption.
But let’s not be hasty.
Energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens unveiled a plan Tuesday to wean [...]
New Jersey’s Corzine Seeks Wind Farm Off East Coast
Posted in Environmental Issues, New Jersey, News, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Bluewater Wind, Environmental Technolgies, Fishermen's Energy, Jon Corzine, New Jersey, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines, Winergy Power on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
TERRENCE DOPP, Bloomberg.com, May 9, 2008
New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine wants his state to be the first in the U.S. Northeast to build an electricity-generating wind farm off the Atlantic coast.
Five companies are vying for $19 million in grants and the right to put as many as 200 windmills within 20 miles (32 kilometers) of [...]
Iberdrola Renovables, Bancaja Developing Wind Power in Valencia
Posted in Environmental Issues, Funding, News, Spain, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Bancaja, Environmental Issues, Funding, Iberdrola Renewables, Sistemas Energeticos de Levante, Spain, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
RedOrbit.com, July 8, 2008
Spanish clean energy firm Iberdrola Renovables and Bancaja have announced their participation in the wind energy plan for the region of Valencia, under the auspices of the regional government, in a bid to increase power generation in the province of Castellon.
Both companies suggested their proposal through a newly created company called Sistemas [...]
Pickens Promotes His Pickens Plan
Posted in Event, Funding, News, Peak Oil, Texas, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Funding, Peak Oil, Pickens Plan, T. Boone Pickens, Texas, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on July 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
PeakOil.com, July 8, 2008
Sweetwater, Texas — Get ready, America, T. Boone Pickens is coming to your living room.
The legendary Texas oilman, corporate raider, shareholder-rights crusader, philanthropist and deep-pocketed moneyman for conservative politicians and causes, wants to drive the United States political and economic agenda.
“We’re paying $700 billion a year for foreign oil. It’s breaking us [...]
Iberdrola Warns of Reconsideration on Energy East
Posted in Legal Issues, New York, News, Spain, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Energy East, Iberdrola, Legal Issues, Spain, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
KELLY HARRINGTON, SNL Interactive, June 18, 2008
Spanish utility Iberdrola SA will reconsider its proposed acquisition of Energy East Corp. should New York regulators “impose unacceptable” conditions on the deal, the company said.
The company’s statement comes a day after Administrative Law Judge Rafael Epstein recommended that the Public Service Commission not approve the deal. The proposal, [...]
Iberdrola’s Bid for New York Utility Hits a Hurdle
Posted in Legal Issues, New York, News, Spain, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Energy East, Iberdrola, Legal Issues, New York, Spain, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, International Herald Tribune, June 17, 2008
ALBANY: An administrative law judge advised state regulators on Monday to block a Spanish energy conglomerate’s bid to buy Energy East, a Maine-based utility with operations in four states, including New York, citing anticompetitive concerns.
The recommendation by the judge, Rafael Epstein, largely sided with an earlier recommendation by [...]
Iberdrola’s Stalled Sale Seeks Power From Wind
Posted in Economic Issues, Funding, Issue, New York, News, Spain, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Energy East, Iberdrola, New York, Spain, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NICOLAS CONFESSORE, The New York Times, June 4, 2008
ALBANY — One of the world’s largest energy companies proposed on June 3rd to build hundreds of wind turbines in New York, significantly raising the stakes in a nine-month battle with state regulators over its intended purchase of a power company.
Executives of the company, Iberdrola S.A., of [...]
Iberdrola, Gamesa Creating Strategic Company and Largest Turbine Supply Deal
Posted in Funding, News, Spain, United Kingdom, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Europe, Gamesa, Iberdrola, Iberdrola Renewables, MendoCoastCurrent, Mexico, Spain, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, June 13, 2008
Iberdrola Renewables and Gamesa Energia have signed the largest turbine supply contract ever in the wind power industry representing a total capacity of 4,500 megawatts (MW), for delivery between 2010 and 2012. The investment for wind power projects to which the turbines will be assigned is approximately €6.3 billion, a figure that [...]
National Audubon Society’s Position on Wind Power
Posted in Climate Change, Environmental Issues, Issue, News, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Audubon, Climate Change, CO2, Environmental Issues, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Summary:
Audubon strongly supports properly-sited wind power as a clean alternative energy source that reduces the threat of global warming. Wind power facilities should be planned, sited and operated to minimize negative impacts on bird and wildlife populations.
Rationale:
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has clearly stated that the impacts of climate change are here now [...]
World’s Biggest Solar Farm at Centre of Portugal’s Ambitious Energy Plan
Posted in Climate Change, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Climate Change, Manuel Pinho, Pelamis, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JOHN VIDAL, The Guardian, June 6, 2008
From a distance the bizarre structures sprouting from the high Alentejo plain in eastern Portugal resemble a field of mechanical sunflowers. Each of the 2,520 giant solar panels is the size of a house and they are as technically sophisticated as a car. Their reflective heads tilt to the [...]
Winds of Change Blow into Lackawanna
Posted in New York, News, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Lackawanna, New York, Rust Belt, Steel Winds, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
COSMO CATALANO, Matter Network, May 28, 2008
News about the advantages of switching to clean, renewable energy sources is everywhere these days. Reduced pollution, higher quality of life, lowered dependence on foreign sources and less disruption caused by fluctuating prices often top the list. But frequently, the transition from older fossil fuels is seen as a [...]
Noble Environmental Secures $62M Financing
Posted in Funding, New York, News, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged CIT Energy, Funding, MendoCoastCurrent, Noble Environmental, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, June 8, 2007
New York – CIT Energy, a provider of commercial and consumer finance solutions, today announced that it provided $62 million in financing to Noble Environmental Power, a U.S. based wind developer. The financing was secured in part by turbine supply agreements between Noble and GE.
This transaction is CIT Energy’s second with Noble [...]
Norway Transforming Wind Power into Hydrogen
Posted in Hydrogen, News, Norway, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Electrolysis, Hydrogen, Norway, StatoilHydro, Utsira, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on June 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
NINA LARSON, Agence France Presse, May 13, 2008
How to keep the lights on when all is still and the local windmill won’t budge? A small Norwegian island testing a way to store wind-generated energy for calm days may have found the answer.
The tiny, windswept island of Utsira, situated off Norway’s southwestern coast, is home to [...]
T. Boone Pickens’ $2 Billion Bet on Wind Energy
Posted in Clean Energy, News, Texas, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged General Electric, Mesa Power, T. Boone Pickens, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JENNIFER YOUSFI, Money Morning on Seeking Alpha, May 16, 2008
T. Boone Pickens made his fortune in oil. But now the Dallas oilman and famed former corporate raider is betting $2 billion that he can have the same success with a new source of energy – wind.
Pickens’ Mesa Power LLP yesterday (05/14/08) unveiled the first phase [...]
T. Boone Pickens Importing Water, Wind Power to North Texas
Posted in Aquifer Water, News, Texas, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Aquifer Water, Mesa Power, North Texas, Ogallala Aquifer, T. Boone Pickens, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JIM LANDERS, The Dallas Morning News, April 18, 2008
WASHINGTON – Dallas energy magnate T. Boone Pickens said Thursday that he plans to execute contracts as early as next week for $1.5 billion in wind turbines across four Panhandle counties to generate power for North Texas.
Mr. Pickens said he also hopes to start acquisition in May [...]
Noble Environmental Power Getting Ready for Take Off with $375M IPO
Posted in Funding, New York, News, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Funding, GE Energy, IPO, New York, Nobel Environmental, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mass High Tech, May 9, 2008
Wind farm developer Noble Environmental Power LLC has filed documents with the SEC for a $375 million initial public offering.
The Essex Conn.-based company plans to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol NEPI. Lehman Brothers, Credit Suisse and JPMorgan are serving as co-lead underwriters. A date for the offering has [...]
Shell Pulls Out of Thames Estuary Wind Farm
Posted in Economic Issues, News, United Kingdom, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Economic Issues, London Array, Shell, Thames Estuary, UK, Wind Turbines on May 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
LEWIS PAGE, The Register, May 1, 2008
Oil giant Shell has pulled out of the world’s biggest wind farm project, in a move which has cast doubt over the scheme’s future. The £2bn London Array, intended to be built in the Thames Estuary, will need to find a new backer in order to proceed.
For the London [...]
Centrica Warns on U.K. Wind Farm Costs
Posted in Economic Issues, News, United Kingdom, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Centrica, Economics, Funding, London Array, Lynn and Inner Dowsing, Shell, UK, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on May 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
BBC, May 8, 2008
Centrica, one of the UK’s biggest energy generators, has warned that the prospect of making money from wind farms is looking “marginal”.
The company says that the rising cost of off-shore wind farms could end up ruining the government’s renewable energy targets. The comments come a week after Shell withdrew from a project [...]
New York Wind Turbine Projects Under Investigation
Posted in Environmental Issues, New York, News, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Cohocton Wind Watch, Criminal Issues, Eminent Domain, Environmental Issues, First Wind of Newton, Franklin County, New York, Steuben County, UPC Wind, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
[MendoCoastCurrent Edited], The Star-Gazette, May 8, 2008
Criminal Investigation of Wind Developers & Public Officials Sought
Steuben County’s District Attorney John C. Tunney gave no comment on Wednesday to a demand from a local citizens group, Cohocton Wind Watch, for a criminal investigation of wind turbine projects in the county and a Grand Jury Investigation of suspected [...]
Canadian Wind Farm Forum Draws 300, Farms Jeered
Posted in Canada, Environmental Issues, Event, Issue, News, Ontario, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Canada, Environmental Issues, Essex County, Noise Impact, Ontario, Transmission Issues, Visual Impact, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on May 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
DOUG WILLIAMSON, The Windsor Star, May 8, 2008
The prospect of wind energy development in Essex County received mixed reviews Wednesday during a public meeting to hear comments on the county’s proposed policy for commercial wind farms.
Visual and noise impact, whether or not wind energy is a viable solution to global warming and other issues dominated [...]
