The U.S. wind power industry remains on track to continue its record run in 2008 after the sector installed 1,400 megawatts of new generating capacity in the three months ended March 21, according to figures released Wednesday.
If the pace continues, a total of 5,600 megawatts of generating power will be installed in 2008, eclipsing the [...]
Archive for May 9th, 2008
U.S. wind industry on pace for record 2008
Posted in Wind Energy on 2008-05-09 | No Comments »
Group wins 954 MW Canadian wind power order
Posted in Economics, Wind Energy on 2008-05-09 | No Comments »
The St-Laurent Énergies consortium, which includes German wind turbine maker REpower Systems AG, has been awarded five wind projects by Hydro-Quebec Distribution representing a total capacity of 954 MW in the Canadian province of Québec.
The consortium is led by EDF Energies Nouvelles (a unit of the French electric utility EDF) and includes Hydromega Services [...]
116 MW Wind Power PPA Awarded in Quebec
Posted in Economics, Wind Energy on 2008-05-09 | No Comments »
Utility company, Hydro-Quebec Distribution (HQD) has awarded two 20-year electricity supply contracts (PPAs) to Venterre, a joint venture between Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc. and TCI Renewables for the supply of 116 megawatts (MW) of electricity from two planned wind power projects.
The power will be divided between two new wind farms planned for development. Sixty-six MW [...]
Climate Models Overheat Antarctica, New Study Finds
Posted in Climate, Research on 2008-05-09 | No Comments »
Computer analyses of global climate have consistently overstated warming in Antarctica, concludes new research by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Ohio State University. The study can help scientists improve computer models and determine if Earth’s southernmost continent will warm significantly this century, a major research question because of Antarctica’s potential [...]
Austria sets CO2 emission reduction measures
Posted in Energy, Europe, Policy on 2008-05-09 | No Comments »
Austria’s government agreed measures on Wednesday that will double the proportion of alternative energy generated to 15 percent over seven years, ministers said on Wednesday.
“With this new law we can achieve 15 percent alternative energy in Austria by 2015, a doubling, with the emphasis on wind energy and hydro power,” Environment Minister Josef Proell told [...]
GM shows off fuel-cell trucks
Posted in Transportation on 2008-05-09 | No Comments »
Hydrogen-powered fuel cell SUVs were among the broad lineup of alternative-fuel vehicles General Motors Fleet and Commercial Operation (FCO) offered to fleet customers and dealers during a weeklong ride-and-drive event here.
The modified Equinox SUVs are part of a 100-vehicle fuel-cell fleet currently undergoing field and customer testing to develop commercial versions of the technology the [...]
Siemens Gets Large Wind Turbine Order From FPL
Posted in Economics, Wind Energy on 2008-05-09 | No Comments »
Siemens Energy has been awarded one of its largest wind turbine orders ever, Siemens AG said Thursday.
FPL Energy has ordered 218 Siemens wind turbines to be installed at several wind farms across the U.S. for delivery in 2009. The Florida-based energy provider is the largest operator of wind farms in the U.S. with 56 projects [...]
ITI/LMS Partnership Targets NA Wind Energy Market
Posted in Wind Energy on 2008-05-09 | No Comments »
Milford, Ohio-based International TechneGroup Inc. (ITI) and Leuven, Belgium-based Leuven Measurement and Systems (LMS) have formed the Wind Energy Alliance, an ITI/LMS collaboration that will deliver engineering services and new product development consulting to manufacturers serving the North American wind energy industry.
The alliance will provide engineering services to help reduce unscheduled downtime and equipment failure. [...]
Renewable energy ‘cheaper than gas-fired plants’
Posted in Economics, Energy on 2008-05-09 | No Comments »
Investment in renewable generation, especially geothermal and wind power, is already a better economic proposition than gas-fired plant, so a ban on the latter is not needed, Contact Energy says.
Its public affairs manager Bruce Parkes, appearing before the finance and expenditure select committee yesterday, said that also appeared to be the view of the sharemarket. [...]
Inventor, Engineering Students Explore New Type Of Solar Collectors
Posted in Research, Solar Energy on 2008-05-09 | 1 Comment »
The energy in this case involves a team of students led by chemical engineering associate professor Dr. Kevin Dahm working with a local inventor to advance a new solar thermal collector the inventor designed. The engineering students pointed out that this is the first truly new solar thermal system in more than three decades, and [...]
