As noted in an article yesterday, I’ve been very busy in the past month (well, months…) moving into a new home and following the birth of a sweet little cleantech lover. Inevitably, “roundup articles” of important or interesting cleantech news we didn’t cover dropped off as a result. With a big backlog … [continued]
Here’s a nice short piece from one of our readers: By Bob Wallace Recently someone was saying that renewables weren’t replacing fossil fuels. I decided how to see how one might clearly demonstrate that they are. I took the electricity market share for fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables from 2000 … [continued]
Look out, gasoline: here comes micro wind. Four US micro wind turbine companies are splitting a new $1.3 million grant aimed at cutting costs.
I’ve already posted about the biggest highlights of Abu Dhabi Ascent*, at least from what I saw there. Links to those stories are below. However, aside from those stories, here are videos of other highlights from the short event: Greg Barker on Climate Action and Progress Renewable Energy Is Absolutely … [continued]
Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute By Laurie Guevara-Stone Many Native American reservations sit on large quantities of coal. Others are rich with oil deposits. In fact, much of the development that occurred in the American West would not have been possible without the energy and mineral resources that have been … [continued]
Originally published in the ECOreport. Offshore wind farms provide seals with a Buffet. The turbines are essentially an artificial reef. They became home to marine invertebrates, fish, crabs, lobsters, fouling animals, and plants. They have also caught the attention of at least 11 seals to forage around two facilities: Alpha Ventus … [continued]
Global prospects for wind power are rising despite disappointing 2013 numbers, say analysts at Navigant Research. Although the wind industry worldwide added 36,134 MW in 2013, for the first time in nearly a decade, new installed wind power fell below that of the year before. The graph below indicates a 20% … [continued]
Gamesa recently announced two new US & Mexico wind projects, boosting its presence in the Americas. The Spanish wind turbine manufacturer is supplying two new orders totaling 290 MW, according to its website. Gamesa will work with EDP Renovalvels (EDPR) to supply 95 of its G114-2.0MW at the Waverly Wind Farm located … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy by Giles Parkinson. Wind energy has a significant impact on wholesale prices, particularly in those peak demand events when fossil fuel generators used to make most money. New research from the University of Queensland has added more understanding about why fossil fuel generators hate wind energy, and … [continued]
A new report has found that the number of incidents of wind turbines catching fire are a sizeable issue for the wind industry, and a problem that is not being accurately reported on, with an estimated ten times more fires occurring than are actually being reported. The new report from … [continued]
