Official: US Wind Power Accounted For 42% Of New Power Capacity In 2012, Beat Natural…
2012 proved to be a record-setting year for US wind power in more ways than one even as a key federal tax credit seemed doomed to expire.
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Big Gas & Big Solar Are Big Friends, + More From Sustainable Energy In America…
Earlier today, I joined the conference call for the release of the Sustainable Energy in America 2013 Factbook, a product of Bloomberg New Energy Finance and commissioned by the Business Council for Sustainable Energy. There wasn’t any breaking new info presented, but some of the most salient clean energy and natural gas facts … [continued]
Why Boulder Has To Buy Out Its Electric Utility For A Clean Energy Future
In late 2011, citizens of Boulder, CO, voted to boot their incumbent electric utility, Xcel Energy, and form a municipal electric utility. It was the culmination of a multi-year battle to get more clean, local energy from their corporate electric overlord. In the end, city leaders and citizens agreed that … [continued]
Wind Energy Surpasses Nuclear As China’s 3rd Largest Source Of Electrical Power
Chinese wind power capacity grew to total nearly 61 GW in 2012 even as grid interconnections, curtailment, overcapacity and trade protectionism presented obstacles.
Minnesota Wind Farm Battery To Be Restarted
Xcel Energy, a Minneapolis based utility company, plans to restart a battery bank used for wind energy storage after a potential fire risk prompted its shutdown. This $4.7 million sodium-sulfur battery bank was operational for two years without a problem, however, a similar battery caught fire in Japan. It was … [continued]
EU Installed More Than One Offshore Wind Turbine Per Working Day In 2012
Installed offshore wind power capacity grew 33% in the EU in 2012, still not fast enough to meet ambitious targets, however, with policy and regulatory uncertainty, as well as grid interconnection rates hindering progress.
Speeches of Hermann Scheer Series, Speech 1: “Lipservice, Excuses, And The Lack of Courage”
Last week, President Obama took a few moments during his inauguration speech to address climate change and the need for the US to show leadership in the transition to clean energy. Since the President made some refreshingly clear statements about the most important issues of our time, I am happy that … [continued]
Canada’s First Off-Shore Wind Farm Set for B.C.
Canada’s first off-shore wind farm is taking shape, which is set to boost British Columbia’s renewable energy image.
Replay: Google On-Air Hangout About Electric Vehicles
As noted last Thursday (before the event), I joined Jeff McIntire-Strasburg and some others last week for an “on-air” discussion of electric vehicles (mostly for folks who don’t follow EV news very closely). We also got into some talk about wind power and solar power, naturally. Jeff now has the … [continued]
Honda To Install Wind Turbines At Its Russels Point Plant
Honda intends to obtain 10% of the electricity its Russells Point transmission factory requires from a pair of wind turbines. These wind turbines stand 260 feet tall; the blades will be 160 feet long and will be visible when driving through Logan County. They are to generate 10,000 MWh per year, … [continued]
