This Siemens wind power video is awesome. Well thought out, well implemented, clever, attractive, excellent. Check it out: Notably, wind power is now the cheapest form of electricity in many (perhaps most) places. Even without proper pricing of pollution (which would make coal and natural gas electricity much more … [continued]
Yet another one of the great speakers who will be at Total Energy USA this year is Jonathan Kraft of The Kraft Group. Due to our relationship with the conference, like my interview opportunity with Gordon Gill of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, I had the chance to interview Jonathan Kraft this … [continued]
General Motors (GM) and ABB have successfully converted used Chevy Volt batteries into a modular microgrid energy storage system that can support distributed generation and provide emergency back-up power. […]
Texas, a state better known for oil production, just hit an all-time record of 8,521 MW from wind power (sent to its largest grid). 8,368 MW sent to the grid from wind power was the previous record. It was achieved twice this year, as well. The day when 8,521 … [continued]
By Emily Reyna, reposted from EDF While millions of Americans recover from the Sandy-Nor’easter extreme weather event combo, and even as President Obama’s remarks about action against a “warming planet”linger, all eyes will be on California this coming Wednesday. This is when the next big event in the climate change conversation … [continued]
Siemens Energy, one of the world’s top wind turbine manufacturers, has signed an agreement with Pattern Energy to create the Ocotillo wind project in Southern California. The new wind farm will give 265 megawatts (MW) of new wind energy in California, which is now under construction and set to … [continued]
Four wind farms in China have become operational, totaling 198 MW of capacity. In October, a large loan was obtained from China Development Bank, and the company had already secured 111 of the 132 wind turbines for the project. The project was begun in the Fall of 2011 in the Heilongjiang … [continued]
A 34-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Hancock County, Maine has now been completed, ahead of schedule, actually. Construction commenced earlier this year. The Boston-based First Wind wind farm consists of 19 wind turbines, and is capable of meeting the average energy requirements of 18,000 homes. With the facility now operating, Hancock County … [continued]
Well, that didn’t take long. Barely three weeks after the lobbying group American Energy Alliance vowed to make the wind tax credit “too toxic” for Republican legislators to support, two Republican governors joined with two Democratic governors to come through with a message of their own for Republican legislators. Spearheaded … [continued]
Net metering is a common distributed renewable energy policy in the United States, allowing individuals to “turn back” their meter (and reduce their electric bill) by generating on-site electricity. But utility accounting systems typically prevent people from sharing the output from a single, common “community” solar or wind project. … [continued]
