A so-called economic study on wind power being circulated by Exelon Corp. contains some serious errors. The report, prepared by Jonathan Lesser of Continental Economics, says wind integration costs are five times higher than they actually are. The real total integration cost for wind is under $100 million, which works out to about 3 cents/month … Continue reading Exelon-funded report inflates wind energy integration costs
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Hurricane Sandy’s impact on wind turbines minimal
As power infrastructure was in the path of Hurricane Sandy this past week, AWEA connected with wind project owners and operators to assess the impact on wind power projects in the Northeast. It appears that Hurricane Sandy has had some, but minimal, impact on the wind turbines in its path, according to early reports this … Continue reading Hurricane Sandy’s impact on wind turbines minimal
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Voice of America article on wind energy and birds lacks context
Voice of America carried an article on wind, birds and bats recently that unfortunately veered toward the sensational, focusing on lawsuits by environmental groups and failing to provide balance and factual context. What was missing? Wind farms are not a major source of bird fatalities. The wind power industry regrets the fact that birds occasionally … Continue reading Voice of America article on wind energy and birds lacks context
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American Energy Alliance errs with attacks on wind power
The American Energy Alliance (AEA), a fossil-fuel funded organization, has released a new document attacking wind energy. The document purports to be a “study” based on “research,” but contains no new information or analysis—it is simply an advocacy piece that is entirely subjective, funded by an organization with a particular point of view. The AEA … Continue reading American Energy Alliance errs with attacks on wind power
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Negative oriented personality traits and wind turbine sound
An interesting paper has appeared on ScienceDirect, discussing the results of psychological testing and sound measurements conducted at households near 10 small wind turbines in the United Kingdom. According to the abstract of “The influence of negative oriented personality traits on the effects of wind turbine noise,” the goal of the research was to “[assess] … Continue reading Negative oriented personality traits and wind turbine sound
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Electric vehicles will play a key role in reducing our dependency on foreign oil
ChargePoint is the world’s largest network of independently owned charging stations for electric vehicles. ChargePoint today announced it has joined the Green Parking Council. The Green Parking Council is a not-for-profit organization providing leadership and oversight of the green conversion of parking facilities to sustainable, environmentally responsible assets. As GPC’s newest Bronze Level member ChargePoint … Continue reading Electric vehicles will play a key role in reducing our dependency on foreign oil
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Onshore wind has important role to play in the UK’s future, Energy Secretary says
It’s been a tumultuous week for the wind power sector in the UK with reports and developments underscoring the industry’s benefits while a furor was breaking out over whether Energy Minister John Hayes had overstepped his position on the popular renewable technology. By Thursday, Green Party MP Caroline Lucas was wondering publicly if Hayes’s mis-directed … Continue reading Onshore wind has important role to play in the UK’s future, Energy Secretary says
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Arise Windpower buys 300MW of onshore wind farm projects
Sweden’s Arise Windpower has agreed to purchase three onshore wind energy projects from Ownpower with a combined capacity of 300MW. Arise Windpower AB (publ) (“Arise”) (STO:AWP) has concluded a conditional agreement with Ownpower Projects AB (“OPP”) for the acquisition of a fully permitted project in Bräcke (60 MW) and two projects in the permit application … Continue reading Arise Windpower buys 300MW of onshore wind farm projects
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Wind energy operation and maintenance costs plummet
The wind energy sector is making significant improvements not just in the capital cost and performance of its wind turbines, but also in the ongoing cost of operating and maintaining (O&M) them once installed. This is the message from the inaugural issue of the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Wind Operations and Maintenance Price Index, just … Continue reading Wind energy operation and maintenance costs plummet
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Rice team boosts silicon-based batteries
Researchers at Rice University have refined silicon-based lithium-ion technology by literally crushing their previous work to make a high-capacity, long-lived and low-cost anode material with serious commercial potential for rechargeable lithium batteries. The team led by Rice engineer Sibani Lisa Biswal and research scientist Madhuri Thakur reported in Nature’s open access journal Scientific Reports on … Continue reading Rice team boosts silicon-based batteries
Continue readingBuilding a Wind-Centered Economy
In the race to transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy and avoid runaway climate change, wind has opened a wide lead on both solar and geothermal energy. Solar panels, with a capacity totaling 70,000 megawatts, and geothermal power plants, with a capacity of some 11,000 megawatts, are generating electricity around the world. … Continue reading Building a Wind-Centered Economy
Continue readingA walk among the clouds – EWEA visits a wind farm
On a recent late-October morning, EWEA staff set off early from our offices in Brussels to visit a wind farm. For many of us, it would the first time to get so close to the energy-producing giants that we spend our time promoting. The sun rose and we were confronted with a thick blanket of … Continue reading A walk among the clouds – EWEA visits a wind farm
Continue readingNational governments must create stable investment environments for renewables, WWF
Recently some national governments in Europe have made changes to their support mechanisms for renewable energies that have created an environment of insecurity for the wind energy sector. However, a new report by the WWF says that such policies create needed certainty for renewable energy investors, backing up a view held by EWEA. Uncertainty about … Continue reading National governments must create stable investment environments for renewables, WWF
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Stanford scientists build the first all-carbon solar cell
Stanford University scientists have built the first solar cell made entirely of carbon, a promising alternative to the expensive materials used in photovoltaic devices today. The results are published in the Oct. 31 online edition of the journal ACS Nano. “Carbon has the potential to deliver high performance at a low cost,” said study … Continue reading Stanford scientists build the first all-carbon solar cell
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Wind Power from the Gobi Desert
Since last year’s nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan has established the legal frameworks for an accelerated domestic transition to renewables as an alternative to nuclear power. The DESERTEC Foundation and the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation (JREF) are working together towards an alternative that will bolster Japan’s transition to clean, affordable and reliable sources of clean … Continue reading Wind Power from the Gobi Desert
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GE empowers Kennedy Renewables to develop company’s first wind farm
Next month, Kennedy Renewables’ Little Raith Wind Farm will be fully operational in Fife, Scotland. Little Raith, powered by GE (NYSE: GE) wind turbines, marks the culmination of a new relationship between GE and Kennedy Renewables resulting in an important milestone for Kennedy: the company’s first wind project. “Brian is an entrepreneur with a dream … Continue reading GE empowers Kennedy Renewables to develop company’s first wind farm
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E.ON Climate & Renewables secures financing for Texas wind farm
E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) North America announced today it has secured institutional equity financing of approximately $167.7 million and a commitment to fund expected capital contributions of approximately $55.9 million from a group of investors that includes JPM Capital Corporation (J.P. Morgan) and Wells Fargo Wind Holdings LLC (Wells Fargo) in exchange for a … Continue reading E.ON Climate & Renewables secures financing for Texas wind farm
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Wood Group awarded contract for major UK offshore wind farm
Wood Group has been awarded a £17 million management contract to fabricate, install, commission, operate and maintain two weather monitoring stations in one of the UK’s largest offshore wind farm developments off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast. The project will be delivered by the Wood Group Kenny business unit, including leading renewable energy consultancy SgurrEnergy. … Continue reading Wood Group awarded contract for major UK offshore wind farm
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EDF Renewable Energy Dedicates the Pacific Wind Energy Project and Catalina Solar Power Project
EDF Renewable Energy, formerly enXco, celebrates the construction and operation of two Kern County projects producing clean energy for Southern California. The 140 MW Pacific Wind Power and 143 MWp Catalina Solar Power projects were developed and contracted independently; however, their close geographic proximity to one another enabled the projects to share certain infrastructure and … Continue reading EDF Renewable Energy Dedicates the Pacific Wind Energy Project and Catalina Solar Power Project
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NextEra Energy dedicates 400 MW wind energy plant in Colorado
NextEra Energy Resources has inaugurated the 400MW Limon I and II wind farms in Colorado. Colorado now has almost 2.2GW of wind energy in place. NextEra Energy Resources held a dedication ceremony this week for the company’s Limon I and II Wind Energy Centers. The 400 MW wind power facility, located about 90 miles southeast … Continue reading NextEra Energy dedicates 400 MW wind energy plant in Colorado
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