By National Wind Watch The Social Democratic Party (SPD) has proposed a new answer to people complaining about wind farms in Germany: offering money to those willing to live near them. “Those people who accept windmills in their neighborhood, and so make the expansion of renewable energy possible, should be rewarded,” SPD environment spokesman Matthias…
By National Wind Watch RUSHFORD – The Allegany County Industrial Development Agency is facing criticism for scheduling a public hearing on the controversial Alle-Catt Wind Farm between the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Invenergy, the corporate parent of Alle-Catt Wind Farm, has applied to the IDA for $1.35 million in sales tax exemptions for construction…
By National Wind Watch Six wind farms have missed a December 31st deadline to install new “Aircraft Detection Lighting Systems” on their turbine towers, as required by state law.. Those wind farms were permitted after June of 2016. That new system replaces the blinking red lights or strobes on wind towers, and only light up…
By [email protected] Spanish renewable power giant Iberdrola has completed work on what it claims is the largest solar project ever built in Europe. The 500-megawatt Núñez de Balboa is now undergoing testing with Spanish grid operator Red Eléctrica de España (REE) and is expected to be in full commercial operation this quarter. Europe’s previous largest…
By [email protected] Predicting the future is easy; getting the exact timing is very hard — especially with all the emerging technologies and requirements facing the solar and storage industry. So this year I’m giving myself a whole decade to get these behind-the-meter energy system predictions mostly right. 1. Storage will be standard with solar…. Solar-only…
By [email protected] Ørsted and RWE have been fined £4.5 million ($5.9 million) each for their part in a major U.K. blackout last August. A lightning strike on August 9 triggered a series of unlikely events that ultimately took offline the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Ørsted’s Hornsea One. At that time, 880 megawatts of the…
By Energy in Depth Climate activist and researcher Naomi Oreskes suggested in a recent interview that journalists shouldn’t speak to energy producers, and that energy companies’ speech should be regulated on social media, because she considers what they have to say to be propaganda. Thankfully, Oreskes isn’t in charge of making those decisions, but her…
By [email protected] (Bengt Halvorson) Honda isn’t sounding as bullish about electric cars as it did a couple of years ago; think hybrids instead. Tesla finishes the decade on a strong note and aims globally in 2020. And BMW could be working on an electric flagship sedan to rival the Model S and Audi E-Tron GT….
By Andrew Lee Industry experts say phenomenon a factor at ‘any wind farm, onshore or offshore, large or small’ Read Full Article Here For more great articles: www.rechargenews.com
Suzlon’s stock has risen 45% since the turn of the year, amid reports that the troubled OEM plans to ask lenders for a 68% discount on restructuring its debts. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Wind Power News & Analysis RSS Feed
By [email protected] (Bengt Halvorson) Honda has said that it wants electrified vehicles to make up two-thirds of its global sales by 2030. That goal is nothing new; it was announced back in 2016. What is new is that Honda plans to emphasize hybrids (and perhaps plug-in hybrids) over electric vehicles, well into the next decade….
By Robin Lancaster Geotech probe planned for Polish offshore duo Read Full Article Here For more great articles: reNEWS – Renewable Energy News
By Alice Grundy Shell Energy has boosted its Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) tariff to 3.5p per kWh, two days after the scheme was introduced. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: News – Solar Power Portal