By National Wind Watch IPSWICH – After sustaining damage from a fire last fall, the town’s second wind turbine is set to sit idle for the foreseeable future. Or, it may be taken down by the operator, Town Manager Tony Marino told the select board this week. But the board also got unwelcome news when…
By National Wind Watch The offshore wind-power project that became the subject of a Twitter war between federal energy regulators is moving forward with a debt financing for an estimated $2.15 billion phase, despite being shut out of part of a power auction, according to people familiar with the situation. Vineyard Wind, a joint venture…
After China connected a huge battery to a project combining solar, wind and other generation sources, a US utility project has just been announced which will likewise combine solar and wind with a grid-scale battery. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: PV-Tech
By Christopher Hopson in London Lekela looks for 2021 operational date for project that will help Egypt towards 20% wind target Read Full Article Here For more great articles: www.rechargenews.com
By National Wind Watch NORTH BRANCH – Lapeer County Citizens WindWatch, a group of northern Lapeer County residents concerned about the possible effects of a proposed wind turbine project in their communities will hold a Wind Energy Policy Forum at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 19) at the North Branch Wesleyan Church. The meeting will feature…
By Joshua S Hill Offshore wind manufacturing giant MHI Vestas has been selected as preferred supplier by Spanish electric utility Iberdrola to supply its 9.5 megawatt (MW) wind turbines for the 476 MW Baltic Eagle project set to be built in German waters of the Baltic Sea. Read Full Article Here For more great articles:…
By Michelle Froese Skyline Renewables has purchased a 117-MW wind portfolio from NJR Clean Energy Ventures (CEV), the clean energy subsidiary of New Jersey Resources. The U.S. wind farms are located in Iowa, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming providing clean renewable energy to major population centers across the country. With this latest acquisition, Skyline Renewables says…
By Michelle Froese Developers in the U.S. purchased sufficient equipment to qualify 6.6 GW of new wind power capacity in 2018 for 60% production tax credits (PTC) under the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) safe harbor provision law, found recent analysis carried out by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables. The Wood Mackenzie report also shows that…
By National Wind Watch Just a reminder to everyone of the Ohio Power Siting Board meeting April 23. It is important that all who are concerned have a chance to voice or submit their input about the wind farms proposed for our area. It will be at the Marion Center, 235 Miami St., on the…
By Sophie Vorrath First of 149 turbines installed at site of one of Australia’s biggest, lowest cost, wind energy developments, the 530MW Stockyard Hill Wind Farm in western Victoria. The post First turbine installed at 530MW Stockyard Hill wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Joshua S Hill Corporate clean energy procurement levels skyrocketed in 2018 according to a raft of new reports which highlight the continued dominance of the technology and data industry in driving clean energy purchasing and the increasing importance of the wind energy industry in supplying the necessary clean energy. Read Full Article Here For…
By National Wind Watch This is in response to a letter from Sunday from Keith den Hollander of the Christian Coalition. He mentions Isabella County and how a special use permit was recently approved for Apex Clean Energy to build 157 turbines in five of our townships. While entitled to his opinion, den Hollander paints…
By [email protected] Last week, parts of the Midwest and Northeast reached nostril-freezing temperatures, with windchill levels plunging below -60 degrees F in some areas. Amid the dangerously frigid temperatures, the Trump administration’s recent policy efforts to boost coal and nuclear power meant there was extra attention paid to how different sources of electricity handled the…
By Kelly Pickerel According to an analysis by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), natural gas dominated new electrical generating capacity in 2018. However, renewable energy sources (biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) seem poised to swamp fossil fuels as new generating capacity is added over the…
By Karl-Erik Stromsta in New York Kevin Walsh, the retiring head of renewables at GE-EFS, on repowering, wind’s race against solar, and what comes next Read Full Article Here For more great articles: www.rechargenews.com