By Michelle Froese Fitch Solutions Macro Research (a unit of Fitch Group) has released a new report that indicates rapid renewable energy growth will have a limited impact on the overall power-generation mix. However, its findings also show that non-hydro renewables sector will reach more than 2.4 Terawatt (TW) of installed capacity by 2028 —…
By National Wind Watch BELLEVUE – A group of local citizens have filed to intervene in the proposal for a wind farm in Erie and Huron counties and they have chosen a powerful law firm to represent them. Apex Clean Energy has submitted an application to the Ohio Power Siting Board to build wind turbines…
By National Wind Watch The company proposing a wind farm for Morgan County has submitted test sites to the Federal Aviation Administration for evaluation. Apex Clean Energy and the Lincoln Land Wind project filed information for 15 599-foot turbines June 14, according to the FAA website. Apex Clean Energy said in a statement the filings…
By Michael Mazengarb OZ minerals will use a hybrid solar, wind and battery system to power its Carrapeteena Copper-Gold Mine in an effort to reduce diesel costs. The post Copper and gold turns to renewables, OZ Minerals to power site with solar, wind and storage appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more…
By Giles Parkinson Coober Pedy hybrid grid operating at world leading 70% share of renewables, and at 100% wind and solar for more than half the time. The post Coober Pedy powered by 100 per cent renewables – most of the time appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew…
By Michelle Froese Vineyard Wind’s proposed project was selected through a competitive process in May 2018 to provide clean, wind energy to customers of Massachusetts’ three electric distribution utilities. The contracts between the utilities and Vineyard Wind have already been approved. Vineyard Wind, which is developing the United States’ first-utility-scale wind farm, celebrated the opening…
By [email protected] The wind production tax credit (PTC) is heading out the door, and many in the industry are content to wave goodbye. It might seem like a no-brainer for the U.S. wind industry to push for another extension of the PTC, the main subsidy that’s fueled the market’s rise — worth an inflation-adjusted $24…
By Giles Parkinson Wind generation hits record levels in South Australia as wind farms enjoy a rare “butterfly effect” from the failure of a unit at Loy Yang A’s brown coal generator. The post Record wind output in South Australia, thanks to “butterfly” effect of failed coal plant appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article…
By National Wind Watch Raleigh, N.C. – A three-year ban on new wind farms throughout much of eastern North Carolina cleared the Senate Wednesday on a divided vote. Sponsors said, much as they did last week, that they hope to remove the moratorium language from the bill before it’s final. But Senate Bill 377 moved…
By National Wind Watch NEW LONDON – Wind turbines and private property rights were among the top concerns voiced by area residents at a Republican town hall meeting Monday. Held by the Huron County Republican Party at the New London Public Library, the meeting featured state representatives Nathan Manning and Dick Stein as panelists. The…
By National Wind Watch Ohio’s best wind resources are Iowa’s worst. So why build thousands of massive 600-650-ft. wind turbines in northwest Ohio? It’s all about the subsidies. Wind turbines aren’t green by any stretch of the imagination, although corporations have spent millions in Ohio to convince the public otherwise. Wind turbines produce energy that…
By National Wind Watch Can a wind farm owner sue a neighbor for interfering with the breeze? That question is high on the radar of renewable energy law experts as government officials push for more offshore wind development and as analysts predict that solar, wind and other alternative domestic power sources could overtake coal. An…
By National Wind Watch Residents of Wainscott and Sierra Club activists were the most vocal of attendees at public hearings June 11 on the cable connection for the South Fork Wind Farm, a 15-turbine project proposed 35 miles off the coast of Montauk. The original developers, Deepwater Wind, now a partnership between Danish energy company…
By National Wind Watch When my Grandchildren come to our place, we fly kites, watch eagles and roam the trails we have mowed along the edge of our property line. Like many people we enjoy our property from fence line to fence line. Setbacks in the agreement (suggested by Invenergy/MidAmerican) from property lines to wind…
By National Wind Watch I am glad to see West Lafayette acknowledged as a sanctuary city for wind turbines. How hard it must be to vote in favor to save the city from climate change. From what I read in the article wind turbines of a regulated height could be erected within the city limits….