Deepwater wind energy turbines off the coast of Maine could be producing electricity that is cost competitive with conventional generation techniques within the next 10 years. The Portland (ME) Press Herald reports that a study from the University of … [Read more...]
DOE finalizes $96.8M loan guarantee for Oregon Geothermal Project; supercritical binary geothermal cycle
Thursday 02/24/ By Leave a Comment
The US Department of Energy (DOE) finalized a $96.8 million Recovery Act supported loan guarantee to a project sponsored by US Geothermal, Inc. to construct a 23 megawatt (net) geothermal power project in Malheur County, in southeastern Oregon. DOE … [Read more...]
UK’s First Wind Farm, Now 20 Years Old, Refurbished & Relaunched
Tuesday 02/22/ By Leave a Comment
It may often seem that wind power is still in its infancy, or at least its childhood, adolescence (or some other metaphor implying there's still lots of growth and development but not nearly doing all that it could and should), but commercial wind … [Read more...]
Conergy Unit Plans $2.7 Billion Australian Wind Farms
Tuesday 02/22/ By Leave a Comment
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Terrapass Pioneers Capture of Abandoned Mine Methane With Carbon Offset Funds
Sunday 02/20/ By Leave a Comment
Reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to safe levels is not only achieved by switching to nice clean new sources of electricity like solar and wind, but also by cleaning up after a nasty legacy of dirty old energy sources like coal. Methane … [Read more...]
Scotland’s commercial windfarm site leases headed sky high
Friday 02/18/ By Leave a Comment
Wind Energy Update speaks to property consultant CKD Galbraith’s analyst, Mike Reid, about the factors placing an upward pressure on commercial wind farm leases, and how UK budget cuts will negatively impact UK wind developers.Read … [Read more...]
Politicians pay attention to wind
Friday 02/18/ By Leave a Comment
There have been many developments in Wyoming's wind legislation. Though not all bills have passed, they have created a conversation between wind-industry representatives and state officials, who know the economic potential of their state's wind … [Read more...]
Successful wind farm gets overlooked in current wind siting debate
Friday 02/18/ By Leave a Comment
Madison Gas and Electric issued a news release and a video on the tenth anniversary of the successful Rosiere Wind Farm: MADISON, Wis. – (Business Wire) Wisconsin’s first large-scale wind farm began producing clean, renewable electric … [Read more...]
Gamesa Partners With Chinese Firms to Develop 600 MW of Wind in China
Friday 02/18/ By Leave a Comment
02/18/2011 - Gamesa, a global wind turbine manufacturer and wind farm developer, said it has signed two new agreements with Guangdong Nuclear Wind Power and China Huadian New Energy Development to develop a total of 600 MW wind projects in Jilin … [Read more...]
Gov. Walker trying to subvert property rights
Thursday 02/17/ By Leave a Comment
From a guest column by Mark Hirsch of Platteville in the Dubuque Telegraph Herald: In 2009, after years of acrimonious debate regarding the impact of wind-energy facilities on local communities, the Wisconsin Legislature directed the Public Service … [Read more...]