Denmark is held up as one of the great success stories when it comes to wind power – and it is. Half of Denmark’s electricity consumption will be generated by wind power in just seven years time. But Denmark has other …
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Denmark: The Power of Feed-in Tariffs
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Trip North to See Xzeres, Important Player In Small Wind
I’m on my way to Portland, OR this morning to do a marketing needs assessment for Xzeres, an important player in small wind (anything under 200 kilowatts). This is a beleaguered industry if there ever were one; there have been …
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Comparing Off-Shore Wind and Nuclear Energy
Those keeping track of the Atlantic Wind Connection and its dreams to build out 60 gigawatts of off-shore wind in the shallow waters off the mid-Atlantic coast will want to check out this article. The analysis suggests that the cost …
From Machine Design: New Device for Extracting Energy from Wind
Here’s a renewable energy idea that frequent commenter Tim Kingston sent me. It doesn’t seem reasonable, but I thought I’d ask the physicists out there to comment. It’s a device that emits tiny droplets of water from electrical conductors (copper …
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From Guest Blogger Tina Samuels: Wind Energy Isn't All Hot Air
Confused about some of the facts on wind energy? Does it work as well as they say? There are tremendous benefits for having wind energy, and here are some of the top facts on the productivity of it. Number One …
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Incentives for Wind Energy Coming Back Again
I’m not sure how people in the wind industry react to news like this concerning the Production Tax Credit (PTC); I guess it’s hard to look a gift horse in the mouth. Personally, I find the continuing flip-flopping of incentives …
Those Who "Follow the Money" See That the World’s Industrial Giants Are Embracing Renewables
There are those who think that renewable energy is overhyped, won’t scale, is doomed if federal incentives get whacked, etc. Just don’t tell Siemens. One of the world’s 50 largest companies, Siemens shows no signs of curtailing its commitment to wind; …
Tagged with: ABB, General Electric, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, Renewable Energy, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Wind Energy
DONG Energy's Offshore Wind Project Shows Ongoing Commitment to a Low-Carbon Future
We sure hear a lot about DONG Energy, arguably the world’s most progressive large energy company, majority-owned by the Danish government, but sporting numerous large private owners as well. Through its investment in renewables, including this 210 MW offshore wind …
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Wind Energy's Last-Minute Extension of the Production Tax Credit
Here’s an article that speaks to the on-again-off-again aspect of legislation in the U.S. with respect to incentives for renewables – in this case, wind energy. Apparently, it’s hard to find sources of capital when there are last-minute, unpredictable changes …
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MicroWind — Examining the Marketing Processes
Regular readers at 2GreenEnergy.com may have noticed the flurry of five quick blog posts over the last week or so on WindStream, a client of ours in the “microwind” space (i.e., small, inexpensive wind turbines). I thought I’d provide this …
