I try to follow some of the international news scene on renewables, as well as what’s happening (or not happening) here, domestically. The common thread to most of this is that a great deal of the rest of the world …
Category: Wind Energy
Wind Farms with Compressed Air Energy Storage
I’ve added a hot new business plan to the list I’m now featuring. I spoke yesterday with Joe Speace, CEO of “Project Renewable Energy” near Kansas City, whose doing a capital raise for a wind farm that will feature compressed …
[The Vector] Wind Energy — Tilting at the Leaders in Windmills
General Electric has shown its intent to become the leading player in offshore wind power. At the start of July GE signed an agreement with two Scandinavian energy companies to install and test four floating 4MW wind turbines off the coast of Norway. The rotors on the turbines will be 110 meters in diameter, and each turbine will be capable of generating power for 1,000 homes.
[The Vector] Financing for World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
Financing arrangements for the first phase of the world’s largest offshore wind farm were agreed on 8 June. It will eventually have a capacity of 1,000 MW.
Hot Webinar on Power Transmission
I try to stay up on the more exciting goings on in power transmission because of its obvious relationship to the penetration of clean energy generally. Less than 2% of our current grid-mix in the US is renewables at this …
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy (and Global Warming Remedy). Today’s Topic: Wind Turbines
Question: Approximately what percentage of the theoretical maximum amount of energy of the wind, flowing past the familiar three-blade turbines, is extracted and moved into the turbine shaft? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: We come across numerous attempts …
[The Vector] Super Offshore Turbines in Development – Despite Difficulties
A consortium of companies in Spain are planning to build a 15 MW turbine. The turbine manufacturer Gamesa will lead the €25 million ‘Azimut’ project to build the 15 MW giant together with 11 other wind and engineering companies and …
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[The Vector] Global Offshore Wind Sector Expanding Rapidly
The global offshore wind turbine market is expected to almost double this year after record growth last year, according to a report published in October by Danish consulting company MAKE. MAKE predicts the expansion will continue into 2015. …
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[The Vector] Low Cost Power from High Altitude Winds
A near full-scale prototype of an airborne wind energy system that generates power from constant, high-speed, high-altitude winds will be tested in Piedmont, Italy, in the coming weeks. When fully operational, KiteGen should be capable of generating 3MW of power. …
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William Penn's Legacy of Peace and Environmental Stewardship
I spent my K–12 years at a Quaker school in Philadelphia, William Penn Charter. And as one would imagine, an education based on Quaker values is rife with reminders of brotherly love and peaceful resolution to conflict. In fact, the Greek …
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