Massachusetts Supreme Court grants Cape Wind all state and local permits

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Excerpt: First off-shore U.S. wind farm moves ahead, will bring 1,000 green jobs to Massachusetts The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld the ruling of a state energy board that had granted all state and local permits to Cape Wind, clearing the way for America’s first off-shore wind farm to pr …

The story below the first full-scale floating wind turbine

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Excerpt: The innovative offshore floating Hywind wind turbine, moored in the North Sea off the Norwegian coast, demonstrates how Trelleborg Offshore’s syntactic foam buoyes contributes to the future of offshore power generation. “People see the tower and turbine, but forget that the expertise in desi …

Handling lightning on a North Dakota wind farm

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Excerpt: North Dakota’s flat plains and strong, steady winds make it ideal for wind farms. But this part of the country is especially susceptible to extreme weather conditions. Summer brings the threat of lightning strikes to the 300-foot tall turbines and brutally cold temperatures are commonplace in …

Thousands experience renewable energy future at first Solar and Wind Expo

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Excerpt: Alan F. Cohen, Communications Director, The Solar and Wind Expo The renewable energy future was on display for all to see at the first Solar and Wind Expo, held at the Maryland State Fairgrounds outside of Baltimore May 7 to 9. Thousands flocked to the Expo to check out solar, wind, and geo …

NREL Study Shows Power Grid Can Accomodate Substantial Increase In Wind & Solar

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Excerpt: The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently released an initial study assessing the operational impacts and economics of increased contributions from wind and solar energy producers on the power grid. The Western Wind and Solar Integration Study examines the benefits and challen …

Hydrogen provides a way to store excess wind power

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Excerpt: Robert McGillivray/ Director, Renewable Energy/ Hydrogenics Corp./ Mississauga, Ontario, Canada/ hydrogenics.com Editors note: One problem with wind power is that when the wind blows strong, the power it generates is either used or lost. In Europe, the utility rules are such that on windy nigh …

12 month study to compare data quality, sensor reliability in cold climates

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Excerpt: Windpole Ventures LLC of Arlington, Mass. has teamed with Garrad Hassan Americas to conduct a twelve month comparative study of ultrasonic and cup anemometers. The test will take place at locations in Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana, where winter-anemometer icing can be severe. Both sensors w …

EPA says some contaminated sites good for wind farms

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Excerpt: It’s not often two government agencies get together to do something that is almost inspired. However, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have done that by joinin forces in their evaluation of sites that cou …

Sign the blade: GE sends wind blade on tour

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Excerpt: GE recently kicked off a 28-day multi-state wind blade tour to emphasize the role renewable energy will have on America’s clean energy future. The tour will showcase one of GE’s 131-foot advanced technology wind turbine blades that will serve as a traveling petition signed by the public. The …

DOE Invests Another $200 Million In Wind and Solar Power

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Excerpt: U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the Department will invest more than US $200 million over five years to expand and accelerate the development, commercialization, and use of solar and water power technologies throughout the United States. The Department will al …