American Wind Energy Association on the Stimulus Plan suspension proposal

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Excerpt: The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) today issued the following statement from AWEA CEO Denise Bode: “At a time when the construction unemployment rate is nearly 25% and the manufacturing unemployment rate is 13%, this proposal would cost 50,000 American workers their jobs. The truth …

Community wind shapes a growing trend

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Excerpt: An emerging group of wind-farm developers are focusing on midsized project farms and in places utility companies are overlooking. These community-wind projects, ranging from five to 80 MW, are cropping up in part due to recent financial incentives and guidance from firms such as OwnEnergy Inc, Brook …

A powerful idea: Wind turbines in the city

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Excerpt: Not all wind farms have to be located far from power purchasers. A recent ribbon-cutting for a 120 kW turbine was right in Cleveland, Ohio, where the turbine is visible to thousands driving by on I-480 and Pearl Rd. Electrical Design Consultants President David Graneto, Pepper Pike, Ohio, says p …

EPA says 12 environmental sites could be wind farms

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Excerpt: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are evaluating the feasibility of developing renewable energy production on Superfund, brownfields, and former landfill or mining sites. Superfund sites are the most co …

Analyzing building-integrated wind

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Excerpt: Russell M. Tencer/CEO, Wind Products LLC/New York, NY Controversy seems to follow the installation of wind turbines on building rooftops, and for good reason. On one hand, there can be considerable wind with harvestable kinetic energy at roof level. Accessing this clean, renewable sou …

Six criteria for more reliable wind farm networks

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Excerpt: Scott Killian/Sixnet, LLC/Ballston Lake, NY/sixnet.com A high-speed, industrial-grade network infrastructure offers wind farm operators many benefits, including improved operational management, visibility and access to key data. Networking a wind farm provides real-time data capture to moni …

Novel transmission to give small turbines a boost

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Excerpt: A continuously variable transmission with features similar to planetary gearbox could improve energy capture for smaller wind turbines along with reducing capital costs. The transmission works by changing the contact position on a set of planetary balls on which input and output disks ride. Continuo …

Renewable Energy Executives Call On Congress To Pass Strong RES

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Excerpt: Today, top executives in the renewable energy sector gathered to applaud 2009’s strong renewable energy development but emphasized the need for Congress to swiftly enact key policies to continue accelerated growth across the entire sector in order to add jobs and boost economic growth in 2010. …

Dept. Of Energy Gives $20.5M To Community Projects

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Excerpt: Steven Chu, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary, announced that five projects will receive a combined US $20.5 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support deployment of community-based renewable energy projects which include biomass, wind and solar installations. The …

Bike idea appeals to the slouch in us

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Excerpt: In shape or not, pedaling up a steep or long hill can knock the wind out of most of us. That is one reason, says designer Chen Chun Tung, we need bikes like the Wind-Solar Energy Bike. The design, he says, converts and stores wind, solar, and shock energy, along with muscle power into electr …