Assessing sites offshore

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Excerpt: Gathering the geotechnical data needed to determine foundational engineering parameters is a painstaking component of any wind project, and further complicated when that project is offshore. Marine geotechnical studies, which involve the physical sampling and testing of seabed soil to determine its …

GE provides turbines for nine projects in Canada

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Excerpt: GE will provide wind turbines for nine new wind projects in Ontario, Canada, adding about 650 MW of clean energy to the province’s electricity grid. Projects are expected to complete by 2015. “Ontario is a very hot wind market for GE right now,” says Simon Olivier, general manager sales, …

Cleveland Indian’s ballpark gets a home-grown wind turbine

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Excerpt:   An unusual wind turbine designed by Cleveland State University professor Dr. Rashidi has been mounted at the Cleveland Indian’s ballpark. The 18-foot-wide helix turbine – the first of its kind to sit atop of a baseball stadium – will generate about 40,000 kWh per year. CSU and th …

Construction under way for 28-MW Michigan wind farm

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Excerpt: Construction is under way, at this writing, on the 28-MW Garden Wind Farm featuring Gamesa Technology Corp.’s G97 2.0 MW Class IIIA model, which was introduced to the U.S. market in 2011. Located on the Garden Peninsula, this project is Gamesa’s first in Michigan. Heritage Sustainable Ene …

Community Wind: Financing Options and Capital Markets

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Excerpt: Uncertainty of the Production Tax Credit extension has made investors hesitant to finance wind projects. Therefore, finding funding can be difficult, especially for community wind projects. However, many communities are finding creative ways to fund their farms. In a special one-hour presentation …

Kudos to Cleveland

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Excerpt: Cleveland gets a lot of grief about, well, almost everything. Even though I personally think my hometown has a lot to offer (great museums, restaurants, markets, music, and ethic heritage) one thing that especially deserves some attention is its adoption of wind power. It all started with a small …

U.K. research center to support offshore wind industry

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Excerpt:   The UK wind industry is planning large offshore wind farms, some at considerable distance from shore and in deeper water. Round 3 sites are from 13 to 195 km from shore compared with 12 km for the most distant existing offshore wind farms. There is an urgent need to ensure that offshor …

Army solicits for $7 billion in renewable-energy contracts

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Excerpt: This article comes from law firm Stoel Rives LLC (stoel.com) In February, 2012, the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama issued a draft request for proposals (Solicitation No. W912DY-11-R-0036, the “Draft RFP”) titled “Large Scale Renewable Energy Production for F …

Mobilizing for offshore wind in Normandy

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Excerpt: GDF SUEZ Chairman and CEO Gérard Mestrallet, VINCI CEO Xavier Huillard, CDC Infrastructure CEO Jean Bensaïd and AREVA CEO Luc Oursel highlighted their energy, economic and social plan connected with the call for bids to site 3,000-MW of wind power off France’s coasts starting in 2015. AREVA, …

Remote sensor brings wind-condition data to wind farm operators

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Excerpt: A provider of wind measurement technology, software, and services, has announced a suite of wind farm operations services based on the company's Triton Sonic Wind Profiler and SkyServe Wind Data Service. Triton, a remote wind sensor, uses sodar (sound) to provide wind measurements across the tur …