Wind-data company adds 1,536 towers to wind resource portfolio

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Excerpt: WindPole Ventures says it has added 1,536, 80+m towers to its wind resource assessment portfolio. The towers are located from Maine to Washington state with a concentration of 720 in the Midwest ISO load-balancing area. This expansion results in over 7,000 Tier 1 towers from which the company ca …

Canadian court upholds current regulations for wind turbine setbacks

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Excerpt: The wind energy industry in Ontario is pleased with the recent Ontario Divisional Court decision to uphold the current regulations for wind turbine setbacks. The application by Ontario resident Ian Hanna suggested, among other things, that the government did not adhere to its own Statement of Envir …

AllEarth Renewables CEO joins call for job-creating net metering expansion

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Excerpt: David Blittersdorf, CEO and president of AllEarth Renewables, Inc., joined local businesses, customers, and state renewable energy manufacturers calling for an expansion of Vermont’s successful net metering program. The company manufactures and installs grid-connected wind and solar systems. "E …

Report: Consumers don’t see health and water impacts from coal and nuclear

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Excerpt: Some of the little understood and well hidden water, health and other costs from electricity produced in the U.S. by coal and nuclear electricity production are detailed in an analysis recently released by Synapse Energy Economics Inc., for the nonprofit and nonpartisan Civil Society Institute …

Ceramic coating can protect wind-turbine components

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Excerpt: An environmentally friendly coating provides a hard yet flexible protection for parts headed to hazardous duty on wind turbines. Nef Robles, NA Wind Energy Market Manager Patrick Scalera, Technology Manager, Surface Treatments Henkel Corporation www.henkelna.com/windpower www.henkelec …

20 MW storage plant nears operation

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Excerpt: A provider of fast-response energy storage systems and services says it has made substantial progress toward completing and partial start-up of a 20-MW flywheel frequency-regulation plant the company is building in Stephentown, NY. More than 10 MW of storage capacity (more than 100 flywheels) ha …

FERC (Part II) proposes generator regulation service and frequency response, to the OATT

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Excerpt: This article comes from law firm Stoel Rives LLP (www.stoel.com) Among FERC’s (Federal Energy Resource Commission) recent proposals is to add a new rate schedule to the pro forma OATT (Open Access Transmission Tariff) through which transmission providers can recover the costs of holding reserve …

Turbines can cool and warm crops, and more say researchers

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Excerpt: Can your solar panels do this? The giant rotors on wind turbine might also help corn and soybean crops stay cooler and dryer, help them fend off fungal infestations, and improve their ability to extract growth-enhancing carbon dioxide from the air and soil. Speaking at the annual meeting of t …

EU report: Hydrogen will be an auto fuel

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Excerpt: The developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation and fuel cell products, announced that the company is a contributor and supporter of a new study on transportation in Europe. As part of a consortium of thirty organizations, Hydrogenics Corp., along with other global automobile companies, major …

Tracking wind resources and project performance

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Excerpt: A renewable energy consulting and information company has announced a major release of its windNavigator software. The program already provided wind project siting and resource assessment in previous releases. V3.0 now supports wind monitoring campaigns and plant operations. Campaign Manageme …