Ottawa plans to add 10,700 MW long term

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Excerpt: The Ontario government’s commitment to wind energy has been outlined in its directive to the OPA. It is intended to send a signal to investors that Ontario will be a leader in creating clean energy and new jobs, says the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA). The Long Term Energy Plan calls fo …

Analyzing RE project risks, policy changes, financials, and more

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Excerpt: A power-market analysis service will use state-of-the-art simulation software to model RE development projects and evaluate short and long-term risks associated with external power-market influences. These risks include assessing the impacts of energy curtailment, policy changes, and infrastructure …

Current industry weak but outlook strong

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Excerpt: Taylor Johnson RES Advocate Each spring the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) releases their annual wind-energy report outlining the state of the industry for the prior year. This past year was the first that’s seen declining growth since 2007. But, as the report points out, we still hav …

AWEA reports industry growth in Q1 2011

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Excerpt: AWEA reports that America’s wind power industry installed 1,100 MW of new capacity in the first quarter of 2011 alone, and entered the second quarter with another 5,600 MW under construction. The under-construction figure is nearly twice the megawatts that the industry reported at this time in bot …

Wind power forecasts for utilities

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Excerpt: An industry partnership will provide more accurate weather predictions than previously available, helping utilities integrate wind power successfully and efficiently. Telvent, a real-time IT solutions and information company for a sustainable world, says it is partnering with WindLogics to offer …

Study to detailed airflow through wind farm

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Excerpt: To improve wind farm energy production, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) researchers are launching a study to make visible the invisible “wakes” produced behind wind turbines. Wind-farm designs have long known that wind turbine rotors generate ripples, waves, and other …

Forecast predicts hurricane-level winds along East Coast

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Excerpt: Who says there’s not enough wind in the southeast U.S.? If recent predictions are accurate, the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season will be a stormy one with an impact felt along the U.S. coastline. AccuWeather recently released its spring forecast for the 2011 season which begins on June 1, 2011 a …

California Signs 33% Renewable Portfolio Standard into Law

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Excerpt: Attorneys Dian Grueneich and Theresa Cho of Morrison & Foerster offer some insight to California's RPS. Reaffirming California’s strong commitment to the development and utilization of renewable energy sources, Governor Jerry Brown recently signed Senate Bill X1 2, which requires all …

Ontario gets about 6% of its power from wind

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Excerpt: Wind energy is powering Ontario with more clean energy than ever before as production records from the Independent Electricity Operator (IESO) show energy production from wind at about 6% of total Ontario supply on February 14 – compared to about 1.5% from coal the same day. Earlier in the month, …

How to handle a big crane in a small bog

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Excerpt: A large crawler crane on a wind farm with a soft soil was on its way, fully equipped, to its next installation when soil mechanics took over. The crane, a Liebherr LTR 11200, is a telescopic crawler crane on a narrow track. The 415-ton giant required that every square meter of soil support 16.5 …