At the latest U.S. Offshore Wind Leadership Conference, Markey said he was working to extend the investment tax credit until 2025.
Innovator: Dr. Peter Poon, Founder of Romax Technology Limited
Dr. Poon is recognized as a world-leading expert on rolling element bearings and his work has been rewarded with the prestigious James Clayton prize, Institute of Mechanical Engineers for Tribology and The British Design Council Award for his rolling bearing design.
Innovator: Palmer Carlin, NREL wind energy pioneer
The man who assisted in establishing what is now the National Wind Technology Center in 1977, now part of NREL, still comes to work at the Center most days.
Under the dome: Professor Hangan advances wind research
At a lecture a few years back at Ontario’s Western University, Professor in the Faculty of Engineering, Dr. Horia Hangan, discussed the challenges of measuring wind. “Wind is invisible and so we have to make it visible in some way,” he said. He then displayed a graph with a single line that zigzagged up and…
Sentient Science named “New Energy Pioneer” selected from global competition
Bloomberg New Energy Finance recently awarded Sentient Science Corporation with the “New Energy Pioneers Award” at the Future of Energy Summit 2016.
Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts a solar-industry boom and we flail at implications for the wind industry
Although he made no comment on how the trend applied to the wind industry, he did provide its application to the solar industry, and perhaps from that we can make some predictions about the wind industry.
Global recognition on the line for winners of prestigious wind energy awards
If you’re proud of your organization’s hard work and dedication to the wind industry, now is the ideal time to celebrate your accomplishments. As part of the 8th Annual Wind Operations & Maintenance Conference (in Dallas, Texas on April 11, 2016), nominations are being accepted for the “2nd Wind O&M Dallas Awards. Following the success of…
A wind-power innovator and influencer: Meet engineer Trudy Forsyth
A wind-power industry veteran since the mid-90’s, Trudy Forsyth graduated from the University of Colorado-Denver in the late 80’s with a B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering. She is currently managing director of Wind Advisors Team, a consulting firm specializing in small and distributed wind standards and policies. Despite almost 20 years in the wind…
2015 Innovator: Mike Garland
The wind industry always needs solid leadership so it should be pleased with the election of Mike Garland to Chair of the AWEA Board. At the recent WINDPOWER 2015 Conference, outgoing Board Chair Susan Reilly identified Garland as a leader in energy and particularly wind energy. Garland began his career after graduating from the University…
2015 Innovators: Founders of Gearbox Express
Brian Halverson, Bruce Neumiller, and Brian Hastings Gearboxes have been a headache for the wind industry ever since turbines passed the 1-MW size over a decage ago. If that was not bad enough, the root cause of many problems eluded engineers until recently. While the industry wrestled with the problem, the only solution it knew…
Pioneering offshore wind in America: Deepwater Wind CEO Jeffrey Grybowski
Breaking ground at a construction site in Rhode Island earlier this April, the Block Island Wind Farm represents a major milestone for the United States. It will mark the first offshore wind project in America, thanks in part to the dedication of Jeffrey Grybowski, CEO of Deepwater Wind. Established in 2008, Deepwater Wind’s mission is…
Getting to the altar with the right private equity partner
By Jim Mahoney | Partner | Huron Capital Partners For a business owner, partnering with a private equity firm is similar to getting married. Although a clear consensus doesn’t exist about how many months or years to date someone before tying the knot, the experts offer this advice: as long as it takes for the couple to…
NextGen Climate calls for 50% clean energy by 2030
NextGen Climate recently released new digital and print ads calling on elected officials to listen to Ohioans and lay out a plan to power America with more than 50% clean energy by 2030. The ads will run throughout Americans for Prosperity’s national summit in Columbus to educate summit attendees, including five presidential hopefuls and two…
A new era for hydrogen energy unveiled by students at DNV GL
How can hydrogen help Japan transition to renewable energy? Students working for DNV GL this summer made the case for the floating installation ‘Jidai’ that produces hydrogen from seawater and wind energy. Following the 2011 disaster at a nuclear plant in Fukushima, Japan reduced its reliance on nuclear energy and now depends heavily on expensive…
IEEE awards GE technical director for flexible AC transmission leadership
GE announced that Richard Piwko, senior technical director for GE’s Energy Consulting business, received the 2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society’s (PES) Nari Hingorani Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) Award. The award was presented to Piwko at IEEE’s annual PES Awards Dinner on July 28, part of the IEEE PES General Meeting taking place in Denver. The…
Green Charge Networks and ChargePoint merge energy storage with electric vehicle charging
Green Charge Networks recently announced a partnership with ChargePoint. By combining energy storage with EV charging, the companies aim to eliminate the high cost of demand charges caused by spikes in power usage, often a barrier to installing EV charging stations. Demand charges are part of every commercial electricity bill and are determined by the…
DNV GL launches 2016 PhD Award in Renewable Energy and Grid Integration
DNV GL is offering PhD students from across the globe the chance to enter the 3rd annual “DNV GL PhD Award in Renewable Energy and Grid Integration” competition. Theses covering the themes of renewables, grid integration, innovation and reducing the cost of energy can enter the competition with the author of the winning thesis receiving…
Linde wind plant a necessary step in creating hydrogen-fueled cars
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by editor Alex Webb from Bloomberg Business. After decades of research, Linde says the elements needed to make hydrogen-fueled cars a viable challenger to Tesla’s battery-driven vehicles are finally falling into place. The company recently opened a plant that uses wind power to convert water into the gas. That completes…
Facebook’s Fort Worth data center to be powered by 100% renewable energy
Facebook today announced that Fort Worth, Texas, will be the home for its next data center, joining the ranks of the company’s Altoona, Prineville, Forest City and Lulea locations. Like its predecessors, Fort Worth is planned with efficiency and sustainability in mind. Facebook continues its work work on data-center design, and claims it is an important part of its overall infrastructure…
1,100-kW electric vehicle hits 78 mph average in Pikes Peak hill climb
Famed road racer Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima was in the 93rd running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, placing second overall in his 1.1 MW electric racing car riding on special GitiCompete tires. It was a peek into the future as electric vehicles nabbed the top two finishing positions. Rhys Millen was the overall winner in his…