The full report, available here, is authored by: Alison Silverstein, Alison Silverstein Consulting – (512) 964-0787, alisonsilverstein@mac.com Rob Gramlich, Grid Strategies LLC — (202) 821-6943, rgramlich@gridstrategiesllc.com Michael Goggin, Grid Strategies LLC — (202) 302-9670, mgoggin@gridstrategiesllc.com Highlights of the report include: Customers pay the ultimate price for power outages, whether through their electric bills or their own personal losses…
What do electric vehicles hold for the resources sector?
This article comes from law firm Gilbert + Tobin and is authored by Michael Blakiston We are truly experiencing a quantum shift in the way we get around. The role of the internal combustion engine (ICE) has served us for over a century, as we have both worked and played. Fuel for the ICE has…
EVI-Pro Lite software assists with electric vehicle infrastructure planning
NREL has created a new tool called EVI-Pro Lite to assist communities anticipating growth in plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). The tool identifies existing public electric vehicle charging infrastructure by state or city/urban area and estimates the quantity and type of infrastructure necessary to support increased regional adoption of electric vehicles. EVI-Pro Lite is a simplified version of…
How to transmit more electrical power over existing lines
Jake Gentle / Senior Power Engineer / Idaho National Laboratory Believe it or not, sunny skies and calm summer days can negatively impact the ability of the electric grid to transfer power. The naturally occurring heat surrounding transmission lines limits its capacity. A windy or cold day, however, has a cooling effect that allows transmitting…
Microgrid Market to reach $19 Billion by 2024
According to a research report by the market research and strategy consulting firm, Global Market Insights, Inc, the Microgrid Market will exceed $19 billion by 2024. In an era where distributed energy sources are continually promulgated in power networks, microgrid market stands to gain remarkable prominence, given the systems’ exceptional credibility of ensuring reliable operation…
UL releases April 2018 Wind Trends Bulletin
Renewable energy consultants, UL (formerly AWS Truepower) have released their Wind Trends Bulletin for Apri 2018. Monthly wind performance maps for April show deviations in the wind resource from average conditions for the month in every region of the world. The monthly Wind Trends Bulletin is based on a custom combination of three re-analysis datasets: ERA-Interim, MERRA, and…
GE & Alliant Energy to add 470 MW of wind capacity in Iowa
GE Renewable Energy and Alliant Energy announced they are adding 470 MW of wind power capacity to the state of Iowa with two projects. The English Farms and Upland Prairie wind farms with respective 170 MW and 300 MW of installed capacity will be owned and operated by Alliant Energy’s Iowa energy company and provide clean…
Ingeteam & Indar to present latest innovations at WINDPOWER 2018
Ingeteam and Indar, independent suppliers of electrical conversion equipment, will exhibit at AWEA WINDPOWER 2018, to be held this year in Chicago, United States, May 7 to 10. At this occasion, Ingeteam will present its latest developments in the field of O&M predictive maintenance with its Ingeboards data analysis platform, as well as a broad range of…
Taking on new technologies with enthusiasm and energy
I’m excited — and honored — to be able to introduce myself as the new managing editor for Windpower Engineering & Development magazine. As a trade journalist with more than 20 years of experience covering news and trends in a wide range of industries, I’m entering the renewable energy sector with a great deal of…
AVM to disrupt commercial electric vehicle market at ACT Expo 2018 debut
AVM says it’s the first all-electric shuttle to charge fully in less than ten minutes.
Lockheed announces new battery to help utilities boost renewable energy use
Lockheed Martin announced plans to launch a new “flow” battery made of inexpensive, nontoxic materials that will help utilities use more renewable energy while saving money, according to a news story in Reuters. “You open up a chance not only to make renewables more marketable and more useful, you might even change the structure of…
World’s largest wind turbine wins engineering award
MHI Vestas has been awarded the Silver Medal in the category of renewable energy at the prestigious Edison Awards for its 9.5 MW offshore wind turbine, which it will test at Clemson University’s wind turbine-testing facility at the SCE&G Energy Innovation Center in the former naval shipyard. “To be a partner with MHI Vestas, testing their award-winning 9.5 MW…
Wind and solar lead all new U.S. electrical generation placed into service in early 2018, FERC states
Wind and solar accounted for more than 98% of all new U.S. electrical generation placed into service in the first two months of this year, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of data just released by the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions (FERC). FERC’s latest “Energy Infrastructure Update” (with summary statistics for January and February 2018) also reveals that the total installed capacity…
Impact Coatings launches next-generation INLINECOATER FC for industrial-scale manufacturing of fuel cells
Editor’s note: A successful fuel cell industry will depend on the ready and inexpensive supply of hydrogen. For the cleanest environment possible, the hydrogen will be electrolyzed with wind-generated power. Impact Coatings, a Swedish supplier of technology for PVD coatings of automotive components, has introduced the next-generation INLINECOATER FC system, a coating system for high-volume manufacturing…
Siemens Gamesa selected to supply 225 MW for U.S. wind project
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) will supply 98 SWT-2.3-108 wind turbines for an undisclosed wind-energy project in Kansas. The wind farm will span more than 40,000 acres of land and will be able to supply enough energy for nearly 73,000 average U.S. homes. The blades for this project will come from SGRE’s blade-manufacturing facility…
Global Market Insights says fuel cell electric vehicle market to cross $9 billion by 2024
fuel cell Electric Vehicle Market size is anticipated to surpass $9 billion by 2024; according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc.
DOE & Geological Survey release online public dataset and viewer of U.S. wind turbine locations and characteristics
This new Wind Turbine Database is a comprehensive dataset of U.S. wind turbine locations and characteristics that is easily accessible, more accurate, and updated more often than existing wind turbine datasets.
Like fresh air, digitalization will reinvigorate the wind power industry
Industry 4.0 and digitalization will open the door to new possibilities for information-sharing and creative collaboration that can reignite and revitalize the wind power energy industry.
Tax equity and carbon sequestration credits
Changes in a U.S. tax credit for carbon sequestration should make the tax credit more attractive to the tax equity market.
Battery storage to recharge clean energy transition
A report released by the national nonprofit Clean Energy Group (CEG) sets out actions that activists and foundations can take to accelerate the clean energy transition with battery storage. The free report provides an in-depth look at 10 major areas where battery storage has begun to transform the energy system, including lowering customer electricity bills, […]