While the construction of a couple of wind turbines installed in Colebrook, Connecticut this summer may have only taken a few weeks, the approval process to install wind power in the region has been years in the making. “No one realizes how long we’ve been fighting for wind power and this project,” said Gregory Zupkus,…
Siemens creates new sales channel for smaller onshore wind projects
Siemens is working to build stronger ties with owners of smaller onshore wind projects – the kinds of projects where local knowledge and expertise play a key role. In the future, Siemens will work more closely with partners on wind farms with up to three turbines. These partnerships will ensure that the operators of smaller…
Vestas supplies 3.3-MW turbines for citizen-owned wind park in Germany
Windpark Kalkriese GmbH has placed an order for 12 V126 3.3-MW turbines for a 39.6-MW wind park in Lower Saxony. The project will use Vestas’ patented Large-diameter Steel Towers to achieve higher hub heights and increased annual energy production. The turbines will be installed in Kalkriese in the county of Osnabruck in Lower Saxony, with…
German community wind farm banks on radio-shielding wind turbines from Siemens
The receiving stations of Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), the company in charge of air-traffic control for Germany, are an important part of the wireless communication infrastructure of the aviation industry. One of these radio navigation stations, close to the village of Löwenstedt in Germany’s northern state of Schleswig-Holstein, supports communications of pilots aloft. At first, it…
Juhl Energy forecasts solid 2015 as first quarter revenue jumps 9.4%
Juhl Energy, a provider of clean energy solutions and the community wind power, recently announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. “The first quarter of 2015 represents a solid continuation of the steps we took in the last six months of 2014,” stated Dan Juhl, Chairman and CEO of Juhl Energy.…
SgurrEnergy supports UK’s largest community renewable project
The UK’s largest community owned wind farm, Beinn Ghrideag on the Isle of Lewis, has successfully completed construction after technical advisory support from renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy. This significant milestone has seen three 3-MW Enercon wind turbines installed onsite, with first energy production expected to be achieved in early summer. Developed by Point and Sandwick…
Small wind education helps consumers avoid mistakes
Editor’s Note: As posted on WINDExchange, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Program’s platform for disseminating credible information about wind energy, this release has been derived from audio from Mia Devine. Devine is the Northwest SEED Project Manager, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating and empowering communities to develop their own solutions for conservation…