Today, we have Rick Fioravanti, a board member with the New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST) and DNV KEMA’s energy storage applications vice president.DNV KEMA recently moved its energy storage testing facility to New York and is working with NY-BEST to discover and commercialize technologies that will help move renewables, such as…
DNV KEMA expands energy storage valuation capabilities with launch of service for utilities
DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability has launched a customized energy storage valuation service tailored to utilities’ growing need to assess storage applications on their system. The services, available immediately, will address the needs generated by actions such as the September 3 preliminary ruling by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which set a January…
Evaluating ways to extend turbine life past 20 years
Wind turbines are typically designed for a 20 year life. The decision to operate a turbine past its design life is not without pros and cons. Keeping a turbine in extended operation equates to increased revenue, but also means higher O&M costs and a greater risk of structural failures. These failures are almost always costly,…
SgurrEnergy collaborates on new framework for wind-energy assessments
International renewable engineering consultancy, SgurrEnergy, in collaboration with DNV Kema through the Renewable UK Wind Resource Group, has provided consultation on a framework for the Categorisation of Losses and Uncertainties for Wind Energy Assessments. The Framework, developed over two years, was released in February at the annual EWEA conference in Vienna and heralds a significant…
Using remote sensing to reduce uncertainty in wind project energy estimates
Katy Briggs / DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability / www.dnvkema.com Naomi Pierce / Second Wind / www.secondwind.com Accurate energy production estimates are key to successfully financing a wind power project. The most important input for an energy estimate is a wind resource assessment, during which the future performance of a planned wind project is commonly…
Team of experts ready to tackle Lake Erie offshore-wind project
The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) has assembled a team of local experts and partners to create pioneering scientific and engineering solutions in the development of the first freshwater offshore wind project in the nation. LEEDCo’s “Icebreaker” project is receiving $4 million in Department of Energy funding beginning February 15, 2013. The award runs…