All Posts Tagged With: "wind turbines"
New Mexico: Wind Industry, Conservation Groups Partner to Protect Wildlife
The industry and environmental groups, joined by state agencies and others, formed the New Mexico Wind and Wildlife Collaborative to draw up and disseminate best practices to preserve habitats and species.
11May2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
NCAR Wind Forecasting System Saves
Millions for Xcel Energy
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has developed a highly detailed wind energy forecasting system enabling the utility to capture energy from turbines far more effectively and at lower cost. The system, which Xcel Energy formally took over last month, saves ratepayers several million dollars yearly.
14Nov2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Wind Turbines Coming to Home Depot
Southwest Windpower, the manufacturer of the grid-connected Skystream 3.7 unit, got its financial footing from Denver-based investment company, Altira Group. We view the Home Depot deal as yet another sign that the market for “personal’ clean energy products is real and growing, and the Big Box Boys know it.
13Jul2011 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
DOE Funding Helps to Develop Next Generation Wind Turbines — NREL, Boulder Wind Power Taking Part
“The projects announced today will help the United States to lead the global wind energy industry in this critical technology area, diversify our domestic energy portfolio, and create new jobs for American workers,” said Secretary Chu.
29Jun2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Front Range Firm Unveils Hybrid
Wind-Gas Power Technology
The SmartGen™ system can be retrofitted to existing wind turbines, enabling them to generate power at their rated capacity 100% of the time, according to Hybrid Turbines.
It can also be incorporated into new turbine designs and scale up to very large 4 MW onshore and offshore wind turbines.
You Can Go Home Again — A Colorado Energy Veteran Leads RePower’s Rise
Colorado Energy News recently caught up with RePower USA’s Steve Dayney, nearly six months after the initial announcement that his wind turbine company would be relocating from Portland to Denver.
8Feb2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Largest Wind R&D Study Underway at NREL
NREL and Siemens Power Generation “flipped the switch” starting the blades on a Siemens 2.3 megawatt wind turbine installed as part of a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) for testing turbine aerodynamics, structure and reliability.
25Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Colorado Ranks Eighth in the Country for Wind Power
While the state had 1,068 megawatts of wind power generating capacity installed as of the end of the first quarter, the report also shows that Colorado has no wind projects currently under construction.
30Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
May 22, 2012
Some insigts follow on what things might look like going forward. Would be interested in knowing if ...
We need to promote export terminals to liquify and ship natural gas to markets in Asia and Euroupe. The US ...
Natural Gas can be consumed so efficiently that the WATER can even be recovered from the combusted exhaust gases.
Going ...
Lack of funding is a serious obstacle for implementation of audit recommendations. Even small rebates will have little impact ...
Re: Natural gas generation wasn’t included in the final analysis but is generally assumed to emit about half as much ...
Disclosure MIGHT prevent pollution if there was a watchdog agency that ruled yes or no on particular chemicals before they ...
Having just read Tom Gray's article 'Fred Udo's bogus numbers' I get the feeling I haven't understood whats going on. ...
I agree with you kirsch. I knew this article had the stench of industry money as soon add I read ...