Company officials with Clipper Windpower confirm that layoffs will reduce the total employment at the wind energy company by 174 positions. Employees at the Cedar Rapids plant, 4401 Bowling St. S.W., began called Monday morning to report layoffs were in progress. The total number of people let go in Cedar Rapids would be about 75. … Continue reading Clipper Windpower Laying Off 174 People
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Rural Oregon Wind Energy Project
Albina partnered with Wells Fargo and Reoder & Company to structure a transaction that utilized the credits as part of the permanent financing of the wind farm. Albina Equity Fund I, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Albina Community Bancorp0, announced today that it deployed $8.4 million of New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation to an … Continue reading Rural Oregon Wind Energy Project
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Gamesa deploys new wind turbine to Minnesota wind farm
Gamesa’s G97-2.0 MW Class IIIA wind turbine has nacelle enhancements and a newer, more aerodynamic blade design that optimizes energy output. The 36 MW Big Blue Wind Farm in Minnesota will feature Gamesa Technology Corp.’s newest wind turbine model designed specifically for low-wind sites making wind energy development accessible to a broader region. These advancements … Continue reading Gamesa deploys new wind turbine to Minnesota wind farm
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BISEM and SMUD Collaborate to Install Nation’s First Photovoltaic Curtain Wall Retrofit
BISEM Inc, the nation’s only provider of UL-approved photovoltaic curtain wall systems, today announced the installation of the first building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) curtain wall retrofit in the United States with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). The 392-square foot wall at SMUD’s LEED Platinum-certified Customer Service Center, will provide 100 percent of the DC … Continue reading BISEM and SMUD Collaborate to Install Nation’s First Photovoltaic Curtain Wall Retrofit
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Johnson Controls (JCI) To Supply Lithium-Ion Battery To XL Hybrids
Lithium-Ion battery to power XL Hybrids’ Class 1 to 3 commercial vehicle hybrid electric powertrain. XL Hybrids, Inc., developer of a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed specifically for class 1 to 3 commercial fleet use, signed a supply agreement with Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI), the global leader in advanced batteries for start-stop, hybrid and … Continue reading Johnson Controls (JCI) To Supply Lithium-Ion Battery To XL Hybrids
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Wind power is becoming a more viable energy source and is being favored to power electric cars
Wind energy is becoming a more viable energy source and is being favored to power electric vehicles. As wind turbines become more affordable, will you plant one on to your house to recharge your electric car? The World’s First Wind Powered Charging Station. Spain took the lead earlier last week with the world’s first fully … Continue reading Wind power is becoming a more viable energy source and is being favored to power electric cars
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Electric Vehicle Adoption Drive Sales to 130 Million Units Annually by 2025
Electric vehicles still considered secondary to internal combustion engine vehicles, but government support and improved consumer experience will drive adoption. As electric vehicles seek consumer approval to cross the chasm into mainstream adoption, government support in terms of financial and non-financial incentives has become imperative in order to generate awareness. Government support is not only … Continue reading Electric Vehicle Adoption Drive Sales to 130 Million Units Annually by 2025
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Past and present, Montana a leader in wind energy
In 1927, long before President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his Rural Electrification Administration (REA) brought electricity to the countryside, Marcellus Jacobs from eastern Montana invented the three-bladed wind turbine for electricity production. At night, the Jacobs family farm provided the best advertisement for the effectiveness of his new technology, basking alone in the glow of … Continue reading Past and present, Montana a leader in wind energy
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Wind energy in Chile: Acciona wind farm project with 22 wind turbines
EVWIND The regional bisecretario stressed that this example can put the Coquimbo Region as “the capital of renewable energy, particularly wind power. Today we have 97% of this energy, we have five wind farms and 192 MW of installed capacity. This region offers all conditions for wind farm factors above 28%. ” The Seremi highlighted … Continue reading Wind energy in Chile: Acciona wind farm project with 22 wind turbines
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Skanska investing in new wind farm in Jämtland, Sweden
Skanska Infrastructure Development and Jämtkraft are investing in a wind power plant with a total cost of about SEK 1.2 billion. Skanska and Jämtkraft owns 50 percent each. The construction contract for Skanska is worth about SEK 200 M, which is booked in the third quarter 2012. The new wind farm, Mullberg Wind Park, is … Continue reading Skanska investing in new wind farm in Jämtland, Sweden
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India wind power market emerges key driver for Gamesa
India was the second country after China in terms of major revenue contribution to Spanish wind turbine maker in 2011. Gamesa has now revised its global wind turbine sales guidance downwards to about 2,000 MW for 2012 from the earlier 2,800-3,000 MW levels in view of the sluggish demand in India and China during the … Continue reading India wind power market emerges key driver for Gamesa
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Wind energy in Philippines: Mindoro wind farm
Puetro Galera wind farm is the second project under the renewable energy program of Mindoro’s Power Development Plan for 2012-2014 following the 4.5-MW Linaw-Kawayan Mini-Hydro plant in San Teodoro town. The memorandum of agreement and service contract for Phase 1 were approved last June by Energy Secretary Jose Almendras witnessed by representatives from CMC Asia, … Continue reading Wind energy in Philippines: Mindoro wind farm
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Protectionism clouds over wind energy and solar power
China’s new energy industry faces an unprecedented challenge because of the United States’ anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations against Chinese wind power and solar energy products. So China will need a “green revolution” in its traditional energy sector to reach its energy conservation target and achieve sustainable development. In May, the US Department of Commerce imposed … Continue reading Protectionism clouds over wind energy and solar power
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PTC for wind energy must be renewed
The environmental and economic benefits of wind power are well established. It is a homegrown source of electricity. Along with other forms of renewable energy, it can help us make the transition over coming decades to new, less-polluting ways to power the state and the country. Ohio ranks fourth in the nation in the number … Continue reading PTC for wind energy must be renewed
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Exhibition of electric vehicles opens in E China
A Singapore-based investment holding firm led by a Chinese entrepreneur announced an ambitious plan to develop and market electric vehicles from the city state. Lihe Investment Holdings and its partners from China and the United States said they expect to invest some 300 million U.S. dollars in the first three years of the Mayton Electric … Continue reading Exhibition of electric vehicles opens in E China
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Wanted: The ‘Model T’ of Electric Vehicles
EVWIND Electric cars is still an acquired taste, like an expensive single-malt scotch. No one’s been able to put it in a six-pack, quite yet. Not that long ago, I ruffled the feathers of the Tesla (NAS: TSLA) flock by suggesting that the acceptance of the electric car might be better served by the introduction … Continue reading Wanted: The ‘Model T’ of Electric Vehicles
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Chinese study of Ethiopia shows 1300 GW potential of wind energy
EVWIND HCIE in a joint-venture with Chinese construction group CGCOC recently completed a 51MW wind farm near Nazareth (Adama), equipped with 34 Goldwind 1.5MW wind turbines. Ethiopia’s wind resource amounts to over 1,300GW according to an assessment study recently completed by HydroChina International Engineering Company (HCIE) financed by the Chinese government. The cooperation between Ethiopia … Continue reading Chinese study of Ethiopia shows 1300 GW potential of wind energy
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UNIST Researchers Develop Ultra-Fast Charge Battery
EVWIND Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology scientists in South Korea believe they can build electric car battery pack that will fully recharge in less an a minute. A group of Korean scientists, working at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), have developed a fast-charge lithium-ion battery that can be … Continue reading UNIST Researchers Develop Ultra-Fast Charge Battery
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WindFloat project ushers in a new era of offshore wind energy
EVWIND The WindFloat Agucadoura unit is a Vestas 2 MW floating wind turbine moored in water depths of slightly less than 50 meters, 4 km offshore the northern coast of Portugal. Portugal’s first offshore wind turbine – a floating offshore wind turbine called the WindFloat Agucadoura – has been installed and certified. ABS, the leading … Continue reading WindFloat project ushers in a new era of offshore wind energy
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NaturEner to move wind turbines to protect birds
EVWIND The 189 MW Rim Rock Wind Farm is currently under construction on private lands near Kevin Rim, an area known to harbor up to 60 active nests of 10 raptors species in a given year. At the urging of Montana Audubon, NaturEner voluntarily agreed to relocate each of 25 wind turbines to provide a … Continue reading NaturEner to move wind turbines to protect birds
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