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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
EPA And Wind Power: What's The Opportunity?
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Tekmar Energy, a U.K.-based cable protection systems company, has won a supply contract for the 468 MW Cape Wind offshore wind project, located off the coast of Massachusetts. Tekmar will design, manufacture and supply over 200 of its TekLink cable protection systems for the project's inter-array and export cables. The [read more]
U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., and Tom Cole, R-Okla., have introduced the Rural Wind Energy Development Act to provide an investment tax credit to ranchers, farmers and small businesses to offset the up-front costs of owning a distributed wind turbine. According to the lawmakers, the bill would expand current law [read more]
As part of the company's strategy of providing more power from cleaner resources and relying less on any single fuel, Alliant Energy's Wisconsin utility has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for up to 600 MW of new capacity. "We are actively evaluating what future mix of fuel sources makes [read more]
Michigan-based utility DTE Energy has exercised its option to purchase one of the two Pheasant Run wind parks from a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources LLC. The 75 MW Pheasant Run II wind park, located in Huron County, Mich., will be renamed the Brookfield Wind Park as a result of [read more]
Following in the footsteps of such developers as Pattern Energy and NextEra, Abengoa has announced a new yieldco, Abengoa Yield PLC, and intends to commence an initial public offering (IPO) of the unit. Abengoa Yield will serve as the primary vehicle through which Abengoa will own, manage and acquire renewable [read more]
At the direction of President Barack Obama, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its highly anticipated Clean Power Plan proposal to cut carbon pollution from existing power plants, which the agency describes as the single largest source of carbon pollution in the U.S. Many in the renewable energy [read more]
Vermont-based Northern Power Systems Corp. has announced it is working to develop a new 3.3 MW wind turbine with Brazilian partner WEG. Northern Power says the new turbine will be designed specifically for the Brazilian market. The development effort is part of an agreement between WEG and Tractebel Energia, a [read more]
Iberdrola Renewables has decided to abandon its Wild Meadows wind project, which the company was working to develop in Danbury and Alexandria, N.H. The 75.9 MW project would have become Iberdrola's third wind farm in New Hampshire: The 24 MW Lempster and 48 MW Groton projects were commissioned in 2008 [read more]
As of 2013, utility company Xcel Energy says it has reduced carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 20% since 2005, thanks in large part to its commitment to clean energy such as wind power. "Over the past decade, Xcel Energy has invested in a cost-effective clean energy strategy that is benefiting [read more]
EDF EN Canada Inc. and Enbridge Inc. has announced that the 300 MW Blackspring Ridge wind project, located in Vulcan County, Alberta, reached commercial operation ahead of schedule on May 12. The Blackspring Ridge project started construction in May 2013 and features 166 Vestas V100-1.8 MW wind turbines. The project [read more]
Vestas will supply 16 V112-3.3 MW turbines for the San Antonio wind power plant in Guatemala. According to the turbine maker, the 53 MW project will be the first wind farm in the country. Eolico San Antonio El Sitio S.A. and Wind Turbine Investments S.A. Corp., two special-purpose companies owned [read more]
Seattle-based UniEnergy Technologies (UET) says its Uni.System grid-scale energy storage system is now commercially available. The Uni.System is a modular system consisting of five 20-foot standard containers providing 500 kW of power for four hours, with power up to 600 kW and energy up to 2.2 MWh. Gary Yang, UET [read more]
Tekmar Energy, a U.K.-based supplier of cable protection systems, has signed an agreement for Massachusetts-based Whitman Consulting Group Inc. (WCG) to represent Tekmar in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. As a commercial services agent for the full line of Tekmar products and services, WCG will focus on offshore wind [read more]
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