The amount of energy in the U.S. produced from wind has had another record year in 2007. This story on the Fox Business web site says figures from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) show the trend is continuing up for the industry: The AWEA estimates the industry will install a record 3,000 MW of new wind power capacity in …
SF Mayor Highlights Green in Inaugural Address
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom highlighted green energy, including biodiesel, solar, and wind, in his inaugural address. Here’s an excerpt from that speech from the mayor’s web site: The most important step we can take is to make this city carbon neutral. And that is exactly what we are going to do. Today I am pledging to make city government …
Duke Energy is Getting Windier
Duke Energy is picking a 100 more wind turbines from General Electric. The turbines are estimated to produce up to 150 Megawatts of wind power. The turbines are anticipated to be in service in the 2009-2010 timeframe on sites currently under review in the western and southwestern United States. The company’s wind generation assets are managed by Duke Energy Generation …
Three out of Four Kansans Want Wind Energy
A new poll shows that three-quarters of Kansans who were surveyed prefer the expanded use of wind energy, as opposed to more conventional coal-fired power plants. The Kansas City Star reports the survey comes on the heels of a decision not to allow two coal-fired power plants to be built in Western Kansas. Participants by a two-to-one margin also said …
KCC Decision Slows Kansas Wind Development
A decision by the Kansas Corporation Commission could stymie some wind energy development plans in that state. Westar Energy Inc., Kansas’ largest electric company, had asked commissioners to allow the company to earn higher profits because Westar had invested in 295 megawatts of generating capacity from wind farms in three counties, enough to light up more than 80,000 homes. This …
U.S. Wind Energy to Grow by 15% per Year
International Financier Deutsche Bank (based in Germany, of course) says U.S. wind energy production will grow by 15 percent a year until 2015. This story in the Wyoming Business Report (Wyoming is one of those places where wind and wind turbines are in great supply) says the American, Indian, and Chinese wind power generation markets have become the three biggest …
Ameren Gets Into Wind Power
St. Louis-based AmerenUE, which serves 2.4 million electric customers and nearly one million natural gas customers in a 64,000 square mile area of Missouri and Illinois, has announced its first venture into wind energy. This Ameren press release says the Midwest power giant will buy 100 megawatts (MW) of wind power from Horizon Wind Energy’s Rail Splitter Wind Farm located …
Wind, Solar Left Behind in Energy Bill
While the ethanol and biodiesel industries will benefit from President Bush’s signature on the new energy bill, wind and solar could be left out in the cold a bit. Tax credits for the solar and wind energy industries are going to expire at the end of 2008. Renewal of the $21.5 billion of those credits prompted a veto threat from …
Western Wind Brings Solar Power to Cali and Canada
Western Wind Energy has partnered with Solon America Corporation to develop solar power for California and Ontario, Canada. Western Wind’s subsidiary Solargenics Inc. will work with Solon American Corporation, a subsidiary of Solon A.G. in Germany. Western and Solon will cooperate and combine their respective capabilities to enable the development of 5 to 40 megawatts of photovoltaic – solar energy …
National Wind Expanding South Dakota Investment
National Wind, LLC, a leader in large-scale community-owned wind power projects is getting a boost in its capital from South Dakota-based Harmony Equity Income Fund. This National Wind press release says the unspecified amount will be sunk back in to community wind projects in South Dakota: “This investment allows us to devote a significant amount of our resources to promote …