Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 00:17:27 +0000
The wind repowering movement is enabling states like Pennsylvania to maximize less-than-optimal wind resources and squeeze more energy from aging wind farms.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 17:49:43 +0000
A major China-based wind turbine manufacturer confirmed it has an agreement with a Brazilian energy company to install its equipment for the first time in Latin America. Mingyang, the largest […]
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Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2024 13:25:12 +0000
NREL Wind Researchers Undertake Sweeping Validation Study of a Downwind Turbine Most wind turbines face the wind—and there is a good reason for that. Since the 1980s, wind turbine developers have been using what is called the “Danish concept” for their designs—three blades, positioned upwind (i.e., facing the wind), that … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 23:14:57 +0000
NREL’s Wind Expertise Highlighted at Biannual TORQUE Conference In May 2024, amidst ancient marble statues and sweeping centuries-old frescoes, a group of researchers came together to talk about something decidedly more modern: wind energy technologies. The biannual TORQUE Conference, organized by the European Academy of Wind Energy and held this year … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: NRDC| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 22:03:34 +0000
New Report Shows Coal Plants Earned $1 Billion for Running While Wind Was Available, Cheaper in MISO Territory Adding to a growing field of research, the new report, The Consumer and Environmental Costs from Uneconomically Dispatching Coal Plants in MISO, reveals new details about the impact of aging, uncompetitive coal plants … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:40:41 +0000
We are pleased to announce that we have just released a new dataset of decommissioned wind turbines that have been confirmed as dismantled. The decommissioned turbine dataset can be downloaded in Excel format from the LBNL webpage here. Variable definitions and related information are available in the USWTDB codebook, available at … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 18:05:52 +0000
The Maine coastal town of Searsport is a balance of tradition and tourists, of long winters and trusted neighbors. That dynamic shifted slightly in May, when the state applied for a $456 million federal grant to build a specially designed port on about 100 local acres to support an emerging … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:00:59 +0000
Achieving a clean energy future is going to take energy of all kinds, and every little bit helps. Enter distributed energy resources (DERs), which generate, store, and manage power locally for energy users. Wind energy technology applied as a DER—known as distributed wind—is ideal for a wide range of customers. … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:23:48 +0000
Companies Will Work To Boost Clean Energy Options for Farmers, Small Business Owners, and Electric Co-Ops With U.S. Department of Energy Competitiveness Improvement Project Funding The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced plans to award $3.15 million to 12 American component suppliers and manufacturers of small- … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 20:44:41 +0000
A US firm is refurbishing, upgrading, and relocating older wind turbines for re-use in the distributed energy resources market.
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