A town supervisor in Westchester County suggests that a new Tappan Zee Bridge should include wind turbines.
11.09.2011
Categories: Alternative Energy, bridges, environment, Feiner, Paul, global warming, Greenburgh, Greenburgh (NY), greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, Infrastructure (Public Works), N.Y., New York State Thruway, Paul Feiner, renewable energy, Rivers, Rockland County, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Tappan Zee Bridge, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
11.09.2011
Categories: Alternative and Renewable Energy, environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, Hydroelectric Power, North American Electric Reliability Corp, Pacific Northwestern States (US), Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
After experiencing energy excesses that could have caused blackouts, utilities in the Northwest asked consumers to participate in a program in which they store surplus electricity at home.
11.08.2011
Categories: Alternative and Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy, Electric Light and Power, environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, Nippon Paper Industries, Pacific Northwestern States (US), peak demand, Port Angeles, renewable energy, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, The Landing Mall, Wash., Wind Power, Wind Power Generation, wood waste | Add a Comment
In addition to households, a wholesale electricity supplier in the Northwest has enlisted a paper mill to take more power when excess wind energy flows to the grid.
10.20.2011
Categories: Alternative and Renewable Energy, Breaking News, Bryce, Robert, Electric Light and Power, Energy Business, Energy Economics, environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Home Wind Power, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Politics and Policy, renewable energy, Research/Studies, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Solyndra Inc, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
An analyst at a conservative policy institute suggests that economically, the high costs of wind energy argue against its playing a big role in electricity generation.
10.14.2011
Categories: Alternative Energy, Atlantic Connection, Atlantic Wind Connection, Block Island, Block Island (RI), Cape Wind, Cape Wind Associates, Deepwater Wind, Energy and Power, Energy Business, Energy Politics, environment, Fishermen's Energy, global warming, Googler, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, New Jersey, Politics and Policy, renewable energy, Salazar, Ken, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Trade Shows and Fairs, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
At an industry conference, the most concrete sign of progress is an announcement that Deepwater Wind will buy five six-megawatt turbines from Siemens for a $205 million wind farm near Block Island.
10.03.2011
Categories: Alternative Energy, Energy Politics, environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, renewable energy, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
In the United States, industry experts caution that 2011 will be a tougher year, even though a 30 percent tax credit is to continue until the end of 2016.
09.15.2011
Categories: environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
A new report from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory shows that electric vehicles could aid in expanding renewable energy sources like wind in the Pacific Northwest. This region of the United States is increasingly lookin…
09.07.2011
Categories: Alternative and Renewable Energy, American Wind Energy Assn, Energy Business, environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, Politics and Policy, production tax credit, renewable energy, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
The so-called production tax credit is due to expire at the end of 2012; the last time it lapsed, at the end of 2003, development of new wind projects tapered off significantly.
09.02.2011
Categories: environment, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
In an attempt to hedge against future rising energy prices, Volkswagen announced last week that it will invest up to one billion Euros (US$1.45 billion) in renewable energy. The announcement follows the company’s decisions earlier this year to inves…
08.18.2011
Categories: 2012 presidential elections, Alternative and Renewable Energy, American Wind Energy Assn, Cain, Herman, Electric Light and Power, Energy Business, Energy Politics, environment, Gingrich, Newt, global warming, greenhouse emissions, Home Wind Power, Iowa, Iowa State University, Paul, Ron, Pawlenty, Tim, Politics and Policy, Polls and Public Opinion, Presidential Election of 2012, production tax credit, renewable fuels standard, Republican Party, Romney, Mitt, Solar Power, Solar Power Generation, straw poll, Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions, Texas, TPI Composites, Wind Power, Wind Power Generation | Add a Comment
Candidates carved out time to autograph a wind turbine during Iowa’s straw poll last weekend. Yet their positions on tax credits for the wind industry vary.
