Google, the world’s leading proponent, provider and consumer of cloud computing, has more than 1 billion search users. The company also supports roughly 200 million Gmail users and tens of millions of users (many of them the same) via Google Apps, where software and services are hosted on powerful computers. Google also run applications on Continue reading →
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With the aim of advancing integration of electric vehicles with Denmark’s electric power grid, which has extensive wind power generation capacity, the team will look into buffering intermittent renewable energy resources. It will work to integrate the power grid and electric vehicles as part of the Smart Grid initiative. via Denmark to examine vehicle to Continue reading →
Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) welcomed members, partners and local officials to an on-site celebration of the organization’s first wind development—the Horse Butte Wind Project—in Bonneville County, Idaho. Located about 15 miles east of Idaho Falls, Horse Butte spans more than 17,600 acres, and will produce clean energy for municipal power customers in five Continue reading →
The primary use of wind power of relevance to climate change mitigation is to generate electricity from larger, grid-connected wind turbines, deployed either on- or offshore wind farm.Wind energy offers significant potential for near-term 2020 and long-term 2050 greenhouse gas GHG emissions reductions. A number of different wind power technologies are available across a range of Continue reading →
Wind turbine manufacturers are feeling the industry performance pinch for the first time after five years of good times in China, the world’s fastest-growing wind power market, said industry experts. Following recent incidents where a total of 1,346 wind turbines were disconnected from the power grid on April 17 in Gansu and Hebei provinces, China Continue reading →
Corky Hilliard mounted 19 solar panels atop her Austin home last month and expects to pay less than $4,500 — about a quarter of the initial cost estimate. “My God, I mean, why wouldn’t you do this?” said Ms. Hilliard, whose neighbors on both sides have also added solar arrays. via Solar-Power Incentives Get Results Continue reading →
In the next 10 years or so, technology trends onshore and offshore are expected to change significantly. Capacity onshore is typically in the range of 2.3-3 MW, constrained by the size (width, height, and length) that can be transported by truck. It’s unlikely that future onshore turbines will become significantly larger, but they will, however, Continue reading →
Toshiba Corp. (6502) plans to enter the wind power business after it agreed to acquire 40 billion won ($36 million) of convertible bonds in South Korea’s Unison Co., according to a website statement today. The Tokyo-based company said the alliance will give it distribution rights of Unison’s generators worldwide. The two companies plan to develop Continue reading →
Energy partners from the United States and Japan will collaborate on a multimillion dollar smart grid demonstration project on Maui. The project is aimed at improving integration of variable renewable energy resources, such as solar and wind power, and preparing the electric system for widespread adoption of electric vehicles. via US and Japan work on Continue reading →
JUST several years ago, Chinese wind equipment makers were mainly focused on how to compete with global leaders like Vestas of Denmark and General Electric in the fast-growing domestic market. Today, some of them have become world-class names themselves and now face a new challenge: How to cope with a buyer’s market. via Winds of Continue reading →
Investors were still pouring money into solar power ventures in April — with about 45 percent the $330 million invested in clean technology ventures pointed toward solar power startups. Wind power ventures were still able to attract nearly $45 million, or 14 percent of investments made in clean technology in April, despite the technology already Continue reading →
What’s the cost of wind power? Well, of course, it depends on where you are and who you ask. But I’m going to do my best here to share some reliable information and put it in a useful context for you. Overall, wind costs have dropped significantly in recent years, and while wind is at Continue reading →
Efficiently storing electricity produced by renewable energy sources is rapidly becoming a reality. Duke Energy has announced further details of a major renewable energy electricity storage project for its Notrees Windpower Project in west Texas. via Major Battery Project For Texas Wind Farm : Renewable Energy News :.
Two other Obama administration initiatives will provide another push in the right direction. These are the development of a national “smart grid” and advanced energy storage, which will enable New Jersey to receive and store more solar and wind energy from other states. Federal agencies, notably the Department of Defense, are also starting to tap Continue reading →
Ceramic electric thermal storage (ETS) heaters are the perfect way to use cheap off-peak electricity which goes begging for customers at night. Some 25 Terawatt-hours of wind energy went to waste in 2010 because there’s just not enough of us burning the midnight oil. People use electricity during the day. Wind blows at night. Smart Continue reading →
In decades past, distributed generation (DG) consisted of a smattering of off-grid generation sources, industrial and commercial grid-connected generation—including backup supply and combined heat and power (CHP), and strategically located utility-placed generation for grid reliability. DG was fairly predictable. Today we are seeing an expansion of the types of technologies that fall under the DG Continue reading →
Cape Wind power project has faced political and legal pressure from advocacy groups and residents who have lobbied hard against the 130 wind turbines offshore wind farm. In January, Cape Wind attained what appeared to be the final permits needed to break ground on the long-awaited wind farm. For the past 10 years, the Massachusetts-based Continue reading →
Ireland may have to import expertise from countries such as Germany and Denmark to meet its targets for the proportion of electricity generated by wind, the Irish Wind Energy Association annual conference heard today. It has called for the appointment of an energy czar to resolve problems with planning, access to the national grid and Continue reading →
Many cities and counties are finding ways to generate energy through the operations of their wastewater treatment facilities, helping cut costs and moving the facilities toward self-sustainability. For most communities, generating energy through the wastewater treatment process is important for both financial and environmental reasons. via Wastewater Plants Turn to Alternative Energy Sources | Smart Continue reading →
State Grid Corporation of China, the biggest power-network operator in the country by market share, said it will expand its smart grid construction in fileds such as electric-charging stations and wind-power installations in 2011. The company said it will build 173 electric-charging points, a sevenfold increase on the existing number, with 9,211 charging poles in Continue reading →
