The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) is out with their Small Wind Turbine Market Report for 2011, and its showing continued strong growth in the use of small wind turbines at home, schools, farms and businesses. A wind turbine is considered “small” if it produces less than 100 kilowatts of … Continue reading
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Cedar Creek II wind farm goes live with 250 megawatts capacity
A dedication ceremony for the recently completed Cedar Creek II wind farm was held today in Colorado. The new wind farm, which contains 123 wind turbines spread out over a 30,000 acre site, is located near the town of New Raymer, Colorado. It will generate 250 megawatts – enough to … Continue reading
Cape Wind construction to begin soon
Construction could begin as early as this fall. It’s been delayed for years, but last week, US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the federal government has approved construction and operations plans for the Cape Wind Energy Project. “The department has taken extraordinary steps to fully evaluate Cape … Continue reading
European offshore wind power grew nicely in 2010
Europe experienced record growth in offshore wind power capacity last year (2010) – they installed 308 new offshore wind turbines which represents a 51% increase in installed wind power capacity over 2009. Overall, nine new offshore wind farms in five European countries came online, yielding 883 MW of new … Continue reading
New large wind farm begins operations in Oregon
Portland General Electric Company just threw the switch to start operations on their new Biglow Canyon wind farm. The new wind farm consists of 217 wind turbines located on 25,000 acres of land. It can generate up to 450 megawatts of electricity, but the company expects that the average energy … Continue reading
NJ Legislature approves offshore wind bill
The New Jersey Legislature has just passed a new bill that would set up a system to review offshore wind developer’s projects and their financing proposals. The bill, which is endorsed by and is expected to be quickly signed by NJ Governor Christie, is expected to jump start offshore wind … Continue reading
Wind power shows large increase in US – now 39% of all new electrical generation
Total US wind power increased sharply in 2009 – 10,010 megawatts (10 gigawatts) of new wind capacity was installed in the US in 2009, according to a new report issued by the American Wind Energy Association. Total US wind power capacity is now more than 35,000 megawatts (35 gigawatts), so … Continue reading
Bat lover suing to stop wind farm in West Virginia
Update 12/8/2009 – A Federal judge has sided with the plaintiffs and has halted the construction of Invenergy’s Beech Ridge project. Judge Roger Titus ordered the company to stop building the turbines until it gets a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The judge also barred them … Continue reading