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Mapping the power of wind
Online mapping solutions are playing a growing role in the search for wind farm locations, says Justin Saunders of eMapSite. MORE than a dozen renewable energy applications have been approved by the Scottish Government since May 2007 in what Energy Minister Jim Mather has called a “renewables surge”. This autumn’s opening of the Dalswinton and Minsca wind farms in Dumfries and Galloway is the ...
By emapsite
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Prospects of wind energy in India
This paper is a modest attempt to study the growth and performance of wind farms in India. India occupies the 5th place in the world in wind energy generation after Germany, the USA, Denmark and Spain, and has an installed capacity of more than 2485 MW of wind energy, comprising both commercial projects (2418 MW) and demonstration projects (65.415 MW) as of 31 March 2004. This paper discusses the ...
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Spares storage can halve downtimes, cut purchase prices
The advanced purchase and storage of spare-parts can halve the number of downtime days for a typical wind farm and costs can be controlled by buying in bulk and sourcing from a wider market base including refurbished products, Derck van Ommeren, head of sales for the Dutch spares provider WindTurbineSpareParts.com, told Wind Energy Update. It may not be cost effective to keep a full set of spare ...
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Oaklands Hill Wind Farm - Case Study
1,098,574 MWh: Low Emission Contribution 63MW: Generation Capacity A$125M: Project Cost Oaklands Hill Wind Farm is located in the Southern Grampians Shire, approximately 3 km south of Glenthompson. The site was first identified by Windlab’s WindScape technology in 2004. Windlab completed the development initially with Investec Bank, and later AGL. The project was given planning ...
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Collgar Wind Farm - Case Study
4,925,563 MWh: Low Emission Contribution 206MW: Generation Capacity A$750M: Project Cost 111: Turbines Installed Windlab identified the site in 2006 from a WindScape high resolution map of the state, coupled with its Virtual Wind Farm technology. Collgar is a world leading wind farm site located on accessible wheat belt land with uncontested high quality grid access. The project was ...
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Japanese Offshore Wind Farm Auctions have Begun
You can almost hear the gavel banging. The third-largest wind market in Asia has commenced its first-ever offshore wind farm auction this month. Off Goto, Nagasaki, this project is one of eleven areas identified by the Ministry and Port Authority of Japan as viable offshore locations. The Goto wind farm will have a capacity of at least 16.8 MW, and a 20-year seabed lease. The country is hoping ...
By Powerhub
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Wind energy in Norway - Icing of wind sensors? Not with the ultrasonic wind sensor VENTUS! - Case Study
Renewable energy in Norway is getting more and more important! The government has spent the goal that the use of renewable energy should increase strongly over the next years. Wind power plays a major role in this endeavor. Norway is climatically and topographically one of the most interesting locations for wind energy in Europe - but it is barely tapped by now. Our customer, the power company ...
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Vattenfall to invest over €1 billion in North Sea wind farm
Swedish power giant Vattenfall announced that it will invest more than €1 billion (about $1.4 billion U.S.) in the DanTysk project, a 280 megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm to be located in North Sea waters between Germany and Denmark. Vattenfall has formed a joint venture with Stadtwerke München GmbH (SWM; Munich, Germany) to develop the DanTysk facility, with Vattenfall holding a 51% ...
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Look what’s cooking in the world of renewable energy
The solar and wind innovations that got us where we are today — and those waiting in the wings — point to a hopeful future. Inside a sprawling single-story office building in Bedford, Mass., in a secret room known as the Growth Hall, the future of solar power is cooking at more than 2,500 °F. Behind closed doors and downturned blinds, custom-built ovens with ambitious names like ...
By Ensia
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Fulcrum3D Sodar - Clarke Creek Wind Farm - Case Study
Fulcrum3D treats all information regarding monitoring sites in the strictest of confidence. Below is a case study from monitoring sites that we are at liberty to discuss with express permission from our clients. Clarke Creek Wind Farm Lacour Energy is an Australian renewable energy development company focused on developing premium wind and solar projects across Australia. Goldwind Australia ...
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As Europe extends turbine lifespans, data becomes crucial
Ageing wind assets, growing corporate demand and limited appetite for full repowering are favoring lifetime extension projects, increasing the importance of performance analysis. European lifetime extension (LTE) activity is set to hike in the coming years as feed-in tariffs expire and wind operators seek to maximize revenues from ageing assets. Around 4 GW/year of European wind turbine ...
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Wind Turbine Asset Management – Repowering Old Fleets
A talk on efficient wind turbine asset management is incomplete without answering the question; ‘what happens to turbines after their useful life?’ Dismantling them is easy. And yes, it is an option. But with this great weather, why would you?! As most of the world’s first-generation turbine fleets reach their end of life, the great minds in wind want to make sure they have a ...
By Powerhub
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UK energy – time to face some hard truths
How can the UK meet its future energy needs? Tom Delay, CEO of the Carbon Trust, looks at how we can solve the problem with our energy future. The future of nuclear power in the UK looks well and truly stuck. The whole episode illustrates how high the stakes are at present for our energy future. Last month the new nuclear plant at Hinckley C was granted planning permission but we still don't ...
By Carbon Trust
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Winds of Change: Offshore Wind Farms at the Forefront of Energy Transition
At a time when the importance of turning to sustainable energy sources and reducing our carbon footprint is increasingly recognised, offshore wind farms represent a ray of hope amid growing concerns about the energy crisis. They constitute a significant step forward in the search for long-term solutions in the field of renewable energies and sustainable development. In this article, we take a ...
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Masdar Institutes integrated innovation in water and energy
Masdar City, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is a ‘living laboratory’, in the words of Professor Taha Ouarda. ‘It is a pioneering experiment whose lessons and results need to be used to duplicate the experiment in other places,’ he adds. This need is due to the focus of the experiment. ‘The elements most important in this region are water and energy,’ ...
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Clean Energy in Rural Areas
The environmental and economic benefits of clean energy have been well documented. However, not everyone experiences these benefits equally. As discussed in our July blog post, racial discrepancies have an impact on who is more likely to receive the benefits of clean energy, but geographic location also plays a role in determining who benefits. The five most populated counties in North Carolina ...
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US plant shutdowns, grid focus drive storage growth: Greensmith CEO
Power plant closures and hiking transmission costs are driving up US utilities’ investment in renewable energy storage, John Jung, CEO of Greensmith, an energy storage services firm, told Wind Energy Update. Some 60 GW of US coal-fired capacity is set to close between 2012 and 2020, according to the EIA. Nuclear plant lifespans will end and the US plans $180bn in planned transmission ...
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We learn how to finance a renewable energy project
At the 12th annual Canadian-German wind and solar energy conference, it's all about dollars and cents It’s no secret that the Germans have done a lot right when it comes to renewable power. They have some of the highest renewable capacity in the world! So, for a fledgling renewable market like Alberta, the 12th Annual Canadian-German Wind and Solar Energy Conference, held March 23 in ...
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High wire act: electricity transmission infrastructure and its impact on the renewable energy market
Renewable energy (RE)—electricity from wind, solar, and other naturally renewing energy sources— has drawn increasing attention in the quest to reduce greenhouse gases on a scale commensurate with the dictates of climate science. Renewables have the potential to substitute for a significant proportion of the conventional fossil fuels prevalent in today’s electricity generation. ...
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