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Wind farm project dead; leases with land owners terminated
Lee said he did extensive research and concluded that would-be wind energy producers are in it for the “staggering amount of tax breaks” they can receive for producing green energy. But the projects end with abandoned turbines and drastically devalued ...
IEEE Spectrum
A Department of Energy report on wind energy technologies and market status highlights dramatic cost reductions amidst a tenuous and uncertain future for the renewable energy source. Installations of wind power in the United States in 2013 didn't come ...
Italian firm wins Maryland offshore wind leases
Though there are dozens of offshore wind energy projects in Europe, none has started construction in the United States. But federal officials said the auction showed that efforts by the Obama administration and Maryland to stimulate an offshore wind industry ...
Breaking Energy
Wind energy is affordable. Wind prices for power contracts signed in 2013 and levelized wind prices (the price the utility pays to buy power from a wind farm) are as low as 2.5 cents per kilowatt-hour in some areas of the country. This is the lowest ever price ...
Wind energy sets new record by generating 22% of UKs electricty
Trade association RenewableUK says a record high of 22% of the UK's electricity was generated by wind last Sunday, beating the previous 24-hour record of 21% set earlier this month. Before that, the record stood at 20%, set on 20th December 2013.
Wyoming wind farm won't need federal tax credits to be viable
The most expansive onshore wind energy farm in the United States will not need federal tax credits in order to be commercially viable, according to report by the Casper Star-Tribune. The private firm Power Company of Wyoming LLC has plans to place 1,000 ...
Wind energy reaches record levels
The share of wind power within the UK's generation mix reached a record high of 22 per cent on Sunday due to strong power output of almost 6 GW and typically low summer weekend demand. The new record share surpassed the 21 per cent stake wind held ...
Indian State Of Andhra Pradesh Plans To Add 5000 MW Solar Power Capacity ...
The state government is working on a comprehensive renewable energy policy that would see 5,000 MW of solar power and 4,000 MW of wind energy capacity installed by 2019. The policy is expected to be released in a month's time. To kick off things, the ...
Ring of Fire
Part of the consistent support the report is referring to is the production tax credit (PTC) that wind energy companies receive. The $13 billion annual credit encouraged growth and helped the wind industry attempt to compete with big oil, coal, and natural gas.
Alabama bureaucrats kill domestic energy jobs
Even though the announcement of these wind farms' abandonment is just now being published, the reality is that they died in early March. That's when the state legislature passed two local bills specifically designed to kill wind energy in Cherokee and ...
Alabama regs too strict for turbines, says lawyer for wind energy developer
GADSDEN, Alabama -- The lawyer for a Texas-based company abandoning plans for two windmill farms in northeast Alabama said today that recently approved state regulations on wind energy led to the decision. Charlie Stewart, attorney for Pioneer Green ...
Missouri businesses look to Kansas wind energy to meet EPA regulation
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Two Missouri utilities are looking to Kansas companies to help meet carbon dioxide emission targets proposed by a federal agency. In June, the Environmental Protection Agency released a proposal that offered specific emission ...
Clarkson University Graduate Student Wins Award for Paper on Wind Power
When there is a large amount of wind energy in the system, system operators can't tell how much wind energy is available for the next couple of hours, Wu said. Upadhyay's paper explores the maximum amount of ramp in wind power, which can be used to ...
