Rather than becoming the first American offshore wind turbine to achieve "wet steel," a landmark single prototype project planned off the coast of Virginia has instead dried up in another setback for the young industry. Read more: Gamesa Scraps Wind Project Off Virginia Coast … [Read more...]
Ontario Feed-in Tariff Prices Drop, Germans Pay Much Less
May 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ontario just completed a revision of their landmark feed-in tariff program and rates for renewable electricity generation and prices fell sharply: 30 percent for solar and 15 percent for wind power. This continues a trend of falling costs for renewable energy around the world View original post here: Ontario Feed-in Tariff Prices Drop, Germans Pay Much Less … [Read more...]
Clean Energy Stocks Gone With the Wind
May 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
After a great January, the last three months have not been kind to clean energy stocks. While my model portfolios are still in positive territory (+5.4 percent and +0.9 percent for the unhedged and hedged portfolios, respectively), and are above my clean energy benchmark (The Powershares Wilderhill Clean Energy ETF, -3.4 percent), they have again fallen behind my broader market index, the Russell 2000 (+7.3 percent). Excerpt from: Clean Energy Stocks Gone With the Wind … [Read more...]
Managing the Wind
May 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
With nearly 47,000 MW of wind power capacity in the U.S. and more than 8,000 MW expected to go online in 2012, wind power's rapid growth poses a tremendous challenge for utilities and grid managers charged with managing a growing source of intermittent electricity. Read the rest here: Managing the Wind … [Read more...]
Windham recycling rates near 50 percent
May 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Fast-moving recycling hauler Jacob Toman with Pine Tree Waste empties a bin full of recyclables into a recycling truck Monday afternoon along Woldbrook Drive, off Whites Bridge Road in Windham. The town’s recycling rates are relatively high compared with area towns. Read the original here: Windham recycling rates near 50 percent … [Read more...]
