Issue No. 28, July 26, 2007 Welcome You can receive this newsletter as an e-mail. See the details on subscribing at the end of the newsletter. The next issue will be October 2007. If you have comments or if you would like to submit a news item, e-mail Larry Sherwood. Larry Sherwood Editor NEWS (1) ... Read More
Archive for July, 2007
DOE New Building Solar Thermal & PV Best Practices Handbook Released
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007The U.S. Department of Energy‚ s Building America program has released a new best practices handbook for builders, High-Performance Home Technologies: Solar Thermal & Photovoltaic Systems. The guidebook explains current photovoltaic and solar thermal building practices and provides useful tips for builders and homebuyers. The book also enhances the information contained in the previous Best ... Read More
Turbine Certification Organization to be Created
Monday, July 23rd, 2007The Small Wind Certification Working Group recently adopted the Organization Plan for the new North American Small Wind Certification Corporation (SWCC). The Organization Plan provides the blueprint for the start-up and launch of the SWCC and includes market research and analysis to document the need, details on organization and management, a description of the certification ... Read More
COLORADO – Sangre De Cristo Electric Coop Embraces Small Wind Technology
Monday, July 23rd, 2007A small turbine was recently installed at the headquarters of Sangre De Cristo Electric Association, Inc. (SDCEA) in Buena Vista, Colorado. The turbine, a Southwest Windpower Skystream 3.7, will provide a portion of the electricity used by the headquarters building. Headwaters Energy & Finance installed the turbine in conjunction with Sangre De Cristo staff. “It ... Read More
OHIO ‚ SOLAR 2007 Conference Workshop Installs Turbine
Monday, July 23rd, 2007The Renaissance Group, of Kirtland Ohio, erected a this new Skystream 3.7 turbine as part of a demonstration workshop at the American Solar Energy Society‚ s (ASES) Solar 2007 conference held in Cleveland, Ohio. Located on a small grassy patch adjacent to the popular public boat launch ramps along Lake Erie, this turbine is grid ... Read More
AWEA Study Shows U.S. Still Dominates Small Wind
Thursday, July 19th, 2007The American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA‚ s) newly-released 2007 Small Wind Turbine Global Market Study finds that U.S. manufacturers continue to dominate the world small turbine market. Roughly half of all U.S. manufacturers‚ sales are made overseas, while jobs remain within U.S. borders. 7,000 Americans purchased small wind turbines last year for their homes, farms, ... Read More
NREL Seeks Proposals for Independent Testing for Small Turbines
Thursday, July 19th, 2007The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), through its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for commercially available small wind turbines to be tested at NREL‚ s National Wind Technology Center (NWTC). The objective of the RFP is to provide high-quality, detailed and independent test results for a number of ... Read More
State & Stakeholder Newsletter, July 18, 2007
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007Download Newsletter071807a.pdf Download Newsletter071807_01.doc Wednesday, July 18, 2007 Volume #6, Issue #14 Editor: Jane Pulaski The IREC State & Stakeholder Newsletter tracks a range of market-oriented news, services and outreach tools valuable to the renewable energy community. From webinars to white papers to workshops and interviews with renewable energy newsmakers, you’ll find the latest news ... Read More
IREC Publishes Updated "Connecting to the Grid" Guide
Friday, July 13th, 2007The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) has published a new edition of its Connecting to the Grid guide. The fifth edition of this guide, published in July 2007, addresses new and lingering interconnection issues relevant to all distributed generation (DG) technologies, including renewables, fuel cells, microturbines and reciprocating engines. Because interconnection issues remain largely in ... Read More
CONNECTICUT – Net Metering Raised to 2 MW; New Interconnection Standards Required
Friday, July 13th, 2007Connecticut has enacted legislation (2007 CT H.B. 7432) that will raise the maximum capacity of a net-metered energy system to two megawatts (MW). The new law, which takes effect October 1, 2007, also extends net metering to all customer classes. In addition, as a result of the amendments, customer net excess generation (NEG) during a ... Read More
