Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) customers who want to buy solar power can soon do so regardless of where they live and without committing thousands of dollars to own their own solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. Customers will soon be able to buy blocks of the power produced from largescale solar installations. The innovative SMUD pilot ... Read More
Archive for September, 2007
Presentations Available from IREC’s Annual Meeting
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007If you weren’t able to attend IREC’s Annual Meeting, held recently on September 24th in Long Beach, don’t worry…we’ve posted them here for you, along with the agenda. Here’s a list of the presentations: State Policy & Incentives–News from DSIRE (Sue Gouchoe) Solar & Small Wind Market Trends (Larry Sherwood) Workforce Development–Certification & Training (Jane ... Read More
IREC 2007 Award Winners
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007September 25, 2007. The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) awarded five Innovation Awards and six Special Recognition Awards at their annual meeting on September 24 in Long Beach, California. This year‚ s winners of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council‚ s Innovation Awards included a groundbreaking report on climate change, a campaign to promote increased use ... Read More
NREL Publishes Paper on Small-Scale Distributed Wind Economics
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007The National Renewable Energy Laboratory published a paper from WINDPOWER 2007 entitled, Making the Economic Case for Small-Scale Distributed Wind ‚ A Screening for Distributed Generation Wind Opportunities. A. Kandt, E. Brown, and J. Dominick of NREL and T. Jurotich of Global Energy Concepts authored the paper. The paper identifies economic DG wind projects at ... Read More
OREGON – Energy Trust to Launch Small Wind Program
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007Energy Trust of Oregon, Inc. will offer cash incentives for installation of small wind turbines starting November 2007. The systems must be net-metered by Portland General Electric or Pacific Power. To be eligible for funding, a site must have an average annual wind speed of at least 10 mph. Potential participants can evaluate their site’s ... Read More
WISCONSIN ‚ Workshop Installed Wind Turbine
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007On August 18th, the newest Endurance S-250 wind turbine was installed in Belleville Wisconsin by Seventh Generation Energy Systems as part of an intensive hands-on workshop sponsored by the Midwest Renewable Energy Association. Eleven students spent the week fighting rain of biblical proportions and swarms of bloodthirsty mosquitoes to erect the turbine on a 126-foot ... Read More
IREC Celebrates its 25th Anniversary; Organization Pays Tribute to Jane Weissman
Monday, September 17th, 2007September 24, 2007. The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) took a moment at its annual meeting today to celebrate 25 years of incorporation. IREC, formed as the Interstate Solar Coordination Council or ISCC, held its first meeting on January 31, 1980 and was officially recorded with the State of Florida‚ s Corporation Division on February ... Read More
WINDPOWER 2008 Call for Abstracts
Thursday, September 13th, 2007The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) is now accepting abstracts for the WINDPOWER 2008 Conference and Exhibition to be held in Houston, Texas, on June 1-4, 2008. WINDPOWER is the largest wind energy conference and exhibition in North America and draws over 7,000 industry leaders from around the world. The Deadline for Abstract Submission is ... Read More
AWEA Seeks Small Wind Photos
Thursday, September 13th, 2007The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) invites you to submit photos for the 2008 AWEA wind energy calendar so they have a thorough representation of the entire wind industry. The calendar is one of AWEA‚ s most visible and popular publications; it is distributed widely within and outside the industry, and sold on AWEA‚ s ... Read More
