Issue No. 33, August 27, 2008 Welcome to the September 2008 issue of the Small Wind Newsletter. See details on subscribing at the end of the newsletter. Larry Sherwood and Jane Pulaski Editors NEWS (1) ALASKA Village Electric Coop Installs Turbines Earlier this summer, the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative installed four turbines in the remote ... Read More
Archive for August, 2008
NREL to Host Meeting on Small Wind Testing
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Download 2008_Small_Wind_Turbine_Testing_Workshop_Agenda_20080825.doc Download Testing_Registration_Form.doc The Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) will host a Small Wind Turbine Testing Workshop on September 11th and 12th, 2008 at the NWTC located at 18200 State Highway 128; south of Boulder, Colorado, and east of State Highway 93. The focus of this ... Read More
ALASKA Village Electric Coop Installs Turbines
Sunday, August 24th, 2008Earlier this summer, the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative installed four turbines in the remote village diesel systems in Mekoryuk and Savoonga, Alaska. The AVEC is a non-profit electric utility owned by the people it serves in 53 villages throughout interior and western Alaska. AVEC’s service area is the largest of any electric cooperative in the ... Read More
NORTH CAROLINA Model Wind Ordinance
Sunday, August 24th, 2008The Model Wind Ordinance for Wind Energy Facilities in North Carolina is intended to provide assistance to communities designing a local wind ordinance. The North Carolina Wind Working Group encourages each community to modify the model ordinance to meet their needs. It is important to note that the setbacks are minimum requirements, designed to protect ... Read More
Independent Turbine Testing at National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sunday, August 24th, 2008The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) National Wind Technology Center has begun testing small wind turbines under its Independent Testing project. The purpose of the testing project is to support the US Department of Energy (DOE) goal of reducing barriers to wind energy expansion, stabilizing the market, and expanding the number of small wind turbine ... Read More
CALIFORNIA – San Francisco Issues Wind Energy Directive
Thursday, August 21st, 2008Adding to its suite of renewable energy technologies for the San Francisco, Mayor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to all departments to fast-track more renewable energy projects; this time, it’s for small wind. A newly-formed Wind Task Force proposed two resolutions after its first meeting, to expedite the permitting process by the City’s Department ... Read More
OREGON – Rural Wind Power Workshops
Thursday, August 21st, 2008The Northwest Sustainable Energy for Economic Development (NWSEED) and partners have scheduled a workshop in four Oregon locations for rural landowners interested in learning how to harness the power of wind. The workshop is sponsored by U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development, Energy Trust of Oregon, Northwest Sustainable Energy for Economic Development (NWSEED), the Oregon ... Read More
Interview of the Week: Solar America City, Seattle
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Seattle, one of my favorite cities where heavy coffee consumption is blatantly encouraged, became a Solar America City in 2008. Despite the clean energy commitments of Mayor Greg Nickels’ Climate Initiative, the Department of Planning and Development’s Green Building Program, and Washington State’s Renewable Portfolio Standard and Renewable Energy Production Incentive Program, Seattle, also known ... Read More
Current and Best Practices: Renewable Energy Fairs
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Beginning in April and running through September, you can find a renewable energy fair. Whether it’s the Midwest Renewable Energy Fair (MREF), going on for almost 20 years at the Summer Solstice, and billed as “the world’s largest renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable living educational event of its kind,” or “Green Makes $en$e” in ... Read More
IREC Releases U.S. Solar Trends (2007) Report
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008IREC has just released Larry Sherwood’s U.S. Solar Market Trends for 2007. This work was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy through the Solar America Initiative. Download the report Solar markets are booming in the United States due to rising energy prices, strong consumer demand, and financial incentives from the federal government and many ... Read More
