Issue No. 36, February 25, 2009 Welcome to the March 2009 issue of the Small Wind Newsletter. See details on subscribing at the end of the newsletter. Larry Sherwood Editor NEWS Stimulus Bill Lifts Cost Caps on Small Wind Turbine Tax Credit On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the economic stimulus bill ... Read More
Archive for February, 2009
Interview of the Week: Solar America City/Orlando: The Sunshine State/The Solar State
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009Florida: white beaches, bone fishing, icy beverages with little umbrellas, Disneyworld, the Sunshine State. Maybe it’s becoming the Solar State. Last January, Orange County received a $1.8 million State of Florida grant for a solar electric (PV) system and education center at the Orange County Convention Center. The grant, awarded through the Florida Department of ... Read More
The Geniuses at DSIRE Translate the Energy Parts of the Stimulus Package
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Those brainiacs at DSIRE did it again. They deciphered, dissected, and interpreted the policies and incentives contained in the voluminous federal stimulus bill, and shared these details (in record time) with ordinary folks like you and me. It’s just all in a day’s work. Whew. DSIRE’s Brian Lips tells us how they did it. IREC: ... Read More
AWEA Drafts Standard for Small Wind Turbines
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009A draft American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) certification standard for small wind turbines (up to ~ 65 kW) has been published and AWEA solicited comments from its members and other affected parties. Comments are due by February 28th (we realize this article will come to late for most to comment, but we wanted to update ... Read More
New LBL Report Shows Historical Reductions in the Installed Costs of PV in the U.S.
Monday, February 23rd, 2009Tracking the Sun: The Installed Cost of Photovoltaics in the U.S. from 1998-2007, a new study on the installed costs of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the U.S. shows that the average cost of these systems declined significantly from 1998 to 2007, but remained relatively flat during the last two years of this period. ... Read More
Seminars Offer Tools and Resources for Ohio Companies
Monday, February 23rd, 2009In fall 2008, the Ohio Department of Development and Ohio Air Quality Development Authority (OAQDA) sponsored ten seminars to provide information on technical resources, grants and incentives to help Ohio companies to retool manufacturing capacities and retrain work forces to produce components for the advanced energy industries. – For a list of seminars, click here. ... Read More
State & Stakeholder Newsletter, February 25, 2009
Monday, February 23rd, 2009Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Volume #8, Issue #4 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. This free newsletter is distributed semi-monthly to email subscribers and published on IREC’s website. If you have comments or if you would ... Read More
A Conversation with Small Wind Energy Specialist, Trudy Forsyth
Monday, February 23rd, 2009There are only a handful of people who know the small wind industry like Trudy Forsyth. Forsyth has worked in wind energy since 1994. Today, she’s got a collection of hats: she is the liaison between the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) and the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) Small Wind Turbine Committee, which wrote ... Read More
2009 Small Wind State Stakeholders Meeting
Monday, February 23rd, 2009The Annual Small Wind State Stakeholders Meeting will be Wednesday, May 6 from 1:00pm ‚ 5:00pm during WINDPOWER 2009 in Chicago. The State Stakeholders meeting provides an opportunity for states to exchange information on policies and programs to promote the use of small wind turbines. A detailed agenda will be available later. There is no ... Read More
DOE Announces New Funding Opportunity for Small Wind Projects
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009DOE recently announced a new funding opportunity, through their “20% Wind by 2030″ project. This solicitation has a due date of March 3rd. [For complete details, click here. At the bottom of the page, there is a link to a PDF file. In it, you will find all the information about the proposal.] There are ... Read More
