The KidWind Project is excited to announce the opening of the 2009 KidWind Challenge. This design competition seeks middle and high school students interested in testing their engineering and scientific prowess as they build the most powerful and elegant student wind turbines ever constructed. The KidWind Project is a team of teachers, engineers and scientists ... Read More
Archive for February, 2009
Stimulus Bill Lifts Cost Caps on Small Wind Turbine Tax Credit
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the economic stimulus bill that includes a provision to uncap the federal small wind turbine Investment Tax Credit (ITC) originally passed last October. The removal of the cost caps on the small-wind ITC will provide consumers with a true 30% tax credit for the purchase and ... Read More
Wrap Up from NC’s "Making Energy Work: Building a Sustainable Energy Economy in the Southeast
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009Many of the nation’s top energy and economic experts joined over 500 leaders from across the Southeast at the first, day-long, major energy forum, “Making Energy Work: Building a Sustainable Energy Economy in the Southeast,” on Tuesday, February 3 at the Raleigh Convention Center in Raleigh, NC. IREC was a partner organization for the conference. ... Read More
IREC/DOE Sponsored PV Workshops For Solar Energy Educators Held in Southern California
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009Brian Hurd’s, “Hands On Solar, Inc.,” in collaboration with IREC, just offered two two-day solar energy training events for educators and trainers in San Diego and Santa Monica last month. Fifty educators from 40 different institutions attended his power-packed training, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. The PV Systems Course Development Workshop featured the ... Read More
Distributed Wind Applications User Group to Hold Meeting in Austin
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009In an effort to better serve the needs of its core membership, the Distributed Wind Applications User Group of the Utility Wind Integration Group (UWIG) will meet on the afternoon of March 25 at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin, Texas, in conjunction with the. American Public Power Association’s Engineering & Operations Conference. The agenda will ... Read More
SOUTH DAKOTA: South Dakota Wind Energy Association Formed
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009South Dakota reputedly has some of the best wind in the country, and now it boasts a new organization to encourage the development of those wind resources. On January 13, 2009, after months of effort, the South Dakota Wind Energy Association (SDWEA) was established and its first board meeting was held in Pierre. SDWEA’s mission ... Read More
Small Wind Conference Scheduled for June
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009The fifth annual Small Wind Conference is scheduled for June 16-17, 2009 at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. This is the only Small Wind Power Conference of its kind in the United States. The conference welcomes small wind installers, manufacturers, site assessors, dealers, distributors, state representatives and zoning officials and ... Read More
D.C. PSC Adopts Interconnection Rules for Systems up to 10 MW
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA – On February 6, the District of Columbia Public Service Commission (PSC), adopted rules published in the July 25, 2008 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, with editorial modifications. These modifications to the “District of Columbia Small Generator Interconnection Rules” (DCSGIR) appear to be minor in nature. The DCSGIR rules are similar to MADRI ... Read More
Missouri PSC Staff Ask for Removal of Insurance Requirements
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009MISSOURI – On January 16, 2009 Missouri Public Service Commission Staff (PSC) filed a Motion for Final Order of Rulemaking regarding liability insurance requirements that were imposed under PSC rules in October 2008. In amending the net metering rule, the Commission included certain liability insurance requirements that it “now believes are undesirable and contrary to ... Read More
New Mexico PRC Opens Discussion of Third-Party Involvement
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009NEW MEXICO – On January 8, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) regarding, among other things, the participation of third-party providers in Distributed Generation programs. Some other issues that may be addressed in this docket include:
