Archive for 2009

Farms and windmills have a long history together, and today’s growing interest in renewable wind power is just the latest chapter. Across the US and Canada, farmers are turning to the new generation of wind turbines to improve their Return on Investment, hedge against volatile energy costs, and improve the health of fish and livestock ... Read More

The Long Island Power Authority sponsored a four-day Wind Installer Training class in November.  The training consisted of classroom instruction followed by the installation of a temporary small wind turbine.  Classroom topics included: a technology review, fundamentals of wind, proper siting, wind speed and energy production assessment using wind maps, turbine/tower selection, zoning/permitting, foundations, safety, ... Read More

Idaho National Laboratory’s Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) recently installed another educational wind turbine.  The Skystream 3.7, manufactured by Southwest Windpower, is now running at CAES. The Skystream  joins the existing Blackhawk turbine. The performance of both turbines will be monitored and analyzed by students all over the region as part of Wind Powering ... Read More

Albany-based AWS Truewind announced the launch of a web-based small wind prospecting and siting application Small windExplorer. This state-of-the-art application was developed on behalf of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to provide statewide wind resource information to the small wind community. The small wind market is becoming increasingly reliant upon ... Read More

Wausau East High School in Wausau, Wisconsin, was given a very generous gift of a Northwind 100 wind turbine by the Walter Alexander Foundation to inspire and motivate students to study renewable energy.  Lauren Ebbecke, Science Teacher at WEHS, also received a wind energy opportunity grant from Focus on Energy to fund installation of this ... Read More