COLORADO – IOU Puts PV Incentives in Deep Freeze Black Hills Energy, an investor-owned utility serving southwestern Colorado, announced on October 18 that its popular PV incentive program was suspended. The program is funded by a surcharge on customer bills. Soaring demand for the program and the generous incentives it provides have outpaced the collection ... Read More
Archive for October, 2010
FERC provides clarification on Feed-in Tariff options for states
Thursday, October 28th, 2010In an order issued Oct. 21, 2010, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) provided clarification as to how a state might be able to structure a “feed-in tariff” requirement. Generally, a feed-in tariff requires electric distribution companies to purchase the power produced by a specific resource class, usually renewable, under government-established rates designed to encourage ... Read More
NEW YORK: Family Farm Installs Wind Turbine with help from NYSERDA, overseas manufacturer, and local installer
Monday, October 25th, 2010It’s such a bucolic scene, the blades of the wind turbine moving slowly, almost hypnotically, over the rolling green hills dotted with fuzzy white sheep. Viewing such a pretty picture, one wouldn’t guess all that had to happen behind the scenes to get that turbine in place. Buckwheat Bridge Angoras is a small, family owned ... Read More
Interview with Erin Johnston of Energy Trust of Oregon
Monday, October 25th, 2010Erin Johnston has an impressive work history. Up until October 15th of this year, Erin’s work focused on wind energy projects as a Renewable Energy Project Manager for Energy Trust of Oregon (ETO). Before Energy Trust, Erin worked at Navigant Consulting where she performed engineering analysis and technical report writing for various clients, including the ... Read More
COLORADO: iCAST wins IREC Small Wind Innovation Award
Monday, October 25th, 2010The Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Inc. (IREC) awarded the International Center for Appropriate & Sustainable Technology (iCAST) one of its Innovations Awards at the 2010 IREC Annual Meeting in October. iCAST won the award for its small wind program in rural Colorado. The winning project developed the feasibility, oversaw the installation and showcased wind turbines ... Read More
International Energy Agency Plans Labeling Guide
Monday, October 25th, 2010An international team is working to forge agreements in the use of common methodologies for testing small wind turbines. The group’s intent is to define a globally standardized product label for small wind turbines and establish minimum requirements for the accepted testing process that would allow the label to be placed on products. The National ... Read More
OHIO: Green Energy Ohio Showcases Small Wind Turbines in Solar Tour
Monday, October 25th, 2010Green Energy Ohio (GEO) announced that they recently had a very successful Ohio Solar Tour (the nation’s largest, according to the American Solar Energy Society). Among their 242 sites across 119 communities in 45 Ohio counties were 33 small wind turbines. You can see details of these wind sites on Green Energy Ohio’s 2010 Ohio ... Read More
AWEA Small Wind Conference in Portland, Oregon December 7-9
Monday, October 25th, 2010The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) will hold their annual Small Wind Conference, Power for the People, December 7-9, 2010 at the Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. This year’s program is divided into two session tracks, Small Wind and Community Wind. The Small Wind Track is designed for dealers, installers, developers, manufacturers, and consumers who ... Read More
OSWEA to host reception at Portland Conference
Monday, October 25th, 2010Immediately prior to the AWEA Small Wind conference, the Oregon Small Wind Energy Association (OSWEA) is hosting a cocktail reception at the World Forestry Center, Cheatham Hall on Monday, December 6, 2010 from 5:30pm – 9pm. This reception will be an opportunity to mingle with your peers in the renewable energy field, learn how the ... Read More
CANADA: Popular Demand Drives Canadian Market Growth
Monday, October 25th, 2010The Canadian market for small wind energy systems is growing rapidly according to a new market study conducted for the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA). The market survey shows that annual sales for small wind energy systems in Canada have grown by 55 per cent over the past two years, despite the global economic downturn. At ... Read More
