Archive for April, 2009
Forward on renewables
From an editorial in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: No one should consider the radar problems posed by a Dodge County wind farm as a reason to slow the push for more wind-generated power in Wisconsin. While the issue needs to be explored, it isn’t significant enough to warrant slowing down the move toward more renewable [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Turbine interference “just a minor blip”
From an article by Scott Williams in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The National Weather Service has issued a new kind of warning because of a Dodge County wind farm that is disrupting the agency’s ability to monitor storms in southeastern Wisconsin. The wind farm’s giant turbines – each as wide as a football field and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Wind turbines, weather radar duel over Dodge County
From an article by Pat Sims in the Wisconsin State Journal: Wind turbines and Doppler radar are silently dueling in the skies over Dodge County, meteorologists say. Butler Ridge, a new energy wind farm in east-central Dodge County, is interfering with the Weather Surveillance Doppler Radar at the Sullivan office in eastern Jefferson County, said [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Wind siting bill back after stalling in ’08
From a post from Tom Content’s blog on JSOnline.com: A bill to create uniform siting standards for wind power projects across Wisconsin is being introduced again after stalling a year ago. Sen. Jeff Plale (D-South Milwaukee), chair of the Senate Energy and Utilities Committee, is circulating a bill that would call on the state Public [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )CEO: Carbon capture technology a decade away
From a post by Tom Content on JS Online: Wisconsin Energy Corp. CEO Gale Klappa told CNBC’s Jim Cramer this afternoon that he believes it will be another 10 to 12 years before technology to capture carbon from old coal-fired power plants will be available on a widespread scale. Cramer invited Klappa on his “Mad [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Importance of Doing the Math
From a commentary by Michael Vickerman, RENEW Wisconsin’s executive director: The average American adult exhibits some proficiency with basic arithmetic–the adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing of numbers. With these tools we are able to calculate a baseball player’s batting average, the amount of interest income earned on a three-month certificate of deposit, the service tip [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Dane County seeks bids for Cow Power Project
From an article in The Capital Times: You better get a mooove on if you want to bid on constructing Dane County’s $18 million cow waste conversion machines. Dane County issued requests for proposals Monday for a community manure digester facility that would be built in Waunakee. The digester, dubbed by County Executive Kathleen Falk [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Green power funds to be funneled only to new wind and solar projects
From an article by Paul Davidson in USA Today: The nation’s largest developer of renewable energy today plans to unveil a green power purchase program that could shake up the market by channeling all of the money into new wind and solar projects. Today, customers who buy green power have no assurances their payments will [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Wind turbines could more than meet U.S. electricity needs
From an article by Jim Tankersley in the L. A. Times: Reporting from Arlington, Va. — Wind turbines off U.S. coastlines could potentially supply more than enough electricity to meet the nation’s current demand, the Interior Department reported Thursday. Simply harnessing the wind in relatively shallow waters — the most accessible and technically feasible sites [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Wind Systems Integration – Energy Storage and Wind Power
From Jeff Anthony, Manager – Utility Programs, American Wind Energy Association : One issue that often comes up relative to wind power an understanding how it works for utilities, is how wind power is addressed from a variable energy output standpoint (the fact that wind projects are not “dispatchable” like other resources) and whether wind [...]
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