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Tell Congress to Pass a National Renewable Electrical Standard and Set the Stage for Green Jobs

Leading wind energy industry executives called on Congress this week to pass a strong national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) as the best way to save and create U.S. jobs.

“We need to drive demand in a stable, predictable way,” said Vic Abate, Vice President for Renewables, GE Energy, the largest supplier of wind turbines in the U.S. [...]

U.S. Mid-Size Wind Turbine Development Workshop

November 6, 2009, 7:30 – 1:00

Cobo Center, Room W1-54, Detroit, MI
Contact: Trudy Forsyth 303-384-6932

Sponsored by NREL and DOE, the Mid-Size Turbine Development Workshop will facilitate collaboration between wind turbine designers and U.S. manufacturers and build awareness of the DOE-NREL Mid-Size Wind Turbine Development Project. This half-day workshop will consist of facilitated panel presentations by turbine [...]

NACEL Energy Completes Environmental Assessment and Receives Permitting at Swisher County, Texas Wind Power Project

NACEL Energy Corporation , a wind power company in business to generate clean, renewable energy, today announced the completion of major environmental assessment work at its Swisher wind power project, located in Swisher County, Texas. In addition, the Company recently received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) permits covering the placement of 18 wind turbines at Swisher [...]

Does Your Wind Turbine Work in the Cold? G.E.’s Now Do.

GE Energy’s most advanced wind turbine, the 2.5xl, is now available with a Cold Weather Extreme (CWE) package. The addition of the CWE package ensures that the 2.5xl wind turbine can operate in temperatures as low as -30°C, and in survival mode without operation, at temperatures as low as -40°C.

GE made the announcement at CanWEA [...]

GE, Plutonic Power Move Closer to Purchasing Largest Wind Power Project Under Construction in BC and Conn

September 23, 2009— GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), and Plutonic Power Corporation (TSX: PCC) have moved a step closer to purchasing the 144-megawatt Dokie Ridge Wind Project, the largest wind farm under construction in British Columbia, from EarthFirst Canada Inc. GE and Plutonic have completed their due diligence, waived initial [...]

Unique Pendular Wind Turbine Design from Ades

Ades

After years of R&D,  Ades has announced their entry into the wind turbine manufacturing sector with the exhibition of a innovative pendular wind turbine with adjusted motor torque at the Spanish reference fair.

The unique design of the ADES wind turbine includes three passive mechanical systems: a swivelling single-blade rotor, a pendulum power train and a [...]

New Berkeley Laboratory Report on the U.S. Wind Energy Industry

For the fourth consecutive year, the U.S. was home to the fastest-growing wind power market in the world in 2008, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Energy and prepared by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Specifically, U.S. wind power capacity additions increased by 60 percent in 2008, representing a $16 [...]