Sentences with phrase «commercial scale wind»

To generate and sell commercial scale wind power in Ontario, the proponent must obtain a Renewable Energy Approval (REA) under the Environmental Protection Act from the Director of Approvals, Ministry of the Environment.

The advances in wind turbine design that offer cheap electricity from wind help explain why some 22 states now have commercial scale wind farms pumping electricity into the local grid.

Not exact matches

In September, the University of Delaware's Center for Carbon Free Power Integration (CCPI) reported that US offshore wind power is further away in the US from commercial - scale deployment and operation than it was in 2005.

However the company says their planned first commercial product will be a 600 kW utility - scale airborne wind turbine.

Crescent Dunes, the flagship project of Santa Monica — based firm SolarReserve, has achieved what engineers and proponents of renewable energy have struggled with for decades: providing cheap, commercial - scale, non — fossil fuel electricity even when winds are calm or the sun is not shining.

«Given price competitiveness of wind and commercial - scale solar and the public and corporate appetite for clean, renewable energy, an increasing fraction of U.S. electricity will be generated renewably.»

Our work suggests that there should be no major showstoppers for commercial - scale floating wind farms, but we need a pipeline of commercial projects to validate this, develop the supply chain and reach the volumes of scale necessary to bring down costs.

«The 18 utility - scale solar facilities, 7 commercial wind farms and 9 geothermal plants Interior green - lighted onshore would provide 10,400 megawatts when built, enough to power 3.4 million homes.

Intertribal COUP has flourished since it helped build the first large commercial - scale wind turbine project on the Lakota Sioux Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota in 2003.

«We have made impressive gains, approving dozens of utility - scale solar, wind and geothermal projects in the West and transitioning from planning to commercial leasing for offshore wind,» Outgoing Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told some 300 industry leaders in a keynote address at the Offshore Wind Power USA Conference in Boston Februarywind and geothermal projects in the West and transitioning from planning to commercial leasing for offshore wind,» Outgoing Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told some 300 industry leaders in a keynote address at the Offshore Wind Power USA Conference in Boston Februarywind,» Outgoing Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told some 300 industry leaders in a keynote address at the Offshore Wind Power USA Conference in Boston FebruaryWind Power USA Conference in Boston February 26.

Since that time, commercial - scale offshore wind facilities have been operating in shallow waters around the world, mostly in Europe.

After Texas and California, the other leaders among the 30 states with commercial - scale wind farms are Iowa, Minnesota, Washington, and Colorado.

The complementary solicitations by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the New York Power Authority will invest up to $ 1.5 billion in wind, commercial solar and solar arrays, small and large - scale hydro, fuel cell and other technologies.

Using this «Smart from the Start» approach to stakeholder involvement, DOI hopes to expedite responsible development of commercial - scale wind energy off America's coastline.

And the 100 MW Sere Wind Farm - one of the largest in Africa — is the first commercial utility - scale renewable energy project of the national energy utility Eskom.

«We see this, of course, in the cost reductions between the Hywind 1 [the 2.3 MW prototype installed by Statoil off western Norway in 2009] and 2, which were staggering [a per - MW cost reduction as great as 70 %] and now the one we have on the drawing board [for a commercial - scale wind farm] is another 50 % cheaper again.»

Last week, at the FOWT18 conference in Marseille, France, plans for the world's first commercial - scale floating wind farm, being developed off Japan by technology pioneer Ideol with backing from investment house Macquarie, were announced, building on the switch - on of Statoil's landmark 30MW Hywind Scotland last autumn, and progress on array projects in Europe, the US and Asia.

This first study, State Enabling Legislation for Commercial - Scale Wind Power Siting and the Local Government Role, reveals that local governments play a major role in siting decisions in 48 of the 50 states.

At the same time, commercial - scale wind projects pose new challenges on land and water, and state, federal, and local governments are climbing a steep learning curve as they consider proposals for new facilities.

Unfortunately, much of that hard - earned momentum was a casualty of the freeze as well as HB 483, which basically tripled setbacks for wind turbines and made future commercial - scale development unviable.The renewable sector is particularly lagging, in the E2 report showing a scant 1.5 percent job growth in Ohio far lower than the national wind and solar rate.

Commercial scale small - wind solutions are the heart of our offerings, including our multi-certified Skystream turbines for varying applications.

When we talk about small wind turbines we're also talking about microgeneration — the small - scale generation of electric power by individuals — as opposed to the larger, grid - tied power production of commercial wind turbines, such as those found on wind farms.

As the world leader in offshore wind, Ørsted has a track record of introducing new wind technology at sea, including the latest generations of wind turbines deployed on commercial scale projects:

... 328,000 new onshore 5 MW wind turbines (providing 30.9 % of U.S. energy for all purposes), 156,200 off - shore 5 MW wind turbines (19.1 %), 46,480 50 MW new utility - scale solar - PV power plants (30.7 %), 2,273 100 MW utility - scale CSP power plants (7.3 %), 75.2 million 5 kW residential rooftop PV systems (3.98 %), 2.75 million 100 kW commercial / government rooftop systems (3.2 %), 208 100 MW geothermal plants (1.23 %), 36,050 0.75 MW wave devices (0.37 %), 8,800 1 MW tidal turbines (0.14 %), and 3 new hydroelectric power plants (all in Alaska).

«It is also a very exciting time for Taiwan and we're delighted to be playing a part in delivering the country's first commercial - scale offshore wind farm.

«We are moving toward commercial - scale offshore wind energy leasing in the mid-Atlantic and adding the necessary tools to offer those leases,» said [Bureau of Ocean Energy Management] Director Beaudreau.