Craig Poff is Director, Business Development for Avangrid Renewables where he is responsible for development
of utility scale wind and solar energy projects in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States.
I have yet to read an article discussing the deployment
of utility scale wind or solar projects in the U.S. that includes an assessment of Europe's almost 30 year experience which has been less than stellar.
Not exact matches
Though Democrats have historically been viewed as the strongest supporters
of renewable energy,
utility -
scale wind farms and solar installations are found throughout the nation — including in Republican - leaning states like Arizona, North Carolina, Oklahoma and North Dakota — and enjoy bipartisan support among Americans.
And fifth,
utility -
scale solar is reaching prices, especially in California and the Southeast, that are competitive with local
wind power (and cheaper at certain times
of day).
As many as 41 states, not including Puerto Rico and Guam, now have
utility -
scale wind projects, with U.S. Global Investors» home state
of Texas the leader by far.
The U.S. Department
of Energy puts the drop at 64 per cent for
utility -
scale solar power and 41 per cent for land - based
wind since 2008.
Despite recent sharp declines in the market price
of natural gas,
utility -
scale solar and
wind power remain cost - competitive complements to traditional generation technologies, even without subsidies.
Despite the modestly slowing rate
of cost declines for
utility -
scale alternative energy generation, the gap between the costs
of certain alternative energy technologies (e.g.,
utility -
scale solar and onshore
wind) and conventional generation technologies continues to widen as the cost profiles
of such conventional generation remain flat (e.g., coal) and, in certain instances, increase (e.g., nuclear).
Lazard's latest annual Levelized Cost
of Energy Analysis (LCOE 11.0) shows a continued decline in the cost
of generating electricity from alternative energy technologies, especially
utility -
scale solar and
wind.
Major companies — electricity giant Huaneng Group and state - directed China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)-- have responded to the government's goals, looking to build
utility -
scale wind farms throughout the country, according to engineer He Dexin, president
of CWEA.
* Extend solar tax credits or something like the
wind PTC to
utility companies to increase the incentives for large -
scale solar, as well as household installation
of solar panels.
Nidec ASI will be installing 5MW / 5MWh
of battery energy storage at a
utility -
scale wind farm on the French island territory
of Martinique, aimed at stabilising and maximising the flow
of energy onto the grid.
Our owners are deeply experienced in the energy sector and understand the nature
of the industry and the crucial need for ramp - up time to create profitable,
utility -
scale, ocean - based
wind power.
«
Utility -
scale wind power: impacts
of increased penetration (working paper)» [PDF], Lawrence Pitt, G. Cornelis van Kooten, Murray Love, and Ned Djilali, Resource and Environmental Economics and Policy Analysis (REPA) Research Group, Department
of Economics, University
of Victoria (British Columbia, Canada), June 2005
Since 1995, the Rosebud Sioux and other COUP tribes have committed to the
utility -
scale development
of tribal
wind resources on their reservations (estimated in the hundreds
of gigawatts
of potential), and the integration
of large -
scale distributed tribal
wind generation with diminishing reliance on hydropower from federal transmission grids.
Successive studies have shown that CCS is generally more expensive than old hydro and on - shore
wind but generally competitive with
utility -
scale solar PV, geothermal, and new hydro while being lower in cost than small -
scale PV, off - shore
wind, nuclear, and the many other nascent technologies — especially when the real cost
of filling - in for intermittency is included.
In Synapse's 100 % renewables «
utility -
scale case,» LADWP would add the same amount
of wind and solar as in the reference case, but would also add almost 2 GW
of storage capacity.
Construction began this summer on the first
utility -
scale wind farm in North Carolina, and one of the first in the southeastern U.S., the Amazon Wind Farm US East, powered by Iberdrola Renewab
wind farm in North Carolina, and one
of the first in the southeastern U.S., the Amazon
Wind Farm US East, powered by Iberdrola Renewab
Wind Farm US East, powered by Iberdrola Renewables.
A
utility -
scale offshore
wind farm planned for the federal waters off the coast of New Jersey, Garden State Offshore Energy is a partnership between Deepwater Wind and P
wind farm planned for the federal waters off the coast
of New Jersey, Garden State Offshore Energy is a partnership between Deepwater
Wind and P
Wind and PSEG.
This, given the climate change requirements, and technology cost forecasts for
wind and solar, the emergence
of battery storage and home management systems, as well as solar thermal plus storage at
utility scale, not to mention the fuel cost
of coal and gas, and the financing risk attached to that, seems an extraordinary prediction.
«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 February
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 February
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 February
Wind Power USA Conference in Boston February 26.
The costs
of offshore
wind projects commissioned in 2016 vary widely, but on average are 150 % higher than onshore
wind and more than 50 % higher than
utility -
scale solar photovoltaic (PV) projects.
Starting in late 2013, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont will together solicit proposals from developers
of utility -
scale wind and other clean power projects.
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One
of the first
utility -
scale wind power systems to incorporate short - term, grid -
scale battery storage, the GE Brilliant 1.6 - 100 addresses one
of the criticisms (if not the biggest and most frequently cited criticism)
of wind energy: its intermittent nature.
Enabling
wind farm owners and operators to more efficiently and cost - effectively convert
wind energy into electricity and supply it to power grids improves the economics
of utility -
scale wind power.
«As we return to California, birthplace
of utility -
scale wind power, we're bringing a...
Research from NREL shows exceptionally good
wind speeds for
utility -
scale wind turbines along the southern coast
of St. Croix — including near the old oil refinery.
First -
of - its - Kind Offering Allows Massachusetts to Use Offshore
Wind to Replace Retiring Fossil - Fired Power Plants New Bedford, Mass. — December 20, 2017 — Deepwater Wind will propose to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts an innovative offshore wind solution that, for the first time, will allow a utility - scale renewable energy project to replace the retiring fossil fuel - fired power -LSB-
Wind to Replace Retiring Fossil - Fired Power Plants New Bedford, Mass. — December 20, 2017 — Deepwater
Wind will propose to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts an innovative offshore wind solution that, for the first time, will allow a utility - scale renewable energy project to replace the retiring fossil fuel - fired power -LSB-
Wind will propose to the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts an innovative offshore
wind solution that, for the first time, will allow a utility - scale renewable energy project to replace the retiring fossil fuel - fired power -LSB-
wind solution that, for the first time, will allow a
utility -
scale renewable energy project to replace the retiring fossil fuel - fired power -LSB-...]
Lazard notes that in North America, the cost for
utility scale solar and
wind power dropped 6 percent last year, while the price for coal remained flat and the cost
of nuclear soared.
In a filing to the public
utilities commission in the state
of Colorado, Xcel Energy requested permission to include 170MW
of new,
utility -
scale solar capacity and 450MW
of wind energy capacity in the state.
It said it the White Paper overestimated the base capital costs
of both solar PV and
wind by more than 150 per cent and 50 per cent respectively, took a conservative view
of future solar costs, a rosy view
of geothermal, and its estimates
of the capital cost
of utility scale solar are more than three times the cost achieved elsewhere in the world in 2011.
The lifecycle cost
of electricity from new nuclear plants is now $ 148 per megawatt - hour, or 14.8 cents per kilowatt, while it is 5 c / kwh for
utility scale solar and 4.5 c / kwh for
wind.
Vulcan Solar is located within the footprint
of the Blackspring Ridge
Wind Project, a 300MW facility, and will be the first
utility scale «Hybrid Renewable Energy Project» in Canada and one
of the largest hybrid facilities in North America.
Having built the first
wind project in Missouri after they told him it couldn't be done, he now wants to build 150 megawatts
of onshore
wind power in West Palm Beach County, Florida, the first
utility -
scale wind project in the Southeast.
As a coalition
of community groups and individuals concerned about the impact
of utility -
scale wind power development on Ontario's economy, natural environment and human health, we offer the following -LSB-...]
As a coalition
of community groups and individuals concerned about the impact
of utility -
scale wind power development on Ontario's economy, natural environment and human health, we offer the following comments on the proposed amendments to Regulation 359/09 as per the Regulation Proposal Notice, dated August 4, 2015.
If current trends continue 75 %
of renewables will eventually come from
utility scale solar and
wind, leaving only 25 % under more local and consumer control.
North Carolina has
utility -
scale wind development in the eastern part
of the state, primarily along the coastline where there is significant generation potential.
Each cell represents four square kilometers, with a presumed maximum installation capacity
of eight 2 MW modern
utility -
scale wind turbines.
Where distributed solar shaves the cost
of peak electricity prices,
utility -
scale wind power lowers the wholesale cost
of power across the board.
Solar has surpassed a variety
of milestones — for example,
utility scale solar is growing at a rate faster than other generation technologies,
wind and solar provided over 10 %
of U.S. power in March, and
utility scale solar has already broke the $ 1 / watt pricing goal set up by the U.S. DOE.
She began covering renewable energy issues at the local level in 2005 and covered U.S. and Canadian
utility -
scale wind energy as editor
of North American Windpower magazine from 2006 - 2009.
(In the U.S. unsubsidized levelized costs
of energy vastly favor
wind and
utility scale solar.
The awarded projects — including 22
utility -
scale solar farms, three
wind farms and one hydroelectric project — are expected to create more than 3,000 short - and long - term jobs, generate enough clean energy to power more than 430,000 homes and reduce carbon emissions by more than 1.6 million metric tons, the equivalent
of taking nearly 340,000 cars off the road.
However, if costs over the lifespan
of energy projects are taken into account,
wind and
utility -
scale solar can be the least expensive energy generating sources, according to asset management company Lazard.
And fifth,
utility -
scale solar is reaching prices, especially in California and the Southeast, that are competitive with local
wind power (and cheaper at certain times
of day).
Mr. Grybowski is now leading the company's efforts to develop a series
of utility -
scale offshore
wind projects to serve the northeast United States with total potential capacity
of more than 2,000 MW.
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.
The Heritage Stoney Corners
Wind Farm project is one of the first utility scale wind farms in Michi
Wind Farm project is one
of the first
utility scale wind farms in Michi
wind farms in Michigan.