Sentences with phrase «scale wind projects»

Conservationists fighting industrial - scale wind projects because of their visual impacts are mocked by wind power boosters as being overly concerned about «scenery.»

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.

It may seem naive but I think the feds should spend their money buying equity in both large scale wind projects and de-centralized roof top solar schemes.

Like large - scale wind projects, grid - scale solar is most cost - effective when acquired through bulk purchasing.

This is about small and community scale wind projects.

Strategies are provided for both large - scale wind projects connected to transmission lines and small - scale projects intended for on - site use.

According to the American Wind Energy Association, there are approximately 1,000 utility scale wind projects — which represent 74,512 megawatts (MW) and over 48,800 wind turbines — installed across 40 U.S. states, plus Puerto Rico and Guam.

Industrial - scale wind projects off the coast of Massachusetts, as well as smaller community - scale, land - based wind projects, continue to be proposed.

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.

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.

Not exact matches

«Solar import tariffs imposed by the U.S. government in January are likely to have only a limited impact on solar energy development in the country, but are likely to tip the scales toward wind projects at the utility scale,» the RECAI stated.

«Solar import tariffs imposed by the U.S. government in January are likely to have only a limited impact on solar energy development in the country, but are likely to tip the scales toward wind projects at the utility scale,» the RECAI

«The industry is in a scramble to figure out what all of the impacts are,» said Rob Freeman, chief executive of Tradewind Energy, which is based in Kansas outside Kansas City and develops industrial - scale solar and wind projects.

Wind farming is notoriously finicky when it comes to supply, and large - scale batteries like the one Tesla will be providing in the pilot project at BP's South Dakota Titan 1 wind farm will help solve the volatility of the renewable power souWind farming is notoriously finicky when it comes to supply, and large - scale batteries like the one Tesla will be providing in the pilot project at BP's South Dakota Titan 1 wind farm will help solve the volatility of the renewable power souwind farm will help solve the volatility of the renewable power source.

Between 2015 and 2025, the International Renewable Energy Agency projects generation costs for onshore wind to fall another 26 %, while offshore wind generation costs fall 35 % and utility - scale solar PV costs drop 57 %.

«Right now, when large - scale development is winding through the city land - use review process, sometimes, developers give back a school, sometimes they give back a park, sometimes it's affordable housing, sometimes it's nothing and sometimes a project isn't approved,» she said.

Hydro - Québec petitioned the Public Service Commission to allow large - scale and incremental new hydropower to get the same subsidies as new solar or wind projects but was rejected.

MAYVILLE - The Chautauqua County Legislature doesn't want to see any more tax breaks given to large - scale wind energy projects in the county.

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.

[19] Aerodynamic work was undertaken at the Motor Industry Research Association wind tunnel using a 1:4 scale model, as the project was unable to budget for a full - scale mock - up.

Created on an intimate scale, it nevertheless projects a pronounced gravity, prefiguring the extraordinary Peine del Viento (Wind Comb) that Chillida completed in San Sebastián in 1977, whose majestic, sculpted architecture grasps at the air, stretching out towards the Atlantic Ocean.

project — the nation's first, tribal - owned, large scale wind turbine on the Rosebud Sioux reservation in South Dakota.

Causing heartburn for project applicants developing on tribal land, the Tenth Circuit reversed the District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma's grant of summary judgment and determined that the defendants» large - scale excavation project, involving site modification and the use of excavated rock and soil in the installation of wind turbines, constituted «mining» under federal regulations addressing mineral development on Native... Complete story»

The projects announced last month include 22 utility - scale solar farms, three wind farms and a hydroelectric project.

Keurig Green Mountain coffee roasters challenged their own success with voluntary carbon reduction targets and, in partnership with NativeEnergy, helped create the Alex Little Soldier Wind Turbine project — the nation's first, tribal - owned, large scale wind turbine on the Rosebud Sioux reservation in South DakWind Turbine project — the nation's first, tribal - owned, large scale wind turbine on the Rosebud Sioux reservation in South Dakwind turbine on the Rosebud Sioux reservation in South Dakota.

Trump's energy team wants a «complete list of ARPA - E's projects, particularly its «Mission Innovation» and «Clean Energy Ministerial» efforts, so it can better under the program that has allocated $ 1.3 billion to projects ranging from biofuel production and wind turbines to grid - scale batteries.

As such, the Floating Wind Joint Industry Project focuses on unique challenges for large - scale floating wind farms, based on requirements for projects in the hundreds of megawatts to gigawatt capacity, deploying larger next - generation turbines and a range of technology innovatiWind Joint Industry Project focuses on unique challenges for large - scale floating wind farms, based on requirements for projects in the hundreds of megawatts to gigawatt capacity, deploying larger next - generation turbines and a range of technology innovatiwind farms, based on requirements for projects in the hundreds of megawatts to gigawatt capacity, deploying larger next - generation turbines and a range of technology innovations.

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.

But Norwegian energy giant Statoil is about to start building a floating wind project in the North Sea, and the University of Maine has successfully tested a one - eighth scale prototype.

EDF Energies Nouvelles chief executive Bruno Bensasson said: «This large - scale new offshore project demonstrates our strong ambition in being a leading global player in the offshore wind industry.

Given this, Hawaii should push harder in supporting onshore and offshore wind energy projects, rooftop and utility scale solar in Hawaii and a drive to progressively shift the state energy over to hydrogen.

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.

Developed by Australia's international renewable energy company, Windlab, with support from Vestas, the global leader in sustainable energy solutions, the innovative 60.2 MW Kennedy Energy Park phase I is the world's first utility - scale, on - grid wind, solar, and battery energy storage project.

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.

The recently awarded projects include 22 solar farms, demonstrating that large - scale solar power is economically viable across the State, three wind projects, and one hydroelectric project.

«We have a range of large scale renewable energy projects planned to come on stream at a range of sites over the next couple of years including biomass, PV, solar thermal & wind generation.

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-...]

At a larger scale, the manufacturing of wind energy technology, the design and construction, as well and maintenance and operations jobs are all tangible benefits of wind energy projects in Michigan.

The significance of these announcements are that these are some of the first announcements of power plant - scale solar projects in China, where there has been at the end of 2007 an installed capacity of only 0.08 GW of solar compared to nearly 6 GW of wind.

As wind turbine technology catches up with the latest solar cell inventions, other research on bird collision risk and marine mammal injury mitigation will complete preparations for larger scale wind - energy projects, just as recent research is also providing evidence of varying bird risks occurring at different heights (and for different species.)

Projects that are both low carbon and have low environmental and social impacts, such as solar, wind, tidal, geothermal, and some forms of sustainable biomass and small - scale hydro are common sources of clean, just renewable energy.

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.

In fact, recent data indicates that small - scale and community - based wind projects have 3.5 times the economic benefit for local communities because the owners typically reside where the farm has been built.

The utility's first large - scale storage project follows up on a 2017 decision to venture into renewables areas beyond offshore wind

Meanwhile, the government gave out contracts last year for five more large - scale wind power projects, for power we don't need, that will cost ratepayers over $ 3 billion over 20 years.

The report includes all biomass and waste - to - energy, geothermal, and wind generation projects of more than 1MW; all hydropower projects of between 1MW and 50MW; all wave and tidal energy projects; all biofuel projects with a capacity of one million liters or more per year; and all solar projects, with those less than 1MW estimated separately and referred to as small - scale projects, or small distributed capacity.

Small - scale, grid - connected, solar and wind projects usually benefit from quicker procedures.

But a growing number of mining companies and renewable energy developers are beginning to use these vast plains of disturbed dirt as the ideal spots for large - scale solar and wind power projects.