Sentences with phrase «turbine developments in»

Kevon Martis has been the leading activist working to halt the expansion of wind turbine developments in Michigan.

By enforcing that ordinance, Town officials stifled opposition to potential industrial wind turbine developments in the Town, issuing takedown notices and citations to many residents, including the plaintiffs.

New wind speeds maps released by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) demonstrate the greatly increased potential for wind turbine development in Mississippi with advanced turbines.

But Chris O'Neil, director of public affairs for Friends of Maine's Mountains, a group that opposes wind turbine development in Maine, questioned whether the industry still needs «training wheels» such as the production tax credit.

An additional benefit of wind turbine development in the Great Lakes is that, compared to salt water, there is less potential for corrosion.

Not exact matches

Fossil fuel industries collect some $ 4 billion a year in tax breaks and other aid, reports Taxpayers for Common Sense, a group of nonpartisan budget watchdogs — and that figure doesn't even take into account hidden forms of support, such as the Pentagon's jet aircraft research and development that led to efficient new natural gas turbines.

Such enhanced modeling and simulation capabilities held the potential to dramatically accelerate future product development cycles and could provide GE with new insights into turbine engine performance earlier in the design process instead of after testing physical prototypes.

While accounting for only a handful of total U.S. solar installations, the development of utility - scale solar thermal systems that concentrate the sun's energy to drive a traditional turbine using very high temperatures have also seen significant growth in recent years.

Wind turbine blades represent one of the most valued parts of the wind energy supply chain at the moment, with more research & development (R&D) and investments being dedicated to wind blades than any other component in wind turbines.

President Bush, while being Texas Governor, approved and allowed development of new alternative energy solutions such as Wind Turbines in areas, producing much of cheap needed energy and detaching from foreign oil dependency.

As Raghu Garud and Peter Karnoe pointed out in their study of the development of wind energy, the US spent the 1970's studying the basic science while the Danish wind industry was out there making turbines, making them work, and making them better.

But government is able, and often uniquely able, to invest in the basic sciences and large - scale research and development projects that create the menu of insights and technologies that can be turned by the private sector into TomToms and more efficient turbine blades.

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»

This Pacific Hydro project was originally for «70 wind turbines and was refused by Minister Hulls in July 2005 due to the potential impact of the development on the Wedge - tailed Eagle population and, to a lesser extent, visual amenity in the Parwan Valley.»

They hand out tax subsidies in the billions to Green Energy development of wind turbines and solar panel arrays.

The Hywind floating wind turbine technology has been in development for six years, with a 2.3 - megawatt prototype installed in 720 ft (220 m) of water 6.5 miles (10 km) from the Norwegian island of Karmøy in 2009.

Irrespective of the Environment Review Tribunal's questionable determination in the Boviard case, which is consistent with other questionable decisions made by the same Tribunal resulting in many rural Ontarians being harmed by wind turbine noise because of unsafe and continuing wind turbine development approvals, it is logically impossible for anyone to diagnose someone «before» they have symptoms.

As wind turbines increase in height and are able to access better wind speeds, more areas become attractive for wind energy development within Mississippi.

With wind farm operators and turbine technicians active at 295 wind farms across Canada, workforce development and a range of health and safety best practices in areas like electrical safety, fall arrest equipment, up - tower rescues, confined spaces and ergonomics were on the summit agenda.

A Goldwind 1.5 - megawatt turbine with PMDD technology that was erected for research and development purposes in the Bohai Sea in 2007 is still «doing the job it's designed to do, producing power from wind.»

Independent analysis demonstrated that the turbines would not only exceed the noise ordinance as proposed by CMS and adopted by Mason County but that the turbine noise would create widespread complaints and result in legal action by those subjected to this industrial development in a rural environment.»

As the first tribally owned, large scale wind turbine in the US, tribal officials see this as the start of an economic development initiative that will bring a vital industry to the reservation.

In a press release (July 25, 2011) TWA, EPAW and NA - PAW lament the loss of an Ontario court ruling but are spinning with joy at the news of an important scientific breakthrough that may help their quest to bring a halt to further growth in wind turbine siting and developmenIn a press release (July 25, 2011) TWA, EPAW and NA - PAW lament the loss of an Ontario court ruling but are spinning with joy at the news of an important scientific breakthrough that may help their quest to bring a halt to further growth in wind turbine siting and developmenin wind turbine siting and development.

Facing a saturated domestic market and fierce competition in European and US markets, Chinese companies are now advancing into Africa with a full range of commercial activities along the production chain, including the export of wind turbines and solar panels, the development of new equipment manufacturing facilities, and the financing and construction of new renewable energy generation facilities such as wind and solar farms.7 China's increasing engagement in the promotion of renewable energy projects in Africa seems to have gone almost unnoticed; but how significant is this engagement, what form does it take and how can it best be explained?

There are helium cooled nuclear engines that can run turbines in a closed cycle — these have been in development since the 1960's.

Online, under construction, and advanced development wind project details provided in the report include project size, turbine manufacturer, project developer, project owner, and power purchaser.

He has five years of experience in the wind industry starting in 2007 with the development of Stony Corners substation, and installation of turbines and electrical infrastructure at the facilty.

(Sec. 175) Requires the Secretary to implement a multiyear, multiphase program of research, development, and technology demonstration to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle power generation systems and to identify the technologies that will lead to gas turbine combined cycle efficiency of 65 %.

This is an exciting new technology development that can substantially reduce the long term cost of energy from offshore wind turbines and the company is proud and thankful to be supported by GROW: OffshoreWind in this work,» said Theo Botha, co-founder of Blade Dynamics.

But a new report released by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory highlight the advances in wind turbine technology that make wind farm development here almost inevitable.

At the same time, the development of newer turbine and foundation technologies will allow wind power projects to be built in deeper waters further offshore, and the adaptation of standards and guidelines for national regulation will remain important for a national offshore wind energy resource and design database.

The proposed Ceres project will cause considerable and permanent disruption to broadacre cropping in the area ear - marked for turbine development.

Residents not engaged in turbine developments have been pitted against neighbours, over concerns with health impacts and quality of life issues.

Ranging from small - scale turbine units on the sea floor to large - scale turbines on vertical towers or suspended from boats, tidal current exploitation technology is still very much in the infant stage of development.

Developments in gas turbines will also benefit commercial offerings for coal - based IGCC with efficiency approaching 50 %.

Tidal energy is a global, large resource that can be exploited through tidal barrages, which take advantage of the ebb - and - flow of the tides to release water through turbines, and exploitation of tidal currents, where there are many technologies still in development.

«'' In the eighties the UK squandered the lead it had in wind power development and now Denmark has a large share of the worldwide market in turbine manufacturing,» said YeIn the eighties the UK squandered the lead it had in wind power development and now Denmark has a large share of the worldwide market in turbine manufacturing,» said Yein wind power development and now Denmark has a large share of the worldwide market in turbine manufacturing,» said Yein turbine manufacturing,» said Yeo.

Another 500 MW of GE's 2MW platform are at various stages of development in North America, including at the 185 MW Hilltopper wind farm in Illinois, where GE Renewable Energy has been chosen to supply 74 2.5 - 116 turbines.

Here's some perspective: two years ago Ontario was in a strong position to lead the world on freshwater offshore wind development, attract a major turbine manufacturer, establish a compelling local supply chain, and create many thousands of jobs.

Given the scale of projects under development in more mature markets — for example, in the UK, the 1,218 - MW Hornsea Project One contemplates the installation of 174 turbines — the additional cost and complexity of using foreign ships may be prohibitive.

«Texas Decision Could Double Wind Power Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2002).

While this strategy was successfully employed for the small Block Island project, it may not prove practical for large - scale development of offshore wind in the U.S.. By some estimates, the use of foreign - installation vessels may increase project costs by as much as $ 20 — 40 million for a 100 - turbine development.

And because they are now 100 meters tall, instead of less than 40 meters, they harvest a far larger, stronger, and more reliable wind regime, generating 20 times as much electricity as the turbines installed in the early 1980s when modern wind power development began.

In the 1970s and»80s, the U.S. government funded the development of large - scale wind turbines, as did other countries such as Denmark, Germany, Spain, India, and, later, China.

DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy purchased the buoys to improve offshore turbine performance in the near term and reduce barriers to private investment in large - scale offshore wind energy development in the long term.

To design and build the Haliade - X platform, GE Renewable Energy is relying on an unprecedented collaboration across the GE portfolio, leveraging the knowledge of GE's Onshore wind team, with 50,000 turbines in the field; the blade expertise of LM Wind Power; the GE Power and GE Aviation engineers for peer reviews of component and systems design; the Global Research Center for control systems and component validation; and GE Digital for supporting digital modelling, analytics and app development.

Of course, that summary omits all the caveats about mortalities Lovich et al might have missed, about the Mesa Wind Project being one development in a sea of larger turbines, about absence of evidence not being evidence of absence, fewer eagles per year and so forth, so wind fans who pride themselves on their science literacy might have second thoughts.

In 2016, the wind energy industry directly employed over 100,000 full - time - equivalent employees in a variety of capacities, including manufacturing, project development, construction and turbine installation, operations and maintenance, transportation and logistics, and financial, legal, and consulting services [10In 2016, the wind energy industry directly employed over 100,000 full - time - equivalent employees in a variety of capacities, including manufacturing, project development, construction and turbine installation, operations and maintenance, transportation and logistics, and financial, legal, and consulting services [10in a variety of capacities, including manufacturing, project development, construction and turbine installation, operations and maintenance, transportation and logistics, and financial, legal, and consulting services [10].

There are two simple and compelling reasons why Iowa is arguably the centre of the United State's renewable energy development — it has more installed wind power (20 % of its supply) than any other state and it manufactures more turbines than anywhere else in the state.

In 2015 they purchased the remaining 25 % and the development rights to the 6 turbine extension — Waterloo stage 2.