If
wind power generation projects were forced to conduct a cost - benefit analysis to determine their contribution, including property value loss and other factors, they would not be economically viable.
The goal of the program is to be able to quickly power down 50 MW of capacity to balance out the grid
if wind power generation slows.
Researchers have taken a key step toward helping wildlife coexist more safely
with wind power generation by demonstrating the success of an impact detection system that uses vibration sensors mounted to turbine blades.
It also established a new record
for wind power generation by any power system in the US, according to the American Wind Energy Association.
China has installed much more than the US has, and according to Pranav Srivastava, GlobalData's Analyst covering Power, China will «surpass US
wind power generation by 2016.»
Well, since then, wind power has fallen in price — since 2009, the price of wind turbines has fallen by about 1/3 — and big investments have increased
total wind power generation almost five-fold!
Here's what Ontario's new Energy Minister, Glen Thibeault, needs to understand: Ontario doesn't need to acquire another 600 plus MW of
new wind power generation, and he should cancel the recent Chiarelli procurement directive, to save ratepayers the associated expense of over $ 200 million every year.
Since the FIT scheme was introduced, more progress has been seen in the construction of wind power turbines and test demonstrations of offshore
wind power generation systems.
Under the agreement, Ontario will store some of its surplus electricity — much of which comes
from wind power generation — at Hydro Quebec facilities.
Solar and
wind power generation complement each other better than previously thought, according to a study released by the Reiner Lemoine Institut and Solarpraxis AG.
As far as other alternative energy is concerned, generating power from wave action or tidal flow is tempting the UK, although they lead only in offshore
wind power generation so far, just ahead in production from Denmark.
Twenty - five years ago, the Danes were also the first to
move wind power generation offshore, and LM Wind Power has been playing a key part.
The average efficiency of
onshore wind power generation, accepted by Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) and other grid operators, is 30 % of their rated capacity; the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) supports that claim.
He showed a graph of rising and
falling wind power generation in the wind - rich Tehachapi region and another graph of solar energy variation over a twenty - four - hour period.
Texas set a new US record for
wind power generation last week, and the surge in output demonstrates how quickly the US domestic energy landscape is shifting.
• Establishing the Guanting wind power station, Beijing's
first wind power generation station capable of generating 100 million kWh of electricity a year.
The UK is seeing a growth in the development of
wind power generation as the Government seeks to meet EU renewable energy targets.
In its latest «Clean Energy Jobs Roundup» report, E2 tracked 12
wind power generation project announcements that it has estimated will create some 2,300 jobs.
The problem with this theory is that wind is so unpredictable that anywhere from 80 % to 100 % of whatever
new wind power generation is brought on line, must still be backed up with standard generation facilities that can be counted on for their reliable power.
Utility -
scale wind power generation is expensive and unreliable; other means such as conservation and using technology to improve existing power generating facilities and transmission and to reduce demand on the power grid, would help meet Ontario's power needs better.
In addition, NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Japan's leading mobile carrier, is said to be considering developing a scheme to install solar panels and
wind power generation systems on their base - station steel towers, which currently number about 90,000 nationwide, and to sell the excess electricity generated on these towers.
On its website the Thruway notes that being «close to the shore of Lake Erie, prevailing winds at these locations make them well - suited
for wind power generation.»