We think 2007 looks to be another banner
year for wind.
That comes on the heels of a similar announcement last month by Rep. Darryl Issa (R - CA), who complained that the new wind tax credit extension is a «dramatic» change from previous versions... The investigation threatens to throw yet another monkey wrench in the path of the wind industry, which is just coming off a banner
year for wind production in 2012.»
Except that, well, 2012 was indeed an exceptional
year for wind, and straight - line analysis that factors in that experience ignores some, um, headwinds.
2016 was a relatively weak
year for the wind industry with new installations down 14 % to 55 GW from 64 GW in 2015, which brought the global total capacity to 488 GW.
Last year marked an unprecedented
year for the wind industry with annual installations crossing the 60 GW mark for the...
Although final numbers for 2015 aren't in yet, several sources, including Bloomberg and FTI Consulting, speculate that number could reach as high as 60 GW — an encouraging surge that gives fair indication 2016 could shape up to be another record
year for wind.
WindTech International 2015 was a stellar
year for the wind industry and for the energy revolution, culminating with the landmark Paris Agreement in December.
PES Wind Coming off a record year in 2015, where a «perfect storm» of circumstances pushed the Chinese market to 30 GW and the global market past 60 GW, 2016 was a solid if mostly unspectacular
year for the wind power industry.
The ICE also noted that 2017 is poised to the biggest
year for wind production in the country's history, with 1,014.82 gigawatt hours generated by 16 wind farms.
This year may be the biggest
year for wind energy in the South.
WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson described 2017 as being a strong
year for wind energy and said that wind had accounted for 12 percent of Europe's electricity.
The county has pushed for
years for the wind turbines industry that was an experiment, that failed and caused environmental problems that never were solved, along with the high cost to electric customers.
Whether 2015 and 2016 are also record setting
years for wind energy capacity increases remains to be seen — but given the overall trends in renewable energy policies and improving cost factors, it's certainly a possibility.
An outstanding example of someone getting it totally wrong is the case of a prominent economist who wrote a submission to a parliamentary committee claiming that it would take more than 3000
years for a wind farm to «pay back» the carbon dioxide emissions resulting from the manufacturing of the concrete used in the turbine's footings.
It notes that the City was able to get guaranteed rates of 20
years for wind power and 25 years for solar power.
Not exact matches
While I was cleared of all charges four
years later, I
wound up filing
for bankruptcy protection and lost a personal fortune in business equity to the tune of about $ 3 billion.
Following a record - breaking summer, Australia's energy market operator warned this week that eastern Australia desperately needs more gas
for power stations within the next two
years to provide back - up electricity
for wind and solar and avert blackouts.
«The anniversary has already opened old
wounds for Camilla, people are being reminded of the fact that she was instrumental in ending this marriage that was described as a fairy tale,» said Morton, who has released a revised version of his book to mark 25
years since its release.
He is best known as the founder of wireless carrier
Wind Mobile, which was sold last
year for $ 1.6 billion.
Over the next few
years, count on some walk - in urgent - care centers to evolve into true standalone emergency rooms and
for ambulances to increasingly head there instead of to hospital ERs, particularly in the case of certain types of injuries (such as
wounds or broken bones).
The final turbine
for the Nordsee One offshore
wind farm has been installed and commercial operations are set to commence by the end of this
year.
The U.S.
wind and solar industries employ over 300,000 people, making clean energy an important political constituency that is about five times bigger than the coal sector
for jobs, thanks to
years of rapid growth fueled by government incentives and declines in the cost of their technologies.
While
wind and solar power have grown in recent
years, renewable sources accounted
for just 10 % of total U.S. energy consumption and about 13 % of electricity generation in 2015.
This
year brought another volte - face: in February, Ontario abruptly yanked its welcome mat
for offshore
wind projects, citing a need to conduct further scientific research.
Eight
years after a devastating recession opened an era of loose U.S. monetary policy, the Federal Reserve was set on Wednesday to raise rates
for the first time since 2006, in a sign the world's largest economy had overcome most of the
wounds of the global financial crisis.
The
wounds from her most recent leading role were fresh: As the GOP nominee
for California governor, the billionaire had spent 2 1/2
years campaigning and $ 110 million from her own pocket, only to lose decisively to Jerry Brown in 2010.
Wind, which launched early this
year, already offers unlimited data
for $ 35 a month — significantly less than the incumbent carriers.
Consumer watchdogs and Canada's new cellphone companies, including
Wind Mobile and Mobilicity, have been saying so
for years.
COPENHAGEN, Oct 12 - Danish
wind turbine maker Vestas said the impending expiry of a U.S. tax credit had exacerbated a fall in orders
for next
year, forcing it to make more than 800 job cuts in the United States and Canada so far this
year.
For years, the quiet, winding streets of the Scripps Ranch neighborhood near San Diego have been pure gold for solar installe
For years, the quiet,
winding streets of the Scripps Ranch neighborhood near San Diego have been pure gold
for solar installe
for solar installers.
Last
year, a designer at the firm won
for an unorthodox publication design that
wound up laying waste to the production schedule and resulted in a costly error.
«After determining what the average resident of that state would
wind up paying
for each over the course of the
year,» GOBankingRates says, «the states were ranked based on their residents» estimated tax bills.»
Add in the Russian ads baiting us on hot - button topics, and we
wind up with the kind of political climate we've all been living in
for the past
year or more.
Even if it
winds up being little more than a marketing stunt, the move may prove to be a boon
for PepsiCo, as soda sales in the U.S. have been flagging recently — carbonated soft drinks have seen their sales plummet 14 % in the past nine
years.
Secretary Perry,
for instance, who presided over the greatest expansion of
wind capacity in the country during his 14
years as governor of Texas, acknowledged in his confirmation hearing that climate change is real, and that «man - made activity» is at least partly to blame.
When he ran the numbers
for one client, Tallal calculated that putting away money early would result in significant savings: «By starting when his two children were infants and setting aside about $ 6,500 a
year for each child, the business owner would
wind up spending nearly $ 400,000 less.»
Although a few municipalities did default this
year, the overall volume of defaults actually eased, deeply
wounding Whitney's reputation
for prescience that she'd earned during the financial crisis.
Fast - forward a few billion
years, and
wind erosion has carved into and exposed these layers
for scientists like Okubo to detect from space.
But when so many turn down leasing one and one - half acre
for one
Wind Turbine for each 80 acres, that lease certainly does not materially affect the rest of the Farm or Ranch grazing pasture and the lease pays much more than the farm crow or grazing pasture lease, just because some lawyer said the lease was too long: 30 years plus 30 year option = 60 years, and the wind turbine company has selling production / electricity contracts for the next 150 years — which is needed to obtain financ
Wind Turbine
for each 80 acres, that lease certainly does not materially affect the rest of the Farm or Ranch grazing pasture and the lease pays much more than the farm crow or grazing pasture lease, just because some lawyer said the lease was too long: 30
years plus 30
year option = 60
years, and the
wind turbine company has selling production / electricity contracts for the next 150 years — which is needed to obtain financ
wind turbine company has selling production / electricity contracts
for the next 150
years — which is needed to obtain financing!
Ian Katz, an analyst at the Washington research firm Capital Alpha Partners, told me in an interview earlier this
year that such high - profile actions might
wind up being the Trump administration's preferred method
for financial regulations and enforcement.
As Thompson explains, tulips in fact were becoming more popular, particularly in Germany, and, as the first phase of the 30
Years War
wound down, it looked like Germany would be victorious, which would mean a better market
for tulips.
Those who sold more than 30 percent of their stock holdings
wound up losing 4.9 percent
for the
year compared to a loss of 2.6 percent
for the median investor.
«My rationale
for the massive tail
wind that you had
for stocks and credit markets over the past five or six
years, in terms of falling rates and rising earnings, have tailed off considerably,» he said.
For years I have made the point that progress in
winding back economic slack is made not by high growth in any individual
year, but by maintaining an expansion over a sustained period.
If the increase in Irma suits affects rates
for wind insurance the way AOB suits have driven up costs
for all - perils coverage over the past two
years, policyholders won't feel it until the summer of 2019, Patel said.
As
for wind, the U.S. added 2,000 MW in the first quarter of 2017, an incredible 385 percent increase from the same time last year, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AW
wind, the U.S. added 2,000 MW in the first quarter of 2017, an incredible 385 percent increase from the same time last
year, according to the American
Wind Energy Association (AW
Wind Energy Association (AWEA).
AWEA will release the 6th annual AWEA U.S
Wind Industry Annual Market Report
for Year Ending 2013 on April 10, 2014.
For at least the last 20
years, businesses have had a
wind at their back that has driven growth and forgiven many mistakes.
The devastation from Hurricane Harvey will linger
for months and even
years, but another hurricane is already heading
for the Southeast U.S., one with much stronger
winds.
Conkin launched platform Fundfindr in 2008 to facilitate venture funding but
wound it up after a couple
years determining it was too early
for online investments from the crowd in Canada.