http://www.inveslogic.com/popular/articles/wind-power Wind Power - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1381761?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 03/12/2010 - The U...... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1381761?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1379129?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1379129?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1378468?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 The current scuffle between the US Congress and the wind industry began last fall with reports of a large wind farm in Texas involving both Chinese investors and Chinese wind turbines. It ratcheted up last week, with four key Senators proposing to cl... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:33:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1378468?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1377292?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 Perspective by Brian J. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc. PDF versionINTRODUCTIONAn offset is a measurable reduction, avoidance, or sequestration of GHG emissions from a source not covered by an emission reduction program. If a cap-and-trade program ... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:30:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1377292?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1376730?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has called for sustained, consistent and diverse federal support to encourage commercial development of a full range of innovative bio-based technologies.Public policy should extend support to all biorefi... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:33:48 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1376730?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1376964?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 03/05/2010 - Suzlon Wind Energy Corp...... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1376964?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1376132?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 Earth's robust magnetic field protects the planet and its inhabitants from the full brunt of the solar wind, a torrent of charged particles that on less shielded planets such as Venus and Mars has... ... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:22:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1376132?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1376049?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has published a report that describes the design of a superconducting direct current (DC) cable system capable of moving thousands of megawatts of electricity between regions, and which is practical and re... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:25:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1376049?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1375032?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 A poll of North Carolina adults shows most support the construction of wind and solar projects in the state but aren't thrilled about using wood or leaves to generate energy.The Elon University Poll released today calculated support for wind energy f... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:55:32 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1375032?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1374644?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 I reported Tuesday that Bosch Solar, a subsidiary of German conglomerate Bosch Group, had signed a deal with Calgary-based solar inverter maker Sustainable Energy Technologies that will see the firms integrate their respective products to create a ki... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:59:24 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1374644?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1374645?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 My story in today s Toronto Star is about a new industrial efficiency program that will soon be unveiled by the Ontario Power Authority. Under the plan, the province will agree to pay up to 70 per cent of the cost of an industrial energy retrofit, ... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:35:18 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1374645?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1374046?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 Today's Wall St. Journal includes a very interesting article on the real-world competition between wind power and electricity generated from fossil fuels. At least in Texas, steadily increasing wind generation has apparently come mainly at the expens... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:15:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1374046?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1373772?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 At the inaugural ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in Washington this week, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that $100 million in Recovery Act funding will be made available for ARPA-E s third round of funding opportunity. ARPA-E s first so... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:30:05 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1373772?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1373720?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 Are wind power companies getting too many benefits, at the expense of other power generators?YesNoEnvironmental groups talk of how wind and relatively clean-burningnatural gas can partner to displace dirtier coal, creating a path topower the U.S. whi... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:17:30 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1373720?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1371839?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 Left, global light-duty fleet in the electric-favoring case; right, the hydrogen-favoring case. Top, without CCS and CSP; bottom, with CCS and CSP. In both electric- and hydrogen-favoring cases, availability of low-carbon electricity and hydrogen p... Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:16:18 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1371839?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1371155?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 It could be the Gone with the Wind of S-1 Filings!... Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:54:54 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1371155?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1370998?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 One of the K2 series ultracapacitors.Maxwell Technologies, Inc. introduced its new K2 Series large cell BOOSTCAP ultracapacitors. The K2 replaces Maxwell s previous MC series cell, the most widely sold large cell ultracapacitor in the world with ... Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:32:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1370998?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1370478?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 A small start-up company just launched an amazing new product to much fanfare: a novel fuel cell device capable of running on natural gas and potentially small enough to fit in your basement and power your entire home, replacing the electricity you b... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:26:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1370478?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1369987?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 The Honda 3R-C, a new one-person battery electric vehicle concept, will make its world debut in Geneva alongside the EV-N concept, previously shown at the Tokyo Motor Show (earlier post), which will be displayed for the first time in Europe. The 3R-C... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:07:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1369987?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1369988?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 General Motors and Spyker Cars NV finalized the deal for Spyker to purchase Saab Automobile AB. Going forward, Saab and Spyker will operate under the Spyker umbrella, and Spyker will assume responsibility for Saab operations. The previously announced... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:06:18 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1369988?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1369543?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 Turns out the Chinese couldn t get it together, as attempts by Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines Co. Ltd. to acquire GM s Hummer division have fallen through. GM, in response, announced today it will begin the orderly wind-down of Humme... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:10:10 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1369543?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1368207?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 Life is full of unintended consequences, and the energy industry is currently dealing with a significant one related to the step-change in US natural gas reserves and production made possible by exploiting gas resources locked up in deposits of a sed... Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:29:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1368207?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1367511?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 I just got back from a trip last week to Edmonton, Alberta, where I visited a startup called Lancaster Wind. I ve been following this company for over a year now, but only recently has its founder and CEO Dave McConnell started talking abou... Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:49:55 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1367511?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1365105?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 This morning's Wall St. Journal featured a front-page article on small-scale nuclear power, highlighting how reactors a tenth the size of current commercial designs could significantly reduce the financial risks associated with these mega-projects. T... Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:30:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1365105?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1364824?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 The Flextreme GT/E concept. Click to enlarge.Opel will unveil the Flextreme GT/E mid-size concept car at the 80th Geneva Motor Show (4-14 March). The 4.7-meter long Flextreme GT/E concept illustrates the application of GM s extended-range electri... Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:11:30 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1364824?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1364829?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 Valence Technology, Inc. has signed a multi-year supply agreement with BJ Technologie, a subsidiary of B n teau Group, the world s largest sailing yacht manufacturer. Under the multi-year agreement, Valence Technology will serve as the exclusive ... Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:35:39 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1364829?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1363789?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 02/17/2010 - Tetra Tech, Inc...... Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1363789?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1363079?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 ... Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1363079?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1362627?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 An offshore wind farm in the Nantucket Sound could save the New England region billions of dollars over 25 years, according to a new report.The long-debated Cape Wind project, which would install 130 offshore wind turbines roughly five miles from the... Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:31:18 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1362627?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1362629?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 Apparently, it is my weekend to pick on Greg Mankiw. Fortunately for him, that is like the mouse taking a swing at the cat (and the cat is a big one, not like Garfield big, all fat and lazy, but like a catamount, something with a fierce spirit, sava... Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:40:40 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1362629?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1359921?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 The Boone Police Department has responded to numerous wrecks and stranded vehicles today and is asking residents not to travel if at all possible.High winds cause obvious problems for high-profile vehicles. Very low temperatures and snowfall have a... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:46:37 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1359921?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1359351?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 Winter Weather Affecting Morning Commute:Last night s snowfall has caused icy patches of roadway on main roads across the High Country.Secondary roads, parking lots, and other low-traffic areas are also snow covered this morning.Blowing snow and hi... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:54:37 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1359351?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1359561?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 02/10/2010 - Lamprell, a provider of specialist engineering services to the international oil & gas industry, recently announced that it has received two new contract awards from Fred Olsen Windcarrier AS, which in aggregate total $320...... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1359561?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1358883?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 After today's lackluster wintry mix of sorts, the cold air is pressing in and the snows will continue settling in from the top elevations into the lower ones. Look for occasional snow showers overnight and increasingly noisy wind gusts. Expect blizza... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:50:10 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1358883?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1358510?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 I have a story in today s Toronto Star about Vestas and why the world s largest maker of wind turbines is seriously looking at setting up shop in Ontario. Vestas already has a large manufacturing footprint in Colorado, but its interest in souther... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:40:03 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1358510?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1358157?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 France s Areva SA is known mostly as a designer of light-water nuclear reactors, builder of transmission and distribution systems, and a miner of uranium, so the announcement today that it has purchased 100 per cent of concentrated solar power com... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:55:43 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1358157?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1356085?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), an Ottawa think tank founded in 2002 by Research In Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie, says we shouldn t expect any major expansion of the nuclear market before 2030. After that, the future of t... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:28:35 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1356085?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1355332?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 Nordic Windpower challenges the Goliaths in the wind industry... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:23:52 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/cleantech-investing/1355332?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1355061?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 A consortium led by engineering firm Ricardo that aims to extend wind turbine bearing service life by up to 500% has won a share of 3 million (US$4.8 million) in funding to be provided by the Northern Wind Innovation Programme (NWIP) intended to st... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:43:38 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1355061?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1354954?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 02/04/2010 - The Global Wind Energy Council recently announced that the world's wind power capacity grew by 31% in 2009, adding 37...... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1354954?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1353834?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 After reading several articles about the administration's proposed 2011 fiscal-year budget, I decided to look through the figures myself. My primary interest was in finding indications of what might lie in store for energy-related taxes and incentive... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:47:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/energy-outlook/1353834?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1353896?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 International Battery (IB), a US manufacturer and developer of large-format lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, has been chosen as the battery system provider for the first-of-its-kind Community Energy Storage (CES) systems, developed by S&C Electric... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:15:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1353896?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1353801?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 02/03/2010 - American Superconductor Corporation announced recently that it has received an initial order for full wind turbine electrical control systems from China's a href= http://www...... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1353801?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1352068?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 Ontario is making solid progress with its plan to convert some of its coal-fired power plants to biomass. And not just co-firing, like what many U.S. jurisdictions are considering, but full out 100 per cent biomass burn. It will prove a key part of O... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:52:17 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/1352068?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1352157?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 President Obama today transmitted the proposed $3.8-trillion FY 2011 Budget to the US Congress. The President s 2011 Budget provides $28.354 billion for the Department of Energy (DOE) in discretionary budget authority an 8.9% increase over FY 200... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:25:13 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1352157?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1352069?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 02/01/2010 - UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband recently announced guidelines for a new feed-in tariff (FIT) that will enable households and communities who install generating technologies such as small wind turbines and solar panels ... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1352069?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1351229?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 In an exclusive interview with the UK Guardian s Observer, UK climate secretary Ed Miliband declared a battle against the siren voices who denied global warming was real or caused by humans, or that there was a need to cut carbon emissi... Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:48:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1351229?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1350538?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 Nisha is not expected to maintain its tropical storm status this weekend, because it is being battered by wind shear. ... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:30:07 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/science-blog/1350538?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1350125?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), a subsidiary of Constellation Energy, has launched a multiyear plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) demonstration project using GridPoint s smart charging software (earlier post). Fielding five converted... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:18:34 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1350125?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1347798?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42 01/27/2010 - GE recently announced that it has received commitments to supply wind turbines for wind farms to be developed in Brazil that will add more than 400 megawatts of power to the country's clean energy capacity...... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/1347798?rsstype=populararticles&cid=42