Although wind power provided less than 3% of Alaska’s electric power generation in 2014, Alaska’s wind power capacity has increased 20-fold between 2007 and 2014, growing from 3 megawatts (MW) to 60 MW. This increase is notable in light of the challenges of installing and connecting large wind generators, specifically the high costs of expanding … Continue reading Alaska increases wind power capacity in utility- and distributed-scale projects
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ABB to Enable Integration of Wind Energy in Alaskan Island Microgrid
ABB, the leading power and automation group, will install its PowerStore, an integrated commercial flywheel technology to integrate with a battery system on Kodiak Island in Alaska to enable the integration of more renewable energy from an expanded wind farm to its microgrid and also to address stability challenges that will arise from a crane … Continue reading ABB to Enable Integration of Wind Energy in Alaskan Island Microgrid
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Perseverance, logistics acumen make Alaska wind energy project reality
In landmark renewable energy news for Alaska, the 17.6-MW Fire Island Wind Project is now on line and generating power, concluding another rather remarkable story in American wind power development. The facility, jointly developed by Summit Power and owner Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI), is the largest wind project currently on line in the state. … Continue reading Perseverance, logistics acumen make Alaska wind energy project reality
Continue readingWind energy in Alaska
It’s official: After a decade in the making, Fire Island wind turbines are supplying power to Southcentral Alaska. All 11 wind turbines on Fire Island are now generating power for the Anchorage area. Officials at Cook Inlet Region Inc. say they’ve been testing the turbines and transmission lines for nearly a month now. And Monday … Continue reading Wind energy in Alaska
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Wind farm rises on Alaskan island
Look hard to the west from mainland Anchorage. The horizon is changing fast. Tall towers are rising up on Fire Island as Cook Inlet Region Inc. builds its long-talked-about wind farm. By the end of September, it is expected to be producing electricity – the first megawatt-scale wind project in Southcentral Alaska. From select vantage … Continue reading Wind farm rises on Alaskan island
Continue readingWind power to cut diesel fuel costs
Wind energy now provides residents of an isolated Alaska village with renewable energy to run a water treatment facility, reducing the village’s dependence on imported diesel fuel while maintaining crucial infrastructure. Southwest Windpower, in conjunction with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) and Anchorage-based Susitna Energy Systems, installed three of the distributed wind turbine maker’s … Continue reading Wind power to cut diesel fuel costs
Continue readingWind energy in Alaska: wind farm take shape on Anchorage island
Anchorage’s new wind farm is set to go online by the end of September. When completed, the project, which is being developed by the Cook Inlet Region Incorporated, will provide enough electricity to power 4,000 homes along the rail belt. The transmission line that runs across the inlet is almost done. And this week crews … Continue reading Wind energy in Alaska: wind farm take shape on Anchorage island
Continue readingSouthwest Windpower Wind Turbines Power Remote Alaska Village Water Treatment Plant
Wind power now provides residents of an isolated Alaska village with wind energy to run a water treatment facility, reducing the village?s dependence on imported diesel fuel while maintaining crucial infrastructure.
Continue readingWind energy could bring many benefits to Africa
The fact that wind power uses no water is good news for this water-stressed continent. 97% of the continent?s total wind farm installations are located in Egypt (550 MW), Morocco (286 MW) and Tunisia (114 MW).
Continue readingWind power in European Union
2009The EU continues to be world?s leader in total installed wind energy capacity, and one of the strongest regions for new wind farm development, with over 10 GW of new installed capacity in 2009.
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