There’s more good news blowing in on wind power in the United States. The Global Wind Network recently completed an Energy Department (DOE) funded study that took a critical look at U.S. wind industry manufacturers’ ability to compete in the global marketplace and their readiness to supply the next generation of wind turbines. Based on … Continue reading DOE Study finds U.S. Wind Power Industry Competitive on a Global Scale
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DoE Announces New Regional Approach to Wind Energy Information
In order to provide the highest quality information to support decision-making regarding wind energy, the Energy Department today kicked off the collaborative partnership between its new WINDExchange initiative and six supporting Regional Resource Centers. The new WINDExchange initiative and website will serve as a digital portal providing fact-based informational resources about the costs and benefits … Continue reading DoE Announces New Regional Approach to Wind Energy Information
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2014: The Year of Concentrating Solar Power
Last year, the U.S. installed 410 megawatts (MW) of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), increasing total CSP capacity by more than 80%. The Department of Energy (DoE) recently announced that $10 million will be distributed in Colorado, Florida, Alabama, Washington and California for six new research and development projects that will advance innovative concentrated solar power … Continue reading 2014: The Year of Concentrating Solar Power
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DOE announces winners of Innovative Offshore Wind Energy Project at WINDPOWER 2014
Today the Department of Energy, during the General Session at WINDPOWER Conference and Exhibition 2014, announced the winners of the Innovative Offshore Wind Energy projects. In December 2012, AWEA applauded DOE for undertaking the initiative. Below is a statement from Christopher Long, AWEA’s Offshore Wind & Siting Policy Manager on today’s announcement of the awardees: … Continue reading DOE announces winners of Innovative Offshore Wind Energy Project at WINDPOWER 2014
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U.S. government to boost solar power development
The U.S. government on Thursday announced a series of measures to boost the development of solar energy as the jobs in the solar industry have increased faster than any other sector in the United States in recent years. “Today, the Administration is launching the Capital Solar Challenge,” said the White House, a program to encourage … Continue reading U.S. government to boost solar power development
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DOE Announces Wind Energy Regional Resource Centers
Recent years have seen major growth in wind energy, and deployment projections indicate this trend will continue for all parts of the wind industry, from small distributed and community wind projects to massive land-based and offshore utility-scale facilities. Record numbers of Americans see wind energy as an important contributor to a secure and clean energy … Continue reading DOE Announces Wind Energy Regional Resource Centers
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Davidson reflected on the LPO funding of over $5.4 billion to utility scale Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) projects such as Ivanpah, Solana and Crescent Dunes. In an interview Peter Davidson, the Executive Director of the Loan Programs Office (LPO) told CSP Today there are huge opportunities for US companies to take what they have learnt … Continue reading U.S. DoE thinks that
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Wind power gets busy, DOE funds taller towers, and wind’s a good deal in Maine
Energy Department Announces Funding to Access Higher Quality Wind Resources and Lower Costs
The Energy Department today announced $2 million to help efficiently harness wind energy using taller towers. These projects will help strengthen U.S. wind turbine component manufacturing, reduce the cost of clean and renewable wind energy, and expand the geographic range of cost-effective wind power in the United States. This effort supports the Energy Department’s broader … Continue reading Energy Department Announces Funding to Access Higher Quality Wind Resources and Lower Costs
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Abengoa receives new R&D competitive award from the US DoE for next generation Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B/P SM /NASDAQ: ABGB), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has received a nearly US$2 million competitive awardfrom the US Department of Energy (DOE) SunShot Initiative to improve manufacturing and assembly of their innovative large aperture parabolic trough collector over the next two … Continue reading Abengoa receives new R&D competitive award from the US DoE for next generation Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
Continue readingDoE Invests $13 Million to Drive Innovative U.S. Solar Energy (Concentrated Solar Power and Photovoltaic)
Abengoa Solar will demonstrate new manufacturing and assembly technologies for use in concentrating solar power (CSP) parabolic trough systems to achieve cost reduction. Building on the Energy Department’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue U.S. leadership in clean energy innovation, the Department today announced over $13 million for five projects to strengthen domestic solar manufacturing and … Continue reading DoE Invests $13 Million to Drive Innovative U.S. Solar Energy (Concentrated Solar Power and Photovoltaic)
Continue readingDoE Invests $13 Million to Drive Innovative U.S. Solar Energy Manufacturing
Colorado-based Abengoa Solar will develop new methods to produce concentrating solar power trough systems. Building on the Energy Department’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue U.S. leadership in clean energy innovation, the Department today announced over $13 million for five projects to strengthen domestic solar manufacturing and speed commercialization of efficient, affordable photovoltaic and concentrating solar … Continue reading DoE Invests $13 Million to Drive Innovative U.S. Solar Energy Manufacturing
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Advancing America
Two state-of-the-art wind turbine drivetrain test facilities are now open for business: the Clemson University Wind Turbine Drivetrain Testing Facility in South Carolina and a National Renewable Energy Laboratory dynamometer at the National Wind Technology Center in Colorado. The two test facilities will be used to evaluate in a controlled environment the mechanical systems that convert … Continue reading Advancing America
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Energy Department Announces $60 Million to Drive Affordable, Efficient Solar Power
Building on Pre How To Get Your Ex Back When Your On A Break sident Obama’s broad-based plan to cut carbon pollution and support clean energy innovation across the country, Energy Secretary Moniz announced today about $60 million to support innovative solar energy research and development. As part of the Department’s SunShot Initiative, these awards … Continue reading Energy Department Announces $60 Million to Drive Affordable, Efficient Solar Power
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DOE highlights wind energy financing model by United Wind
Company's New Financing Model Helps Lower Costs for Distributed Wind Projects, Captures First Institutional Capital Investment for WindLease Platform. United Wind, a leading provider of distributed-scale wind energy through its WindLease™ platform, today announced the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has highlighted its wind energy financing programs within the organization's 2012 Market Report on Wind … Continue reading DOE highlights wind energy financing model by United Wind
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SWiFT commissioned to study wind farm optimization
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Sandia National Laboratories and Texas Tech University commissioned the DOE/Sandia Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) facility today at the Reese Technology Center in Lubbock, Texas. The SWiFT is the first public facility of its kind to use multiple wind turbines to measure how wind turbines interact with one another … Continue reading SWiFT commissioned to study wind farm optimization
Continue readingValue in Concentrated Solar Power to Add to Electric Grid Calculated
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have quantified the significant value that concentrating solar power (CSP) plants can add to an electric grid. The NREL researchers evaluated the operational impacts of CSP systems with thermal energy storage within the California electric grid managed by the California Independent System Operator … Continue reading Value in Concentrated Solar Power to Add to Electric Grid Calculated
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WINDPOWER 2013: DOE plans new wind energy vision document
At this afternoon’s WINDPOWER 2013 Conference “Power Session,” high-level representatives of AWEA, the National Wildlife Federation, the American Wind Wildlife Institute, and the National Audubon Society joined Jose Zayas, director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind and Water Power Technologies Office, to launch discussion of a new vision for the wind energy’s future. Mr. … Continue reading WINDPOWER 2013: DOE plans new wind energy vision document
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DOE Launches Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative, Releases Solar Funding
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI), a new initiative focused on growing American manufacturing of clean energy products and boosting U.S. competitiveness through improvements in manufacturing energy productivity. Today, I announced the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative at the ribbon cutting of a new facility that I believe … Continue reading DOE Launches Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative, Releases Solar Funding
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Obama names MIT physicist as energy chief
U.S. President Barack Obama announced Monday that he picked Ernest Moniz to be his next energy secretary succeeding Steven Chu. Obama said at the White House press briefing that “Ernie knows that we can produce more energy and grow our economy, while still taking care of our air, our water and our climate.” Moniz, a … Continue reading Obama names MIT physicist as energy chief
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