November 20th, 2009
The American Wind energy Association released their 2005 Wind Industry Ranking Report: "The rankings, which include the leading states for wind energy development, the suppliers of wind energy turbines, and owners and purchasers of wind energy, provide a useful measure of the size and breadth of the American wind energy industry. The industry easily broke earlier records in 2005, installing over 2,400 megawatts (MW) or over $3 billion worth of [...] Read More
Canada’s Largest Wind Farm at IfEnergy
The largest wind farm has recently been completed by Brookfield Power in Canada. Called the Prince Wind Energy Project located in Sault Ste. Marie, the wind farm boasts of 126 wind turbines producing almost 200 MW of renewable energy. This development is a significant breakthrough for Canada with Ontario having almost 1,200 MW of energy coming from renewables. According to Energy Minister Dwight Duncan, this will help make Ontario a [...] Read More
Aggressive Wind Energy Targets for the US at IfEnergy
According to the American Wind Power Association more than 3000 Megawatts of wind power will be put up in the US, easily a 25 percent increase in capacity this year. In 2006, the US increased its wind capacity by 20% to 11,600 megawatts and this year that number is expected to near 15,000 megawatts. Much of the new wind capacity will come from the states of texas and California, says [...] Read More
Iowa City to build Wind Energy Supply Chain Campus at Supplychainer
Iowa City wants to create a "wind energy supply chain" campus to connect suppliers with assembly plants like Acciona, West Branch Times reported. The Iowa City Area Development Group announced recently that it has begun the process of acquiring, annexing and zoning the first 173 acres of land to start the campus. ICAD President Joe Raso said the site already has rail service and will be developed with other common utilities [...] Read More
Chiming in on Wind Chimes at The Parenting Weblog
When it comes to the safety of our children, we can't predict what activities are going to turn in to potential nightmares. Sure, we can make an educated guess, like it's probably fair to say letting a 5 year old drive a 3/4 ton truck alone is probably not the safest activity you could choose. Or how about sitting on a skateboard riding down a long, steep driveway? Without helmets? [...] Read More