RI business group opposes wind power agreement (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
An organization that represents some of Rhode Island's largest electricity users has come out against a proposed power-purchase agreement between National Grid and the developer of a wind farm in state waters.
Local business opposes wind power plan (WPRI Providence)
An group that represents some of Rhode Island's largest electricty users is opposed to a proposed power-purchase agreement between National Grid and the developer of a wind farm in state waters.
Study: New wind power expensive to integrate (McCook Daily Gazette)
LINCOLN -- Because it is variable and there is no way to store power in the grid, wind-generated electricity costs extra to integrate into the power system, according to a year-long, statewide study of the issue.
Wind advocates say renewable power standards will mean jobs (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Wind power advocates from Ohio and across the country blew through Washington on Tuesday with a job creation message for Congress. Up to 274,000 new green energy jobs could be created in the United States if the federal government begins requiring utilities to produce a portion of their electricity from renewable sources like wind, solar and biomass, they say.
Minister criticizes wind power plants as "image projects" (People's Daily)
"Most of the domestic wind power plants are only 'image projects'," said Miao Wei, vice minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on March 7. He believed that wind power equipment would suffer severe sand abrasion, as sand always comes along wind in China. It was not suitable for China to launch too many wind power projects. The wind plus sand in it contributed a lot to ...
China 'not suitable' for wind power generation (China Daily)
A fast expansion in wind power generation projects is not in accordance with China's reality, as sandstorms always go with wind, which would cause serious damage to the wind power equipment, said Miao Wei, vice minister of Industry and Information Technology, on Sunday, the Beijing Times reported.
Wind power factories called 'image projects' (China Daily)
China's wind power factories are mostly image projects built largely for displaying local governments' achievements rather than for use by ordinary people, the Beijing Times reported Wednesday, citing a top government official.
US Renewables Group Launches Wind Power Firm (socalTech.com)
Santa Monica-based US Renewables Group, a private equity firm focused on renewable power, biofuels, and clean technology, said this morning it has created a new company, Westerly Wind LLC, to provide capital and expertise to developers of wind power systems. The firm said the new company will be headed by Joe Cofelice, who has previously served as President of Catamount Energy Corporate and CEO ...
