Patricia A. Holden of West Dennis, MA writes: I am concerned about the big push for industrial wind turbines in this country. I frequently visit a friend in Falmouth, Massachusetts who has had three of these turbines installed within in …
Category: Wind Energy
Integrating Large Amounts of Wind Power Onto the Grid
I wrote a piece a few months ago on nay-sayers to wind, in which I pointed out that the UK’s Duke of Edinburgh just may be the king. In it, I noted: Here in the U.S., we have climate change …
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The Pros and Cons of Wind Power
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQENswF5QQ0&w=500&h=284] Here’s a short video I made explaining the basics of wind energy for young people, or newcomers to the subject. I explain why the wind blows, offer a brief history of man’s attempts to harness wind energy, and …
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Wind Energy — Playing a Role in Distributed Generation
When we think of wind energy, we generally think of those multi-megawatt farms in western Texas, the plains states, and California. Conversely, when we think of solar PV, we normally conjure images of “distributed generation” — “DG” for short — …
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Renewable Energy: Vision or Mirage
Think we advocates of renewables in the U.S. have trouble? Our friends in the U.K. are running into a buzzsaw of misinformation, like the report “Renewable Energy: Vision or Mirage”, published today by the Adam Smith Institute and Scientific Alliance. …
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Onshore Wind at Grid Parity by 2016
According to Bloomberg, New Energy Finance, improved efficiencies and declining costs will make the average wind farm cost-competitive with coal, gas, and nuclear by 2016 (the best ones already are there). According to Justin Wu, the firm’s lead wind analyst: The …
The UK Has Its Own Opponents to Renewable Energy
Here in the U.S., we have climate change deniers, and all manner of other opponents to renewable energy. In essence, they’re the oil and coal companies, the members of Congress they influence, and those who believe the enormous amount of …
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Business Plan to Develop Synthetic Fuels
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5DCsyoTejs] Here, I summarize a business plan that contemplates the development of synthetic fuels from off-peak wind, water, and CO2. This is exciting stuff, as it uses entirely proven chemical processes, the thermodynamics make sense, and the demand to …
Wind Energy and Compressed Air Energy Storage
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzOyhqJA7AQ]Here’s a summary of a business plan in which an entrepreneur hopes to implement compressed air energy storage (CAES) in conjunction with a set of wind farms. CAES shows some promise as an energy storage solution, though considerable work …
Strategic Marketing Decisions for Windfuels
It always feels good to get back in the saddle, so to speak, plying one’s original trade. I spent a few hours yesterday with 2GreenEnergy client Dr. David Doty, CEO of Windfuels, and 2GE Associate Terry Ribb, talking about naming, …
