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Women of Wind Energy Sends Rudd Mayer Fellowships to WINDPOWER 2010!Hold on to Your Hats!

By Jeremy Gross on February 22, 2010 1 Comment American Wind Energy Association, green energy, green energy conference, rudd mayer, U.S. Wind Industry, wind energy, wind energy career, wind energy issues, wind industry, wind power conference, wind power expo, wind power fellowship, wind power grant, wind power jobs, wind power networking, windpower, windpower 2010, Women of Wind Energy, women wind power

Submit an application for the Women of Wind Energy (WoWE) Rudd Mayer Memorial Fellowships! Open for women college students or recent graduates to attend the premier networking and educational conference for the U.S. wind industry, the American Wind Energy Association WINDPOWER conference.

Distributed Energy Generation, a Green Economy Paradigm

By Chris de Morsella on September 17, 2009 24 Comments alternative energy, American Wind Energy Association, Arizona, AWEA, AZ, blackouts, brownouts, co-generation, coal, distributed energy generation, emergency power, Fuel Cells, gigawatt, green economy, green economy paradigm, line loss, micro-turbines, micro-wind, national security, peak demand, Peoria, photovoltaic, Pike Research, power transmission, Sandia National Laboratories, Scottsdale, small scale wind, smart grid, solar power, solar PV, solar thermal, Sterling Energy Systems, SunCatcher, Tessera Solar, thermoelectric, wind

Distributed energy systems can range from the micro sized do it yourself systems being installed on rooftops and on hilltops to small scale systems ranging up to around 20MW (megawatts) of capacity, although it must be understood that this is a pretty fuzzy boundary. The defining characteristic of distributed energy systems is that they generate energy close to the point of use where that energy will be consumed; hence the admittedly fuzzy 20MW upper boundary for their size.

Local Green Jobs Roundup: Winsconsin, Iowa, Oregon, and Illinois

By Tracey de Morsella on May 18, 2009 1 Comment Acciona, American Wind Energy Association, Barack Obama, Chet Culver, Chicago, Clipper, electricity, Exelon, green collar jobs, green economy, green jobs, groundcover plants, grow lights, House Bill 3300, Illinois, Iowa, Janesville, Jim Doyle, low-income, Oregon, Oregon Workforce Investment Board, plant life, RecyGrow, Siemens, small wind energy projects, sod, solar photovoltaic, Solar Power Plant, SunPower, sustainable, tax credits, TPI and Trinity, training, Urban Solar Power Plant, WI, wind component manufacturer, wind energ, wind energy production, wind turbines, Wisconsin

RecyGrow hopes to create 500 green jobs in WI. Culver Signs Wind Energy Bill to Bring 2,300 Green Jobs To Iowa. Oregon House Considers Green Jobs Legislation. Exelon and SunPower to Develop Nation’s Largest Urban Solar Power Plant Creating 200 Jobs in Chicago.

2,800 MW new wind energy capacity added so far this year

By Chris de Morsella on April 28, 2009 1 Comment American Wind Energy Association, AWEA, layoffs, stimulus package, Treasury Department, wind energy, wind energy capacity, wind energy sector

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has reported that in the 1rst quarter of this year 2,800 MW of new wind energy capacity was added to the nations existing stock. This is much needed good news for an industry reeling from frozen credit markets and the recession. In the first three months of this year (2009) the AWEA reported that approximately three dozen developers started wind farms in 15 states adding about twice the capacity that came on line last year during the same period. This is enough to power for more than 800,000 average American homes.

WIND ENERGY UPDATE: Offshore Wind Gets Major Boost, American Wind Energy Association Annual Wind Industry Report, Construction Begins on New South Texas Wind Farm, Seattle Company Proposes Floating Wind Farms

By Chris de Morsella on April 22, 2009 Comments Off on WIND ENERGY UPDATE: Offshore Wind Gets Major Boost, American Wind Energy Association Annual Wind Industry Report, Construction Begins on New South Texas Wind Farm, Seattle Company Proposes Floating Wind Farms American Wind Energy Association, AWEA, California, clean energy, CPS Energy, deep-water offshore wind energy, demonstration platform, Department of the Interior, E.ON, E.ON Climate & Renewables, Earth Day, easements, EC&R, Energy Policy Act of 2005, energy security, environmentally responsible, environmentally responsible renewable energy development, Federal Register, floating windmills, framework, German, grant leases, Iowa, ken salazar, Minerals Management Service, MMS, OCS, off-shore wind farms, offshore deep water wind, offshore energy sector, offshore wind energy, Paplote Creek wind farm, Portugal, President Barack Obama, president obama, Principle Power, renewable energy, renewable energy development, renewable energy production, rights-of-way, San Antonio, San Patricio County, Seattle, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary Salazar, Texas, U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, WA, wind, wind energy, wind power, wind turbine, wind turbine tower, wind turbine tower manufacturing plant

Offshore Wind Gets Major Boost with announcement by President Obama that the Department of the Interior has finalized a long-awaited framework for renewable energy production on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Wind energy continues rapid growth according to new report from the American Wind Energy Association. The US has surpassed 25 gigawatts (GW) of installed wind energy capacity in 2008. Construction of a new wind farm has begun in Texas. Seatle firm proposes floating offshore wind farms.

US Becomes World’s Largest Wind Energy Producer – Record Year for Wind Energy in 2008

By Chris de Morsella on March 13, 2009 Comments Off on US Becomes World’s Largest Wind Energy Producer – Record Year for Wind Energy in 2008 American Wind Energy Association, Clipper, Denise Bode, General Electric, Germany, jobs, Vestas, wind, wind power, wind turbine

In 2008 the US experienced an explosive rate of growth in installed wind power capacity. Last year the US added an additional 8,358 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity (enough to serve over 2 million homes) surpassing Germany as the world’s largest producer of wind energy.