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The American Energy Alliance (AEA) recently took out a full-page ad in the National Review June 17, 2013, energy issue. We noticed a few omissions in their promotional piece, particularly on the production tax credit. So we obliged ourselves and made a few changes. Tell us what you think!
Investor-owned utility Exelon continued its attacks on wind energy in a recent speech at a conference organized by the Nuclear Energy Institute. In a trade press article about the speech, Exelon was quoted as saying that its nuclear power plants experience negative electricity market prices about 14% of the time.
The first and biggest problem with that claim is that it’s not true. Over two years’ worth of data from the MISO and PJM utility system operators, as compiled by Ventyx Velocity Suite, show that Exelon’s nuclear plants have faced negative prices about 1% of the time over the last two years, with two plants experiencing negative prices about 2% of the time.
Second, it is likely that at least some of those negative price instances were ...
Last week, the widest tornado ever measured on Earth ripped through Canadian County, Okla., destroying many homes and businesses. This record-setting storm event received an EF5 rating--the highest possible--and was only the eighth tornado of this magnitude to be measured in the state since 1950.
Despite taking a direct hit, two wind turbines at the Canadian Valley Technology Center (CVTC) stood intact after the storm passed. The turbines, on 85- and 126-foot towers--both fully constructed and used for educational purposes--did not suffer any visible damage.
Trailblazing the renewable energy frontier, in 1983 Iowa became the first state to implement a renewable portfolio standard. Though modest – the RPS only required MidAmerican and Alliant Energy to procure 105 megawatts of renewable generation capacity – the policy positioned Iowa to become a renewable energy leader. Fast forward to today and you will find that 29 states and the District of Columbia now have RPS policies in place, requiring electricity providers in those states to generate a percentage of their total electricity supply from renewable resources.
Over this period, RPS policies have proven to be a significant driver for renewable energy deployment and a source of economic activity. A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists, How Renewable ...
This article originally appeared in the Bozeman (Mont.) Daily Chronicle May 28, and is reprinted here with permission of the author, Jeff L. Fox.
Montana’s promising future as a producer of renewable energy remains bright, thanks in part to Gov. Steve Bullock and his success in defending energy standards and development policies that put people to work while improving our energy supply.
The recently concluded 2013 legislative session saw a flurry of bills dealing with--and sometimes attacking--renewable energy development. The governor vetoed three misguided measures that could have stifled new, renewable energy development. He ...
This article is reposted from the Barnard on Wind blog with the permission of the author, Mike Barnard.
Three Canadians--two with current and historical medical credentials--have jointly written a commentary in Canadian Family Physician (CFP), a peer-reviewed medical journal which is the official publication of the College of Family Physicians of Canada. They warn of negative health impacts from wind energy that family physicians should watch for near wind generation sites and warn that physicians should expect to see a large number of issues due to the ...
The following article appeared May 26 in the Lewiston (Me.) Sun Journal and is republished here with permission of the author, Jeremy Payne.
Maine’s wind energy industry is making a positive difference in communities around the state. By supplying clean, renewable energy, wind farms are creating jobs, reducing pollution and improving the economy.
Despite hyperbolic media coverage, the truth of the matter is that Maine has created a thoughtful and thorough approach to hosting wind power.
Through an open and deliberative process--which included six ...
The following article appeared in the Lewiston (Me.) Sun Journal May 12 and is reprinted here with permission of the author, Richard Jennings, M.D.
Slate Magazine is not generally thought of as a medical journal, but in its recent issue it seems to have confronted, and clarified, a massive medical myth about wind power, conceived in northern New York by a pediatrician and nurtured in Maine by a radiologist, with potentially negative worldwide consequences.
In the Slate article, "communication illness" is suggested as a possible title for this disorder, which may be appropriate as, despite claims, it never ...
A wind tower manufacturer relatively new on the scene is not only up and running, it’s going full steam—and in many ways, the company’s story is emblematic of the entire U.S. wind energy industry.
Ventower Industries, which during the last few years has been methodically putting together the pieces to become a major tower producer for the wind industry, has orders in the books that will put its Monroe, Mich., plant at virtually full capacity for the remainder of 2013, the company said. In fact, by the end of the summer, the company will have doubled the number of people on its payroll compared to the fourth quarter of last year, said Vice ...
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