| Content Category: New & Noteworthy |
| AMSC Update: Copyright Infringement Hearing In Sinovel Case Scheduled For May 29 |
| on 24 May 2013 by NAW Staff |
| AMSC says that China’s Supreme People’s Court has scheduled a hearing for May 29 to review the jurisdiction of AMSC’s software copyright infringement cases against [read more] |
| PG&E, Energy Commission Unveil Storage Project |
| on 24 May 2013 by NAW Staff |
| Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) and the California Energy Commission have unveiled a battery energy storage system pilot project to better balance power needs [read more] |
| UMaine Deploys Floating LIDAR Technology |
| on 24 May 2013 by NAW Staff |
| The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center unveiled a buoy-based floating LIDAR system to collect deepwater offshore hub height wind measurements in the [read more] |
| Sec. Moniz: 'We Need To Continue Our Focus On Wind' |
| on 23 May 2013 by NAW Staff |
| New Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz reiterated the Obama administration's "all-of-the-above" approach to energy policy. During his first public comments, he gave special mention to renewables, [read more] |
| Clean Line's Grain Belt Express Lines To Deliver Wind Energy Eastward |
| on 23 May 2013 by NAW Staff |
| Clean Line Energy Partners says its Grain Belt Express subsidiary has received public-utility status from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) and will now be [read more] |
| ENEL Increases Ownership Stake In Chisholm View, Prairie Rose Wind Farms |
| on 23 May 2013 by NAW Staff |
| ENEL Green Power North America (EGP-NA) signed an agreement to purchase, from a GE Capital subsidiary, an additional 26% of the company operating the 235 [read more] |
| CanWEA Envisions 5 GW Of Wind In Alberta |
| on 22 May 2013 by NAW Staff |
| The province of Alberta can generate 5 GW of wind power by 2025, says the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) in WindVision 2025: A Strategy [read more] |
| Wind Consortium Deploys Nacelle-Mounted LIDAR At Offshore Site In Irish Sea |
| on 22 May 2013 by NAW Staff |
| A wind consortium says it has successfully deployed a power curve measurement procedure that analyzes power output in constantly changing conditions. The procedure is part [read more] |
| Juhl Energy Expands Into Canada; Acquires Two Projects In New Brunswick |
| on 21 May 2013 by NAW Staff |
| Pipestone, Minn.-based Juhl Energy has acquired two Terravis Wind projects, located in western New Brunswick, Canada. According to Juhl Energy, the projects are being developed [read more] |
| Report: First-Quarter Wind Installations Lowest Since 2006 |
| on 20 May 2013 by NAW Staff |
| The first quarter of 2013 was the wind industry's worst first quarter since 2006, with the industry installing only 384 MW over the period compared [read more] |
| N.C. Gov. McCrory Signs Wind Permitting Law |
| on 20 May 2013 by NAW Staff |
| Gov. Pat McCrory, R-N.C., signed legislation that creates a regulatory framework to site, build and operate wind projects in the state. The law, Permitting of [read more] |
| U.S. Senate Confirms Moniz As New Energy Secretary |
| on 17 May 2013 by NAW Staff |
| By a unanimous vote on May 16, the U.S. Senate confirmed Ernest Moniz as the new secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Moniz, [read more] |
| LIDAR Provider Captures Simultaneous Upwind, Downwind Measurements |
| on 17 May 2013 by NAW Staff |
| Zephir - the makers of the ZephIR LIDAR measurement system - says it has successfully captured simultaneous upwind and downwind measurements from a wind turbine [read more] |
| Siemens To Examine Ocotillo Rotor Blade Crash; Curtails B53 Blade Types Globally |
| on 17 May 2013 by NAW Staff |
| Siemens has confirmed that a B53 rotor blade on a SWT-2.3-108 wind turbine broke off near the blade root and fell to the ground at [read more] |
| Siemens Blade Crashes At Ocotillo Wind Farm |
| on 16 May 2013 by Mark DelFranco |
| NAW has learned that a blade belonging to a Siemens SWT-2.3-108 wind turbine came crashing to the ground at the 265 MW Ocotillo Wind Farm [read more] |
