Renewable Energy Today articles from April 2003

Renewable Energy Today archives from April 2003

FPL Energy to Build New Wind Sites in ND, OK, PA.
April 28, 2003... FPL Energy, the unregulated wholesale generating subsidiary of FPL Group, Inc., recently announced plans to build a 21-megawatt (MW) wind facility near Kulm, ND; a 51-MW facility near Woodward, OK; and a 63-MW facility in northeast...

TrueWind, CalISO Join to Forecast Wind Supplies in CA.
April 28, 2003... Albany, NY-based computer modeling firm TrueWind Solutions, LLC recently announced it has joined with the California Independent System Operator (CalISO) to develop computer-based models that will forecast "when, where, how fast and how long...

Dermond Receives NRCC Grant for Wind Turbine Development.
April 28, 2003... McKenzie Bay International, Ltd. recently announced that the National Research Council of Canada (NRCC) has awarded the company's Canadian subsidiary Dermond, Inc. a $300,000 Canadian (about $206,000 U.S.) grant to support its efforts to...

Penn to Purchase Additional Wind-Generated Power.
April 29, 2003... Community Energy, Inc. (CEI) recently announced that the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) has signed a new 10-year agreement under which it will purchase 20 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of wind-generated power from the company. CEI noted that...

TVA Expands Green Power Switch Renewables Program.
April 29, 2003... The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) recently announced that Green Power Switch, a renewable energy program offered by TVA and local power distributors, is now available to customers of 12 additional local power companies in east Tennessee and...

Cleantech, Clean Edge to Host Forum in CA.
April 29, 2003... Cleantech Venture Network will join with Clean Edge, Inc. to host a two-day forum April 30 and May 1 at the Mark Hopkins InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco, CA, designed to encourage "in-depth discussions regarding possible partnering...

DOE to Fund Tribal Renewable Energy Development.
April 30, 2003... Department of Energy (DOE) secretary Spencer Abraham recently announced that DOE is providing $1.3 million to eight Native American tribes "to advance the development of renewable energy technologies on tribal lands." "[DOE] is committed...

Wind Firms, MOE Debate Construction of Turbines in Parks.
April 30, 2003... Local officials in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan recently submitted a request to the country's Ministry of Environment (MOE) seeking permission to build a wind-powered electricity generation facility inside a national park, citing last month's launch...

NETL to Host Hybrid Power Conference in CA.
April 30, 2003... The Department of Energy's (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), which is supported by the agency's Office of Fossil Energy (FE) and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), will host and co-sponsor a three-day...