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Two Wind Farms get Investment from Google

Energy Management 21st May 2010

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Now big companies are going green and proudly proclaiming it too from rooftops. Google Inc. has invested $38.8 million in two North Dakota wind farms. This is the first direct investment by Google in utility-scale renewable energy generation. These two wind farms produce 169.5 megawatts of power. These two wind farms can light up [...]
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Weekly Intelligence Brief: May 03 - May 10

Energy Management 21st May 2010

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This week’s WindEnergyUpdate news brief includes: EDO Renewables; AWEA; Google; St-Laurent Énergies; US renewable energy legislation; Vattenfall; NYSERDA; and France’s offshore wind strategy.

Considerations for fall-arrest anchor points

Energy Management 21st May 2010

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David Lough, Application Engineer, Gravitec Systems Inc, Seattle, gravitec.com

A worker scales a ladder with a safety cable, a typical feature in many turbines. The cable’s anchor point at the ladder’s top must meet requirements given by the manufacturer, a figure usually dependent on the maximum number of workers climbing the ladder at one time.

All fall-arrest equipment must meet some sort of standard and pass some tests so equipment manufacturers can ensure end users and employers that the equipment will perform to specifications. These standards (ANSI Z359

Making deepwater offshore wind viable

Energy Management 21st May 2010

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WindEnergyUpdate speaks to Sjur Bratland, asset manager of Statoil ASA’s Hywind floating turbine foundation project, about the viability of floating turbine foundation technology.

The results of Statoil's Hywind pilot have so far been promising

Energy Management 21st May 2010

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Wind park management solutions aim to resolve grid connection and balancing issues

Energy Management 21st May 2010

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Britannia breaks the 9 MW barrier

Energy Management 21st May 2010

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Getting 10-MW from a wind turbine will take a permanent-magnet generator with four independent sections, a gearbox lighter than those on smaller turbines, a 150-m diameter rotor, and more.

The 10 MW Britannia will come from Clipper Windpower.

A 10 MW offshore turbine is in the works that addresses the growing demand for reliable and efficient offshore wind energy. Over its lifetime, each Britannia from Clipper Windpower is expected to displace the use of two-million barrels of oil and offset the need to dispel 724,000

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