Can Wind Energy Be Counted On To Help Meet Obama's Carbon Goals?

Ken Silverstein for Forbes:  The wind energy sector is perpetually facing headwinds. But despite the challenges, those producers say that they are well prepared to help the country meet carbon reduction goals under the White House’s Clean Power Plan.   That plan, which was unveiled last summer and which will be finalized this June, will require a reduction in heat-trapping emissions of 30 percent by 2030. Such a goal is attainable given the shift from the heavily pollutive coal to natural gas-fired electric generation, which releases about half the carbon dioxide as coal. Nevertheless, the wind sector says that it can up the ante even more — if the current transmission system could be expanded to accommodate more electrons.   In an conference call, the American Wind Energy Association said that wind power has already exceeded the 2020 threshold that the Obama administration has outlined in its Clean Power Plan — and that it could blow past its 2030 goals, if the grid were expanded to the remote locations where many wind farms are getting built.   Moreover, “Some people think we need a battery attached to the wind,” says Michael Goggin, the association’s senior director of research. “All resources are backed up by all other resources on the power system. Changes in wind output are nothing new to grid operators.

Report: Small or large, all fracking companies break rules

The report is revealing top violators among fracking companies. These findings are so important right now because they emphasize how there are no effective regulations on fracking and how important it is for New York's Congressional representatives to do all they can to support the fracking ban.

Maxwell Technologies Ultracapacitors Deployed in Ireland Microgrid Energy Storage System

Freqcon GmbH's energy storage system helps Ireland meet its 40 percent renewable energy generation target

NEC launches modular

Modular renewable energy storage solution can be scaled in line with network traffic growth to future-proof investments by operators and towercos

PSEG Solar Source Dedicates Its 10th Facility

PSEG El Paso Solar Center will power 3,800 homes

Sunrun Launches New Design Engineering Center In Irvine

Leading Residential Solar Company Brings Job Growth to the Area

Borrego Solar Begins Construction of 3.9 MW Solar Installation on Long Island

Financed by General Energy Solutions, the project is part of Long Island's first Clean Solar Initiative Feed-In-Tariff Program

EDF Renewable Services Wins O&M Contract for Stephens Ranch Wind Project

EDF Renewable Services operates over 9.3 gigawatts of wind, solar and biomass projects throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico.

Saft's Intensium Max 20 M Li-ion Energy Storage System to be at heart of Project on Grid Integration of Variable Renewable Energies on remote Japanese island

Takaoka Toko Co. Ltd. has selected Saft's Intensium Max Li-ion containerised battery system to provide energy storage for a demonstration project - aimed at expanding the installation of renewable energy using systems - on the remote Japanese island of Niijima (Niijima village, Tokyo prefecture) ----Saft's first ESS (Energy Storage System) in Japan will perform operations such as ramp and frequency smoothing

Arzon Solar Introduces the 2.70 kW uModule, the Highest Power, Highest Efficiency PV Module in the World

The uModule is a fully integrated, easy-to-install, and easy-to-ship CPV module designed for robust and reliable performance.

Saft Lithium-Ion Battery Energy Storage System Harnesses Solar to Deliver Reliable Power to Arctic Circle Community

Next-Generation Battery Provides Extreme Weather Capabilities

NEESC Announces 2015 Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Plans for Eight Northeastern States

NEESC, administered by CCAT, created individual plans for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont to aid in advancing the deployment of hydrogen and fuel cell technology.

Continental Control Systems to Present Innovative Current Transformers at Globalcon and NFMT

Visit Continental Control Systems at booth #304 at Globalcon and at booth #2681 at NFMT to view our high-accuracy low-phase-angle technology designed into a split-core CT.

Panda Power Funds to Jointly Develop 1,000 MW Pennsylvania Power Project

Retired Sunbury coal-fired power plant to be replaced in one of the largest coal to natural gas conversion projects in the United States ----Power facility to help support long-term market for Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale gas producers and royalty owners ----Plant expected to make a significant contribution to area economy; create 800 total construction jobs ----Environmentally friendly plant will power more than 1 million homes

Corvus Energy announces Energy Storage System order for two new battery hybrid LNG ferries

The Canadian-operated Seaspan Ferries Corporation vessels will be the first dual-fuel Diesel/LNG energy storage hybrid ferries outside of Europe.

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