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Ethernet devices allows wind turbines to operate reliably in harsh outdoor environments

New ethernet technology is being utilised by a wind power generating company to better maintain and control their installations. The company is an innovator in wind technology and a driving force in the development of the wind power industry, with installations all over the world. The customer has developed numerous "wind farm" sites and relies on the benefits of efficient and reliable networks bring to management and control of the installations. Individual projects can range in scale from a few windmills, to hundreds of windmills, and can spread out over long distances. For long distance monitoring, centralized control and harsh environment operating capability, the company needs the most reliable network to support its projects. The ... [more]

Consense secures American contract with Mainstream Renewable Power

UK based Consense has launched into the American market with a community outreach project for global renewable energy developer, Mainstream Renewable Power. Consense provides online community outreach programmes for the renewable energy sector. The first US project for Consense is Mainstream’s 467MW Green River Wind Farm in Illinois. Consense will use its Open Debate system to engage stakeholders in plans for the wind farm using an inclusive and interactive tool for public outreach and education. Mainstream (which has its North American headquarters in Chicago, IL) will invest more than $1.6 billion over the next four years in three wind farm developments in Lee, Bureau, Whiteside and Boone counties in Illinois. These wind farms hav... [more]

 

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Michigan OKs grants for wind technology research (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The Michigan Public Service Commission has approved two grants totaling about $1.7 million for studying the development of offshore wind technologies in the state.

State approves grants for wind technology research (TV 7&4 Traverse City)
Check this out! Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 12:07 a.m. (AP) -- The Michigan Public Service Commission has approved two grants totaling about $1.7 million for studying the development of offshore wind technologies in the state.

Mich. Wind Technology Grant Approved (ClickOnDetroit)
The Michigan Public Service Commission has approved two grants for the development of offshore wind technologies in the state.

Ultra-Micro Wind: Coming to a Downtown Near You (Discovery Channel)
Ultra-Micro Urban Architectural Wind. A clumsy name for really small wind power; smaller even than the residential turbines sometimes pressed into service in the urban environment (because wind makes so much sense in these places, even if the technology doesn't ...

UPDATE: Snow to end, but wind chills to drop (Greeley Tribune)
The National Weather Service said light snow will continue to gradually diminish through early this afternoon. Areas south of Denver will receive an additional half an inch, while those areas north of Denver will get little or no additional accumulation. However, east to northeast winds at 10-20 mph will produce wind chills around zero, the weather service said.

Wind Power Producer Huaneng Said to Plan I.P.O. (New York Times)
China Huaneng Group, the country's largest power producer, plans to take its wind power unit public in a Hong Kong share sale this year worth at least $1 billion, four people familiar with the plan told Bloomberg News.

Precipitation expected to blow around in today's wind chill (Belleville News-Democrat)
Whatever snow the metro-east got overnight will blow around the area today because of a cold front that will bring 30 mph winds and wind chill readings near zero.

Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center lands grant for offshore wind study (The Muskegon Chronicle)
Am Boezaart MUSKEGON — Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center is part of a combined effort that received $1.34 million in state grants Monday to study offshore wind technology.

SA deficit 'close to the wind' (Independent Online)
South Africa was financially "sailing closer to the wind" as it was set to run its first major budget deficit since 2006, Control Risks, one of the world's biggest global risk consultancies, announced yesterday.

Somerville’s Second Wind names new VP of operations (Somerville Journal)
Second Wind Inc has hired Dan Vitti as vice president of operations. He will focus on expanding the company’s manufacturing capabilities and operating structure to address the rapid market adoption of its newest product, the Triton Sonic Wind Profiler.

 







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