Compiling and publishing a Buyer’s Guide issue is always a personal struggle for me. It’s not that doing so is difficult — not by any stretch of the imagination. Compiling and publishing a Buyer’s Guide issue is always a personal struggle for me. It&...
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Broadwind Energy Secures $14 Million Tower Order From U.S. Wind Turbine Manufacturer
Feb 27Broadwind Energy, Inc. recently announced $14 million in new tower orders from a U.S. wind turbine manufacturer. Broadwind will produce these towers in its Manitowoc, Wisconsin and Abilene, Texas facilities. Broadwind President and CEO Peter Duprey stated, “With these orders, nearly three quarters of our tower production capacity for 2015 ...
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GE Study Outlines Wind’s Benefits to Grid Resiliency During Large-scale Interruption
Feb 27GE’s Energy Consulting business presented the findings of its frequency response study on wind power and grid resiliency in late August at the CIGRE Session 45 in Paris. The study, which was sponsored by the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, modeled the country’s Eastern Interconnection — one of the ...
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ABB Assists in Wind Integration on Alaskan Island Microgrid
Feb 27ABB, the leading power and automation group, will install its PowerStore, an integrated commercial flywheel technology to integrate with a battery system on Kodiak Island in Alaska to enable the integration of more renewable energy from an expanded wind farm to its microgrid and also to address stability challenges that ...
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DOE Pushes for Boost in Productivity, Efficiency, and Innovation in Clean Energy Manufacturing
Feb 27The U.S. Department of Energy in September announced expansions of its Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative in support of the American manufacturing sector and a new initiative to support President Obama’s goal of doubling energy productivity by 2030. By advancing the development of innovative manufacturing technologies, investing in substantial energy ...
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