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Minnesota Wind Energy Factsheet
National Wind Coordinating Committee (NWCC) Publications
National Wind Technology Center The National Wind Technology Center is operated by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy.
Learn More About Windpower People have harnessed the wind throughout history to convert wind energy into usable energy. Today, a new form of wind machine is appearing on the landscape as windy rural areas have a unique opportunity to benefit from a return to wind power. The Upper Midwest, like no other region of the country, is blessed with a wind resource capable of producing vast amounts of clean, cost-effective energy.
Northern Alternative Energy (NAE) As a leading wind power developer, Northern Alternative Energy (NAE) is dedicated to providing customers with low cost, high quality, reliable wind power resources. They do that by creating successful alliances with their customers as well as with investors, government agencies, and communities. These alliances are the foundation for establishing an environmentally sound and energy-efficient future.
Offshore Wind Energy Research Wind energy research at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London (UCL) has concentrated on offshore aspects, with work on wave loading, effect on ship stability and dynamic analysis in the frequency domain over the last few years.
Optimal Site Selection and Sizing of Distributed Utility-Scale Wind Power Plants Downloadable report in PDF format.
Public Utilities Discover Power Blowing in the Wind Wind is a proven, cost-effective, and environmentally attractive source of power for public utilities around the country. And with recent technological innovations in wind turbine design, more public utility officials are using this vast renewable energy resource.
Reliability Benefits of Dispersed Wind Resource Development Downloadable report in PDF format.
Renewable Energy Systems Ltd - Harnessing the Power of the Wind Renewable Energy Systems Ltd Ltd (RES) is a Sir Robert McAlpine group company engaged in the development of wind farms. RES has been at the forefront of the UK wind energy industry since 1980, and has specialised in wind farm design and development since 1989.
Repowering California Wind Power Plants This paper examines California's competition in the United States and Europe for new wind energy development, and the role of the wind industry in California's economy. Policy measures are recommended that will retain California's pre-eminence in wind technology through repowering the state's existing wind plants, and strengthening the manufacturing base that supports the wind industry.
Sandia National Laboratory's Wind Energy Technology Program The Wind Energy Technology effort seeks to develop knowledge and tools to address critical technology issues affecting the commercialization of wind energy. Specific issues usually require the participation of industry partners and a variety of cooperative mechanisms are in use or are available.
Small Wind Turbines and Hybrid Power Systems Hybrid systems comprising wind turbines, PV, batteries, and diesel generators have been used successfully to meet direct-current electric loads in remote international telecommunications markets. These systems are now an emerging technology for generating alternating-current electric power for remote communities.
Southwest Windpower The world's largest producer of battery charging wind turbines. "Renewable energy made simple."
The New World Power Technology Company (NWPTC) NWPTC is an engineering-oriented company that has been solving difficult power system problems since 1974. We were originally known as The North Wind Power Company, and more recently as Northern Power Systems. The primary technical focus of the company is on renewable energy. For over two decades, they have earned a reputation for solving complex logistical problems and handling difficult site constraints, on time and on budget, all over the world.
The University of Newcastle - Wind Energy Group Home Page The group carries out a mixture of theoretical, computational and experimental research of wind turbine aerodynamics. Some of the groups activities include using computational methods to predict turbine efficiency, studying turbine wake structure, and series of tests on a small 5kW machine developed by the group.
U.S. Department of Energy Wind Energy Program The Office of Photovoltaic and Wind Energy Technologies of DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy manages the National Wind Energy Program. The office is responsible for ensuring that program activities are consistent with national energy policy, priorities, and directives. DOE's field offices and national laboratories implement program activities, including subcontracts with utilities, industry, and academia. The agreements with utilities and industry are designed to foster the development of new wind energy technologies and accelerate their commercialization. University subcontracts help build the wind energy technology base.
Wind Wind-related links from EREN.
Wind - Barriers to Development A brief summary on the constraints on integration of wind energy into electric utility systems.
Wind Energy Wind energy, a green or environmentally friendly form of energy, has been most prominent in California for over a decade. Motivated briefly by tax shelters, investors poured money into wind park development during the mid 1980s in three main areas of the state; San Gorgonio Pass (Palm Springs area), Tehachapi Pass (Mojave/Tehachapi area) and Altamont Pass (Tracy/Livermore area).
Wind Energy and Climate Change: A Proposal for a Strategic Initiative Wind energy is a clean, abundant U.S. resource that produces electricity with virtually no CO2 emissions. Given strong policy support, the wind industry can ramp up production rapidly and can, through displacing emissions from coal, make a significant contribution toward helping the utility sector meet its share of the 2010 objective. The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) estimates that U.S. installed wind capacity can reach 30,000 megawatts (MW) in 2010 (compared to just 1,700 MW today), generating 105 billion kWh annually. This is enough electricity to meet the needs of more than 10 million homes, and to displace 100 million metric tons of CO2, or 18% of the utility sector's excess emissions. This paper outlines a series of 10 policy steps needed to achieve the 30,000-MW goal, including in particular a 10-year extension of the existing wind energy production tax credit (PTC); a national renewables portfolio standard (RPS) of 10% by the year 2010; an enhanced federal wind research and development (R&D) program; and policies intended to facilitate rapid growth in the global wind market.
Wind Energy and Energy Policy Resources on wind and other renewable energy sources for regulators and policymakers.
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