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Category: Wind

Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Wind Power

Posted on April 3, 2017

Expand your energy knowledge through the US Dept of Energy’s series highlighting “Top Things You Didn’t Know.”  Coming in at Number 10 on the list for Wind Power: “Human civilizations have harnessed wind power for thousands of years. Early forms of windmills used wind to crush grain or pump water….” Read More

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Top 9 Things You Didn’t Know About On-Site Wind Power

Posted on December 5, 2016

  Expand your energy knowledge through the US Dept of Energy’s series highlighting “Top Things You Didn’t Know.”  Coming in at the top of the list for On-Site or Distributed Wind Power: “Distributed wind power is used at or near where it is generated, as opposed to wind power from wholesale generation, where power is sent to consumers via…

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How new turbine technology will open up the Southeast to wind development

Posted on August 10, 2015

Interesting article from Utility Dive: “Wind turbine technology is about to open up an almost untouched sector of the U.S. market. With over 82,000 MW of coal, natural gas, and nuclear capacity in the region being generated by infrastructure that is over 40 years old, the economic opportunity could be enormous….” Read More

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Water, wind, and sun: helping to power America

Posted on May 31, 2013

The forces of nature are among the “green and clean” sources of electric power generation. While the United States is a world leader in terms of total KWH generated via renewable sources, it produces only about 13% of our total power. Many hope to see the renewable portion increase in the future for reasons of…

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How Net metering policies impact you

Posted on April 26, 2013

Net metering is the name of state and local policies that allow consumers to sell power back to the grid. For communities that are considering generating power on site, knowing the local regulations on net metering might make a big impact on your ROI. For more info, see: Policies for compensating behind-the-meter generation vary by…

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Threat of fiscal cliff spurred new wind energy installations

Posted on February 9, 2013

Wind power has been subsidized by the federal government for 20 years, with several expirations and renewals occurring along the way. The most recent expiration was scheduled to occur December 2012 along with many other federal programs bundled into the fiscal cliff. Many expected the wind subsidy to be renewed (and it was on January…

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