Electric utilities release secret manifesto to protect their monopolies from distributed solar energy There is one constant in life cange.

        My parents both worked in the telephone industry. My mother started out as a telephone operator, plugging in lines to connect the calls. Once computers automated that job, she obviously had to face changes to her occupation. My father worked for AT&T at a time when they were the only phone company nationwide handling … Read more

Funnel Wind Turbine Generates Jaw-Dropping Power

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“EU must permanently reduce supply on the carbon market”

         Scratch a little deeper and you might find that the study – based on a questionnaire given to two sets of adults in Maine, USA, one living near a wind farm and one not – is not quite as conclusive as it first might seem.          First, the sample size is small, “twenty-three and … Read more

Wind power can help governments deal with accelerating climate change crisis

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Wind power in US same as taking 13 million cars off the road

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A renewable energy future for the Gulf? – COP 18

        “The GCC countries are ideally suited to the rapid introduction of renewable energy”, said Eicke Weber, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute.          The meeting highlighted the increasing importance of renewable energy in facilitating the prospects for a sustainable future. The Gulf, in particular, has a key role to play in the transition to a … Read more

Gone with the romanian wind !

gone with the romanian wind  

         Strategy consultant in energy Radu Magdin argues that Romania is a potential goldmine for renewable energy investors.

         Romania is a potential paradise for electricity from renewables – we can even say that it is gone with the wind, while solar has big potential as well.  This can help with achieving the compulsory EU country targets, but it also brings profits for companies who know how to exploit the Romanian renewable “revolution”. The country has one of the most generous national support schemes, and, recently, smarter legislation in the field. While things can always improve, green light is there.

         The biggest European wind park is being built in Romania and there is potential for even more investments. The local wind energy market has proved a rapid growth towards reaching European targets; by the second quarter of 2012, there were over 1,000 MW installed in wind (968 MW of this in 2010 and 2011).

         The EU goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80–95% by 2050 has serious implications for our energy system. We need to be far more energy efficient and about two thirds of our energy should come from renewable sources. Wind power plays, for the moment, a central role in an increasing number of countries’ immediate and longer term energy plans.

          The recent upheaval within both the commercial banking sector and the eurozone have slowed its progress in southern Europe. Nonetheless, 2013 appears like a year of renewal, and investors are looking more closely at countries like Romania. Let us not forget that due to both technology improvements and market forces, wind equipment costs have come down significantly in the past few years. Estimates show that in 2013 Romania will have more than 3000 MW installed on wind energy.

         The industry will continue to grow during the coming five years, but it will not be easy in the medium term. It will be especially tough for manufacturers, with chronic oversupply of turbines adding to existing downward price pressure from general economic conditions to cut margins dramatically, like specialist warn already. But Romania will still be attracting wind investors because of its clean energy incentive program and location along the Black Sea, where average wind speeds are about 25.2 kilometres per hour (15.7 miles per hour).

—– ewea.org  —

 

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How profitable is the small scale green electricity production

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Energy expert: Renewables could raise electricity bills by only 2 euros / MWh, not 12 euros, as authorities say

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