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A GREEN CHOICE FOR CONSUMERS

In a Midwest experiment, residential customers have been given the opportunity by Traverse City Ligh...

TECHNICAL MEETING POINT

The bi-annual DEWEK symposium has become a successful and high standard event. The major issues at t...

25% STAKE IN KENETECH

Nations Financial Capital Corp of Stamford, Connecticut has acquired a 25% stake in two Kenetech Win...

60 MW IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA

Negotiators hope to have a contract by the end of the year for a 60 MW wind plant near Alta in north...

NANTUCKET ISLAND

In a recent settlement, a request for proposals (RFP) will be issued for 2.5 MW of wind power at a c...

40 MW POWERPLANT IN TEXAS

New World, reportedly negotiating with TU Electric to build a 40 MW power plant near Big Spring, Tex...

MORE BIRD DEATHS DATA PUBLISHED

More than 400 birds have been found dead in wind farms in the Altamont Pass in California since 1992...

BLADES BEND ON TURBINE IN TURBULENT REGION

A serious but isolated incident of blade failure on a 33M-VS occurred on a Kenetech wind farm in Pal...

BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION IS DROPPING

Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is dropping its $200 million a year programme underwriting ene...

NEW LEGISLATION

New legislation to govern wind development in Minnesota should be drawn up and presented to state po...

HYDRO QUEBEC ANNOUNCES SELECTION OF DEVELOPERS

Hydro Quebec has announced the selection of the prospective developers of a 5 MW wind farm for the w...

2 MW WIND/DIESEL

A joint venture has been signed by a subsidiary of New World Power of Connecticut, US, to build, own...

COMPETITIVE ALTERNATIVE TO RETAIL WHEELING

Worldwatch predicts that new technology will change the power industry. Micro generators may eventua...

WINDMASTER PLANT TO BE INSTALLED IN IRELAND

Seventeen 300 kW wind turbines from WindMaster of Belgium have been selected by E F Energy Ltd of Be...

20 MW WIND PLANT IN GUJARAT

If land can be acquired as planned, a 20 MW wind plant will be completed by March 31 in the state of...

WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR HUNDREDS OF MEGAWATT

California's two largest utilities -- Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison -- h...

TAMIL NAFU ELECTRICITY BOARD RAISES ITS PRICE

Facing a shortfall of 4000 MW of power, the state of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) recently ra...

GERMAN ENERCON TO MINNESOTA

New World Power Corporation is negotiating with Northern States Power for a contract for a 20-turbin...

LOOKING AT SPAIN

German utility RWE Energie is considering joining forces with Spanish utility Endesa to develop wind...

WHAT IS CAPACITY FACTOR

The capacity factor of a electricity generating plant is simply the energy produced in a given perio...

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