>Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 22:02:09 -0500 >Subject: ENERGIES... week of 1/13/02 >From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Priority: 3 >To: undisclosed-recipients:; > >ENERGIES... week of January 13, 2002 > > WORLD WIND WATCH. The first year of the Third Millennium saw global >wind generating capacity grow by 31 percent to 23,300 megawatts - enough >power for more than 23 million people according to the Earth Policy >Institute. > The U.S. alone saw an additional 1694 megawatts installed last year >at an investment of $1.7 billion. Total wind capacity in the States is >now 4258 megawatts, this according to the America Wind Energy >Association (AWEA). > Germany is still the world leader in wind capacity at 8000 >megawatts, 1890 of which were installed in 2001. The U.S is in spot >number 2 while Spain with 3300 megawatts is in third. Fourth place goes >to Denmark with 2500 megawatts installed. Denmark gets 18 percent of its >power from the wind, according to the Earth Policy Institute. > Earth Policy also indicates that wind resources in just three states >- North Dakota, Kansas and Texas - could satisfy the electric power >needs of the whole United States. The AWEA is quite a bit more >conservative, saying the U.S could have 20 percent of its power >generated by the wind - all resources combined. > The cost of wind-produced electricity keeps dropping, too. A good >windy site with state-of-the-art megawatt-class turbines can produce >power at 4 cents per kilowatt hour - nearly competitive with >conventional energy sources. > Wind power is already off to a good start this year as well. > -- According to wire reports Vestas Wind Systems of Denmark is >saying it will finally build a U.S. turbine factory. Plans are to build >in Portland, Oregon where eventually employment could reach 700. > -- British utility Powergen is considering a 500 megawatt offshore >facility near the mouth of the Thames. > -- Proyectos Eolicos Valencianos, a subsidiary of ENDESA >Cogeneracion y Renovables, has been awarded a contract to install 498 >megawatts in the Valencia region of Spain. Turbines for three sites will >be supplied by Spanish turbine manufacturer MADE. > -- Also in Spain U.S. based TXU, along with 4 partners, will >develop two sites in Aragon with a combined capacity of 99 megawatts. > -- At their jointly owned Nerefco oil refinery near Rotterdam, BP >and ChevronTexaco will build a 22.5 megawatt wind facility. Power be >will sold to the grid, not used in refining operations. > -- Two companies - NoordzeeWind and North Sea Wind Power - are in >neck-to-neck competition to build a 100-megawatt facility off the coast >of The Netherlands. > -- In Norway, Norsk Hydro is planning a 40 megawatt facility at >Havoeygavlen. > -- Greece will have 46 megawatts of new wind energy in place when >fifty-one 900 kilowatt turbines from NEG - Micon, also of Denmark, are >installed by International Wind Parks of Thrace and Wind Parks of >Thrace. > -- Even residents of Tokyo, Japan will have a small fraction of >their power generated by the wind. The city is planning to install two >turbines on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay later this year. > If all the above projects included in this story are built, there >will be more than 1300 megawatts of new emission-free power on the >planet - enough electricity for daily needs of more than 1.3 million >people. > It is now the middle of the first month of the new year. > Visit the Earth Policy Institute at http://www.earth-policy.org/ and >the AWEA at http://www.awea.org/ . > > ENERGY SAVING SOFTWARE. Most new computers come with a feature - >often known by the name Energy Star - that can be used to shut-off or >power-down the machine if it's not used for extended periods. But >according to software maker EZConserve, studies have shown that as many >as 75 percent of computer users disable this feature. > U.S. businesses could be wasting $1.6 billion per year for >electricity used to power computers that are left on, but idle. The >Federal Government could be spending/wasting an equal amount. (Almost >enough money to pay for the war in Afghanistan. Or a healthy down >payment on rebuilding the country for that matter.) > EZConserve is now testing its software known as Surveyor with the >City of Portland, Oregon and in the Portland Public Schools. Surveyor >works by monitoring the power management settings of an organization's >networked PC's. Computers that are out of compliance with an >organization's energy management policy (left on after working hours) >can be shut down or sent into sleep mode. Surveyor also keeps track of >energy usage and cost savings. > After testing, EZConserve plans to begin offering Surveyor to North >American markets later this year. Visit EZConserve at >http://www.ezconserve.com/ . > > CARBON MONITORING SOFTWARE. Eventually, when carbon trading becomes >commonplace worldwide in an effort to put climate change in check, >companies will have to make decisions. To buy or sell carbon credits or >to invest in carbon reducing projects or technologies, for example. To >make these decisions, companies will need specialized software to track >and analyze their carbon emissions and carbon abatement programs, as >well as gain access to carbon trading markets to buy and sell carbon >credits. > Software to meet those needs has already been launched by Australian >company CO2SIM. The software makes use of the Internet and corporate >Intranets to analyze company emissions and credit trading strategy. For >now, since carbon trading is in its infancy, CO2SIM will be running >simulations to be be held in Australia, Europe and Canada in the next >few months. Visit CO2SIM at http://www.co2sim.com/ . > > NEW! NEW! NEW! ... NewsLinks... > >--- SatCon Power Systems Receives Orders for Digital Fuel Cell >Controllers http://www.satcon.com/ (click News) > >--- Proton Energy Systems Successfully Completes Contract with NASA for >Advanced UNIGEN (R) Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cell System >http://www.protonenergy.com/ (click Company Info, News, Press Releases) >(1/9/02) > >--- Ballard, Tokyo Gas, EBARA BALLARD and EBARA Enhance Relationship >http://www.ballard.com/ (1/10/02) > >--- Astris Energi in Negotiation on Two Fuel Cell Joint Ventures >http://astrisfuelcell.com/ (click Company News) (1/14/02) > >--- Enova Systems Supports Bush Administration's New Direction on Fuel >Cell Powered Autos http://www.enovasystems.com/ (click Investors, Recent >Press Releases) (1/14/02) > >--- DynaMotive Positions Itself to Trade Green House gas Emission >Credits http://www.dynamotive.com/ (1/15/02) > >--- Spire Solar Chicago Installs Six More Photovoltaic Systems as Part >of Chicago's Commitment to Clean Energy http://www.spirecorp.com/ >(1/15/02) > >--- Startech Answers Bush Administration Call For Fuel Cell Vehicles and >Homeland Security http://www.startech.net/ (click Press Clips) (1/17/02) > >Press Release at the Green Energy News website... > >--- Governor Owens, Office of Energy Management and Conservation >Supports Clean and Efficient Energy at Upcoming Two-Day Workshop > > >*****IBC's Offshore Wind Energy Conference takes place on Feb 18 -19 in >London and promises to be an informative event with presentations from >leading industry experts in the field. This vital conference and >workshop will discuss the latest environmental, legal, financial and >technical issues within the wind energy sector. Visit >http:www.ibcenergy.com/windenergy/?source=sw663em1177gn for further >details or telephone + 44 (0)20 7017 4052. ***** > > Send ENERGIES to a friend or colleague. Visit Green Energy News on >the Web at http://www.nrglink.com/ . For free ENERGIES subscription >contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Copyright Green Energy News Inc. 1/19/02 >vol.6 no.42
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