A unique phenomenon occurred on October 19th in Alberta's electrical grid, resulting in periods of free electricity for neighboring regions. As wind power generation reached high levels, the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) pool price plummeted to zero dollars for several hours, with nearby provinces like British Columbia and Montana benefiting from excess energy. The restored interties to British Columbia allowed BC to receive significant amounts of free power, while Montana received a smaller but still notable amount, highlighting the potential for surplus wind power to drive prices to near-zero levels.

Wind-power: inordinately expensive and ineffective at cutting CO2 emissions The focus on wind-power, driven by the renewables targets, is preventing Britain from effectively reducing CO2 emissions, while crippling energy users with additional costs, according to a new Civitas report. The report finds that wind-power is unreliable and requires back-up power stations to be available in order to maintain a consistent electricity supply to households and businesses. This means that energy users pay twice: once for the window-dressing of renewables, and . . .

Wind Harvest, a Davis, California-based company, has a technology (which actually dates back to the ancient Persians) that can capture the turbulent wind that flows…

Citizens Wind Watch of Barrington (R.I.): wind turbine concerns

Citizens Wind Watch of Barrington (R.I.): wind turbine concerns

Foundations laid for the first of 69 wind turbines that will make up one of the biggest new wind farms in New South Wales.

Where once was unbroken high-elevation forest habitat … More photos at https://picasaweb.google.com/112246232055800335101/Photographs_site_visit_20120714

Blasting and clearing of Lowell Mountain in Vermont

Blasting and clearing of Lowell Mountain in Vermont

The survival of the world ecosystem, including of course ourselves, requires that we harness renewable energy in an environmentally tolerable way. One source of power is wind and it is vital that we assess the impact of current developments. We are destroying our only home, the Earth, on a scale that no other species has even remotely approached. Wind power has a long history. It has been an important local source of energy, for pumping water, grinding corn etc., for . . .

Experiences of large-scale windpower in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania

Experiences of large-scale windpower in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania

[A wind power company wants to build 9–12 wind turbines in Otanmäki. The project would sever be located in the middle of the ecological network for forest reindeer.] Tuulivoimayhtiö OX2 Finland haluaa rakentaa Kajaanin Otanmäkeen tuulivoimapuiston. Ylihongikon hankkeeseen on suunnitteilla 9–12 tuulivoimalaa. Kajaanin kaupunginjohtaja Jari Tolonen esittää kaupunginvaltuustolle, että se ei hyväksyisi OX2 Finlandin kaavoitusaloitetta, sillä hanke katkaisisi metsäpeurojen ekologisen yhteyden. Kajaanin kaupunki on teettänyt ekologisesta verkostosta selvityksen vuonna 2024. Ylihongikon tuulivoimapuisto sijoittuisi kohtaan, jossa kulkee ekologinen yhteys Koivukylässä ja . . .

[“We had to rebuild the house to be able to sleep”] De vita tornen reser sig över fälten och rotorbladen rör sig långsamt i vinden. För många symboliserar de hållbar energi, men för dem som bor nära finns en annan verklighet: pulserande buller, oro för sjunkande husvärden och känslan av att inte bli lyssnad på. Vindkraften har förändrat vardagen i Skånes småbyar. Det ständiga ljudet skär in i tillvaron och skapar irritation – även om alla förstår behovet av mer . . .