Incorporating wind power into existing power grids is challenging because fluctuating wind speed and direction means turbines generate power inconsistently. Coupled with customers' varying power demand, many wind-farm managers end up wasting power-generation capacity and limiting the service life of turbines through active control – including fully stopping turbines – in order to avoid any possible damage to the power grid from spikes in supply.
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Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Altairnano) has commissioned a 1.2 megawatt (MW) ALTI-ESS lithium-titanate battery system at a Danish wind farm supplied by Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Vestas), a global leader in wind power. The demonstration project is one of several initiatives currently using Altairnano's energy storage technology to advance renewable power integration.
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Siemens Canada has been awarded a milestone order by Samsung Renewable Energy Inc. (Samsung) and Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) for the supply and commissioning of 124 wind turbines for the South Kent wind project.
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People think of wind as an energy source with few limits, offering an unending power source with distinct capacity advantages over sources that deplete, such as fossil fuel.
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TransAlta Corporation announces completion of our New Richmond Wind Facility located in the wind-rich Gaspésie area of Québec. New Richmond was officially commissioned early this morning, when TransAlta's turbines were energized to the Hydro-Québec grid.
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On behalf of Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Joe Oliver, the Honourable Steven Blaney, Member of Parliament for Lévis-Bellechasse and Les Etchemins, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie, highlighted today that the Harper Government will make an important investment in a clean technology project in Lévis.
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Two hundred Pennsylvanian workers will assemble twelve high-tech wind turbines for export, because the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) approved a $28.6 million direct loan to a Honduran power company.
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData's new report "Wind Power in Denmark, Market Outlook to 2025 - Capacity, Generation, Market Share, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Investment Analysis, Regulations and Competitive Landscape" to their offering.
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Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) today announced that the Federal District Court for the Southern District of California ruled in favor of the Ocotillo Wind project and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in two separate suits before the Court.
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Nestle is celebrating its first wind energy project in the world today with the hosting of two wind turbines at its Nestle Waters North America (NWNA) bottling plant in Cabazon, Calif.
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