Support schemes for renewable electricity in the EU

[tweetmeme http://www.URL.com%5D The Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission has issued a paper titled „Support schemes for renewable electricity in the EU.“ This paper, written by Joan Canton and Åsa Johannesson Lindén, discusses the level and design of support schemes used to promote renewable electricity in Europe. A theoretical model is presented … Continue reading

State of the Art and Trends in Wind Resource Assessment

[tweetmeme http://www.URL.com%5D Oliver Probst and Diego Cárdenas of the Physics Department, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey have published an interesting new paper titled „State of the Art and Trends in Wind Resource Assessment.“  Given the significant rise of the utilization of wind energy the accurate assessment of the wind potential is becoming increasingly … Continue reading

News: EIB signs GBP 250 million loan with DONG Energy A/S for London Array wind farm

[tweetmeme http://www.URL.com%5D The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a GBP 250 million Loan Facility with DONG Energy, guaranteed by the Danish Export Credit Agency (Eksport Kredit Fonden, EKF) on the basis of deliveries from Siemens Wind Power and Per Aarsleff. The loan is part of the financing for the construction of the London Array offshore … Continue reading

Are near shore wind farms compatible with tourism?

Meredith Blaydes Lilley, Jeremy Firestone and Willett Kempton (of the Centre for Carbon-free Power Integration, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware) have published an interesting study on how the building of near shore wind farms may affect the tourism potential of beaches and waterfronts. They surveyed more than 1,000 randomly sampled, out-of-state … Continue reading

Net-Present Value Analysis for a Wind Turbine Purchase

Nicholas H. Johnson (Principia College) and Barry D. Solomon (Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University) have issued a new paper titled „A Net-Present Value Analysis for a Wind Turbine Purchase at a Small US College.“  This paper analyses projected costs and benefits associated with the installation of a wind turbine for electricity generation from … Continue reading

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