by Michael Goggin, AWEA https://www.aweablog.org/blog/post/wind-energy-helps-ward-off-power-outages Over the last 48 hours, wind energy played a critical role in keeping homeowners warm as grid operators across the Eastern and Central U.S. worked overtime to keep up with record-breaking winter demand. Most importantly, wind energy provided massive quantities of extremely valuable electricity when grid operators needed it mostContinue reading “Wind Energy Helps Ward Off Power Outages”
Category Archives: Arkansas
Arkansas Community Foundation Awards $2 Million in Sustainable Energy Grants
(LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS) The Akransas Community Foundation has announced $2 million in sustainable energy grants, including funding for The Wind Coalition’s efforts to increase the availability of transmission capacity to serve wind and solar generation in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. The Arkansas Community Foundation’s release: Little Rock, Arkansas (November. 1, 2012) – Grants totalingContinue reading “Arkansas Community Foundation Awards $2 Million in Sustainable Energy Grants”
NRDC Studies American Wind Farm Job Creation
Read a Copy of the Report Here: NRDC: American Wind Farms: Breaking Down the Benefits from Planning to Production From the Report’s Introduction: Stand underneath a wind turbine and it’s easy to be awestruck. Above you is a structure as tall as a 30-story building, with turbines as large as a football field and blades rotating atContinue reading “NRDC Studies American Wind Farm Job Creation”
SPP Board Approves Over $1.7 Billion of Transmission Expansion Projects
Little Rock, Arkansas – In keeping with its 2010 Strategic Plan to build a robust transmission system and develop efficient energy markets, the Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) Board of Directors approved a near-term transmission expansion plan that will result in the construction of $251 million in new transmission projects needed to maintain reliable supplies of electricityContinue reading “SPP Board Approves Over $1.7 Billion of Transmission Expansion Projects”
Arkansas Clean Technology Primer
The clean technology sector grew at a faster rate than the rest of the Arkansas economy over the last eight years and shows the greatest potential for continued growth, according to a recent report by the Southern Growth Policies Board and released by the newly-formed Arkansas Advanced Energy Association (AAEA). The “Arkansas Clean Technology Primer”Continue reading “Arkansas Clean Technology Primer”
Arkansas, Wind Industry Officials Say Stable Fed Policy Key to Growth
By Rob Moritz , Arkansas News Bureau Little Rock, Arkansas – Governor Mike Beebe pledged state support today to keep wind power manufacturers planted in Arkansas, but officials said a more stable federal policy would really help their industry take flight. Speaking at a meeting of the American Wind Energy Association, Beebe said the state isContinue reading “Arkansas, Wind Industry Officials Say Stable Fed Policy Key to Growth”
AEP Issues for 1,100 Megawatts of Renewable Energy Resources
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) today issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking long-term purchases of up to 1,100 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy resources. Proposals must include commercially proven renewable energy technologies such as wind, certified low-impact hydro, commercial-scale solar, geothermal, biologically derived methane gas and certain biomass and biofuels energy projects. The generationContinue reading “AEP Issues for 1,100 Megawatts of Renewable Energy Resources”