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Getting There from Here: Transportation decisions for renewable energy projects
December 23, 2023
Getting There from Here: Transportation decisions for renewable energy projects

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, in 2021, there were over 1,350 energy storage projects operating across the globe – 40 percent of which are here in the United States. We can expect to see that number grow, thanks to recent incentiv....

Sean Magness

ACP Statement on New Federal Guidance for Consideration of Climate Impacts in Environmental Reviews
January 26, 2023
ACP Statement on New Federal Guidance for Consideration of Climate Impacts in Environmental Reviews

The American Clean Power Association issued a statement in response to the White House Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) release of new guidance aimed at helping federal agencies better assess and disclose climate impacts as they con....

Proper Shaft Grounding Solves Motor Bearing Problems at Ethanol Plant
January 04, 2017
Proper Shaft Grounding Solves Motor Bearing Problems at Ethanol Plant

Something was destroying the motor bearings of the centrifuge and ventilation fans at the Red Trail Energy Ethanol Production Plant in North Dakota. Plant maintenance personnel realized the bearings on these large motors were failing long before they....

Adam Willwerth

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: An old idea worth new technology
July 20, 2012
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: An old idea worth new technology

Ever since French physicist Jacques Arsene d'Arsonval first proposed tapping the ocean's thermal energy for power back in 1881, experts have proclaimed that Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) was an idea whose time would never come. Although ther....

Tim Fuhr

The Value of Environmental Monitoring in Offshore Renewable Energy Developments
July 30, 2011
The Value of Environmental Monitoring in Offshore Renewable Energy Developments

The three leading offshore renewable energy technologies are winds, waves, and tides. While widely different in form, these technologies all employ an energy capturing mechanism using either sea or wind. Although a relatively new technology, offsh....

Graham Howe & Don Bryan

Pumped Storage Hydropower: Providing reliable storage for wind
May 04, 2011
Pumped Storage Hydropower: Providing reliable storage for wind

The United States Department of Energy recently projected that in order to meet a national goal of obtaining 20% of our electricity from wind generation by 2030, utilities must integrate some 300 GW of wind generation onto the grid. To accommodate th....

Rick Miller, P.E.

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Getting There from Here: Transportation decisions for renewable energy projects
December 23, 2023
Getting There from Here: Transportation decisions for renewable energy projects

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, in 2021, there were over 1,350 energy storage projects operating across the globe – 40 percent of which are here in the United States. We can expect to see that number grow, thanks to recent incentiv....

Sean Magness

ACP Statement on New Federal Guidance for Consideration of Climate Impacts in Environmental Reviews
January 26, 2023
ACP Statement on New Federal Guidance for Consideration of Climate Impacts in Environmental Reviews

The American Clean Power Association issued a statement in response to the White House Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) release of new guidance aimed at helping federal agencies better assess and disclose climate impacts as they con....

Proper Shaft Grounding Solves Motor Bearing Problems at Ethanol Plant
January 04, 2017
Proper Shaft Grounding Solves Motor Bearing Problems at Ethanol Plant

Something was destroying the motor bearings of the centrifuge and ventilation fans at the Red Trail Energy Ethanol Production Plant in North Dakota. Plant maintenance personnel realized the bearings on these large motors were failing long before they....

Adam Willwerth

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: An old idea worth new technology
July 20, 2012
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: An old idea worth new technology

Ever since French physicist Jacques Arsene d'Arsonval first proposed tapping the ocean's thermal energy for power back in 1881, experts have proclaimed that Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) was an idea whose time would never come. Although ther....

Tim Fuhr

The Value of Environmental Monitoring in Offshore Renewable Energy Developments
July 30, 2011
The Value of Environmental Monitoring in Offshore Renewable Energy Developments

The three leading offshore renewable energy technologies are winds, waves, and tides. While widely different in form, these technologies all employ an energy capturing mechanism using either sea or wind. Although a relatively new technology, offsh....

Graham Howe & Don Bryan