Megger now offer a new series of test leads for use with wind turbines. The unique KC series are long enough to be used for assessing the continuity of lightning protection conductors in wind turbine blades. Developed and designed in conjunction with key wind turbine manufacturers, the KC series is the first commercially available product of its kind to have been specifically designed for wind turbine applications. This new series of leads offers more accurate results and eliminates the time consuming, inconvenient and unreliable process of engineers and technicians having to fabricate their own test leads.
Available in three lengths, 328 feet, 164 feet and 98 feet, the KC series can be used on site or in a manufacturing plant. Each testing lead comes standard on a heavy-duty cable reel that is fitted with a friction brake to avoid tangles when reeling out the cable.
These new test leads have been expertly designed with large, robust Kelvin clips for easy termination and the ability to provide consistent and reliable connections that ensure accurate and repeatable test results. Each lead set includes a 16-foot cable fitted with a duplex handspike for probing the lightning receptors on the tips of the turbine blades.
For use with most modern low resistance ohmmeters, the KC series leads are ideally suited for use with Megger's DLRO 10HD that combines a rugged construction with high test current capability.
The world's first hybrid wind-current power generation system will be installed off the coast of Japan later this year. The Savonius Keel & Wind Turbine Darrieus (SKWID) power generation system being developed by Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering Company (MODEC) is a floating system that shares a vertical floating axis. MODEC says the concept will generate double or more power from the same sea surface area as a conventional wind turbine. According to Japan's NHK News, the wind turbine will be 47 meters above sea level and the tidal turbine will have a diameter of 15 meters. The two sections will be connected by a power generator, the Japanese news agency reports.NHK News sources say that the turbine will be tested in the fall. Once operational, the turbine could generate enough energy to power about 300 households, the news agency reports.
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Los Angeles's power utility, which serves about 1.5m customers, will seek bids from developers for 250MW of solar power to comply with a California requirement to get 25% of its energy from renewable sources by the end of 2016.
The four biggest planned installations, totaling 200MW of capacity, will be built on parcels at the utility's Beacon project in Kern County, California, purchased in December for $31.5m.
The previous owner NextEra Energy Inc. had proposed in 2008 developing a 250MW solar-thermal power plant on the site, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The utility now plans to build a 50MW segment and to use photovoltaic panels, while developers that plan to build the remaining four segments must bid for 25-year power sales contracts at no more than 8.5 cents a kilowatt-hour, she said.
"We'll get good pricing from the sheer fact that this property already comes with all the environmental work that's already done," Wood said.
"A lot of the liability that comes from project development is already taken care of."
Bids for the larger sites will be bundled with proposals to build 50MW of rooftop systems on buildings in the Los Angeles area, as the final component of the utility's 150MW feed-in tariff program, Wood said.
The price for those 20-year contracts will be capped at 14 cents a kilowatt-hour, and it's possible one company could get all the deals, she said.
"Even though we have four contracts that we can sign, potentially there could be one winner." — Andrew Herndon
Los Angeles's power utility, which serves about 1.5m customers, will seek bids from developers for 250MW of solar power to comply with a California requirement to get 25% of its energy from renewable sources by the end of 2016.
NextEra Energy, Inc. has reported 2013 first-quarter net income on a GAAP basis of $272m, or $0.64 per share, compared with $461m, or $1.11 per share, in the first quarter of 2012.
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Japan’s power utilities reported combined losses of about ¥1.6 trillion a year ago, the equivalent of $20bln at the time — yesterday, they repeated the performance.
On the face of it, the bad news for the companies looks like a boost for Prime Minister
A forecast by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) that there is a risk Taiwan will face electricity rationing by 2018 if the fourth nuclear power plant is scrapped is not meant to scare people, an economics official said Wednesday.
In a world first, Carbon Energy has released the results of a survey which confirms the size and nature of the underground coal gasification cavity following trials of the company's proprietary keyseam UCG technology.
China Light & Power (CLP) India's 665MW gas-based power plant in Bharuch (Gujarat) has been shut for about a week, owing to no supply of gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin.
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Growth in Australia’s renewable generation capacity would flat-line following any repeal of the government’s Carbon Price Mechanism, with the country falling well short of its legislated renewable energy target (RET), according to new research from carbon and clean energy
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Renewable energy companies from the mainland and Hong Kong need to repay $3.5bln of debt this year, prompting global investors to fret that another issuer will follow Suntech Power into default. Solar, wind, hydro and nuclear companies also have the equivalent of $5.3bln of notes due next year. The 2014 yuan bonds of LDK Solar, which failed to fully repay $23.8m of convertible notes last month, slid to a seven-month low of 34 yuan ($HK43) per 100 yuan face value this week, pushing the yield to 220%. The debt pile includes $766.5m of dollar-denominated convertible bonds in solar companies whose shares have slumped 88% from their 2007 high, making the equity option unattractive for investors. Suntech, once the world's biggest solar panel maker, defaulted on a $541m equity-linked bond in March, while LDK Solar must settle a $240m loan unless it spins off a subsidiary by June 3, filings show. "For the solar companies, it's a function of too much debt and poor market dynamics leading to an inability to refinance," Bryan Collins, a fixed-income portfolio manager at Fidelity Worldwide Investment, said.
The Australian Solar Council has called on MPs to reject proposed funding cuts to the independent Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
Established under legislation as an independent Commonwealth authority, was hit by last night's Budget with $370m in funding deferred for three years to 2021-22. "The move to substantially defer ARENA's funding is a direct attack on its independence, and threatens investor confidence in this critical program", John Grimes, chief executive of the Australian Solar Council said. "ARENA is playing a central role in building a solar nation, funding solar research and development, as well as big solar power plants. We cannot afford to defer our clean energy future."
Enphase Energy, Inc. (solar power microinverters), has hired Russell French to spearhead the company’s expansion in Australia. Mr. French officially took the reins in March following the Australian introduction of the Enphase® Microinverter System this year. “Australia’s flourishing solar market is primed for growth thanks to ideal climate conditions and customers eager to cut their electricity costs. Russell’s strong credentials in solar power technology and his impressive track record in solar sales will help grow Enphase’s Australian business,” Jeff Loebbaka, senior vice president of worldwide sales and field operations for Enphase said. “With over 3.3 million microinverters in the field internationally, I’m excited to tell customers the wait is over and Enphase is now in Australia," Mr. French said. "Continued innovation has been paramount for Enphase, and these advancements are passed onto our Australian customers through maximised energy harvest of solar panels, intelligent monitoring and performance in Australia’s hot and rugged climactic conditions.”
Mr. French was recently appointed secretary of the Melbourne Chapter of the Solar Council of Australia and is a founding member of the Clean Energy Council of Australia. Previously Mr. French was managing director of Sun Empire Solar Systems where he led the company from start-up, through its growth phase and onto profitability. His higher education includes certificates in Renewable Energy and Electrical Mechanics from the Swinburne University of Technology and Victoria University respectively.
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