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The job market has been blowing in a positive direction when it comes to wind energy, with power companies building turbines, hiring technicians and pushing grid improvements to reach more consumers.
In 2008, wind energy created 35,000 jobs and accounted for 42 percent of new energy production installed in that year, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). That burst was part of an upward trajectory begun a few years before.
But after the economic implosion of late 2008, the picture didn’t look so bright. By 2009 even wind development took a hit from negative gusts in the economy. The downturn idled some wind projects, among other green programs, all vulnerable because of their dependence on investment capital.
Global wind power installations grew by 29 percent in 2008, exceeding past performance and bringing the world’s commercial wind power capacity to 120,798 megawatts
Wind now produces 1.5 percent of the world’s electricity with 80 countries using commercial wind power, according to an analysis by the Worldwatch Institute released this week.
One degree Fahrenheit.On average, that’s how much the Earth’s temperature has increased over the past century, according to a report by the EPA. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has predicted that during the 21st century the global temperature will increase by 2-6° C.
Texas companies Oncor Electric and Falcon Steel announced a plan Monday to build 3,800 electric transmission towers out of recycled steel, creating a backbone for the new grid needed to carry wind power from rural West Texas eastward to the urban centers.
The towers, to be made of re-fabricated scrap steel supplied by Nucor Corp. of Charlotte, will stand 120-130 feet tall and support more than 800 miles of power lines.
Dominion and BP Wind Energy North America Inc. say they are evaluating wind energy projects in southwestern Virginia. The potential wind facilities would be the first projects announced since Dominion and BP said in April 2008 that they had entered into an agreement to jointly own, operate and develop wind energy projects in Virginia.
These potential wind farms in Tazewell and Wise counties would be developed by Dominion’s Virginia electric utility subsidiary and BP Wind Energy North America Inc. Both projects would be subject to all applicable local, state and federal permits and approvals.
The exact size of each project and scope of economic benefits have not been determined.
Wind is supposed to be the solution to the nation’s energy problem. But a stunning announcement from Texas Billionaire T. Boone Pickens is taking the wind out of development plans. He’s putting wind farms in the panhandle on hold.
Wind is supposed to be the solution to the nation’s energy problem. But a stunning announcement from Texas Billionaire T. Boone Pickens is taking the wind out of development plans. He’s putting wind farms in the panhandle on hold.