Executive Summary.Second Wind Inc. is pleased to offer a new standard anemometer for resource assessment that incorporates industry proven geometry and features. The new three-cup anemometer, the Second Wind Model C3, is physically similar to a popular anemometer designed by Maximum, Inc. and used in the wind industry for more than 30 years. However, the C3 employs more durable materials with high-quality manufacturing methods that make it an extremely reliable alternat...

While wind turbines primarily are a source of renewable energy, they also produce wakes of invisible ripples that can affect the atmosphere and influence wind turbines downstream -- an issue being researched in a newly launched study led by the University of Colorado Boulder`s Julie Lundquist, assistant professor in the atmospheric and oceanic sciences department.The study, called the Turbine Wake and Inflow Characterization Study, or TWICS, also includes researchers from the Nati...

Although computer models of wind flow over terrain have improved dramatically in the past few years, there is still no substitute for data recorded at the site.So you want to build a wind farm. Good for you. With the global drive towards a low carbon economy, it is surely the right way to go for many individuals, companies and, indeed, Governments around the world. As information from the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA)...

Wind is a variable resource, but not an indecipherable one. Second Wind encourages harnessing the full range of wind sensing technologies that are available today.When it comes to wind information, much attention is focused on the choice of wind measurement technology and data collection practices in wind resource assessment and project design. Right now, wind data plays a limited role in the day-to-day operations and maintenance (O&M) of a wind farm once it is built. As wind ...

Swansea-based, S&C Electric Company Europe Ltd, announced today it has been selected as a member...

Environmental challenges are intrinsically linked with the way we live: we depend on our natural environment to supply the natural resources and ecosystem services that sustain our health and well-being, and ensure that our economies prosper. Many of the environmental problems that we face today have existed for decades; what has changed is our appreciation of their drivers and the impacts these may have on the planet as a whole. Against a backdrop of unprecedented rates of change, in...

Thousands of companies have developed greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories in recent years as a crucial first step towards measuring and ultimately reducing their emissions. Agricultural emissions are a large part of many of those inventories: farming is currently responsible for between 10 and 12 percent of global GHG emissions. Globally, agricultural emissions are expected to increase by more tha...

I had a great talk the other day about the timing of innovation with Rahul Raj, Director of Sustainability and Merchandising Innovation at Wal-Mart. We were introduced through colleagues at Sustainable Brands, a conference Raj is speaking at this June. As we`d both attended several SB shows o...

 In this current climate of loan defaults and foreclosures, lenders are becoming increasingly concerned with their potential environmental liability when deciding whether or not to accept known contaminated property as collateral for loans. While such lender concerns are understandable, lenders are afforded significant state and federal liability protection, even after foreclosure, such that existing environmental contamination currently being addressed on loan collateral should not be a...

Founded in 1904, Philips Lightolier has long been an innovator in the electric lighting industry with its headquarters located in Fall River, MA. Philips Lightolier is a leader in the development of energy-efficient lighting and controls, from high performance fixtures, to smart controls, and the integration of electronics. New fixtures introduced by several different company brands achieve more than 90% efficiency in emitting the light output from the lamps they house. Lightolier also addres...

The owners of a Falmouth, MA industrial park parcel saw the potential in 2004 for a utility-scale wind turbine sited in a large, well-elevated location. A large turbine could supply electricity for the complex and create surplus power that could be delivered back to a regional utility. Despite receiving more than 100 letters of support from residents and businesses, the proposal required five years of local, state and other reviews before construction began. The property owners created a new ...

Wellingborough, UK – 10 May 2012: Germany's Belectric maintained its position as the world’s...

A series of unique, high performance channel drainage systems designed and manufactured by ACO Technic, the bespoke product development division of water management specialist ACO Technologies, has been installed across Heathrow`s award winning Terminal Five.As well as helping to overcome some significant challenges posed by the site`s design, the systems have played a key role in creating some of the terminal`s striking public areas.As leaders in combined kerb drainag...

Designers of the drainage system at the new Peterborough Garden Park have exploited the benefits of a number of AGO Water Management product ranges to create a value-engineered SUDS solution that has helped the development win the BCSC Out-of-Town Retail Scheme Gold Award. Runs of ACO KerbDrain, AGO Profile, ACO MultiDrain and ACO Brickslot form an integrated network that overcomes the site`s challenging ground conditions, complements its visually sensitive architecture and optimises the remo...

Mansfield Brick`s new £10 million manufacturing facility in Nottinghamshire has used a wide range of ACO Water Management products to complete a self-contained SUDS system that imposes no additional load on the main sewer network. Designed to withstand heavy plant and vehicle traffic as well as potentially high levels of debris carried in the surface water run-off, the system provides sufficient attenuation capacity to retain all stormwater flows generated from the site`s hardstanding, ...

Companies in Cardiff and the surrounding areas are invited to attend a free Continuing...

The chemical industry is facing a multitude of economical and environmental challenges. Not only is it detrimental for a chemical plant’s continuous existence in today’s global environment to become more and more cost-effective, the environmental regulations are also becoming increasingly stringent. Hence, the MBR technology with its high quality effluent proves to be a good fit for the wastewater plants in the chemical industry. The MBR reference at the Marienhospital in Gelsenki...

In July 2011, the waste water plant at Marienhospital in Gelsenkirchen, Germany was put into operation. It is the first European waste water treatment plant that focuses on the elimination of micro pollutants as well as the purification of the waste water from the hospital. The plant was built in line of an EU-project called “PILLS” (Pharmaceutical Input and Elimination from Local Sources) under the aegis of the Emschergenossenschaft. The project´s goal is to elimina...

A new report by bioeconomy consultants NNFCC says that the UK can be an international leader in...

In 1992, heads of state converged on Rio for the Earth Summit, a bright moment that seemed to herald a new era for sustainable development. Bold speeches were given, important treaties signed. Saving the planet was cast as a moral imperative. Multilateral institutions would lead the way. Twenty years later, the world looks much different. The unipolar system of U.S. domination that followe...