ENERGIES... week of June 3, 2001
NOT UNEXPECTED RESULTS. In a survey of 8000 members of the
Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), 98 percent indicated that the
U.S. National Energy Policy should encourage new energy supplies from a
multitude of sources and promote energy efficient technologies. Also
among them 81 percent indicated that global warming concerns need to be
included in the Policy.
Since energy engineers would be typically more knowledgeable on
energy, technology and related issues than most, the results of the
survey are not surprising. Three-quarters of them also said that nuclear
power should be encouraged to meet the growing demand for energy. For
AEE's Balanced Plan visit them at http://www.aeecenter.org/ .
A MARKET NOT TO BE IGNORED. The Beijing Chargeking Energy Technology
Company - a Chinese manufacturer of electric vehicle charging equipment
- has developed a hybrid-electric 38 foot, 45 passenger bus powered, in
part, by two 30 kilowatt U.S. made Capstone Microturbines (tm). A
doubling of fuel economy is reported for this largest-of-its-kind bus as
compared with a conventional diesel bus of the same size.
According to Capstone President and CEO Dr. Ake Almgren, a
microturbine hybrid bus can have less environmental impact in a
full-cycle, well-to-wheels emissions analysis than a pure electric bus.
The key word here is can. Pure electric vehicles can be recharged from a
coal-fueled power plant or a wind farm, for example.
Had they been available when under development, the Chargeking bus
may have had one of Capstone's 60 kilowatt microturbines instead of the
two 30's. Capstone's first stand-alone 60 kilowatt power system will be
delivered to Advantica Technologies for installation in a U.K. hotel as
one of a 6-pack of Capstone 60's. Exhaust heat from the turbines will be
used for water heating, laundry and space heating. Advantica calls its
combined heat and power solution MiniGen(tm).
Visit Chargeking at http://www.chargeking.com/, Capstone at
http://www.microturbine.com/ and Advantica at
http://www.advanticatech.com/ .
BIOENERGY AT THE PUMP. This editor's home state of Maryland will
soon have its first ethanol E-85 pump, and more are on the way. Costing
nearly $70,000 to install, the pump will be open to the public with fuel
sold at gasoline prices. The U.S. Department of Energy and the Maryland
Grain Producers Association are footing the bill for the installation.
Also under study for the state is the possibility of an ethanol
production facility. Visit the Grain Producers Association at
http://www.marylandgrain.com/ .
WORLD WIND WATCH. U.S. based Valmont Industries - a manufacturer of
communication towers, lighting poles, and utility infrastructure - has
developed a combination wind turbine tower and self-erecting tower
construction method aimed at reducing the cost of wind turbine
installation.
The modular system - in which all parts can fit in a standard 40
foot shipping container - can be used to build towers up to 120 meters
and for turbines up to 2.5 megawatts. The Valmont Wind Energy Structure
is a tripod design with guideways on the main tower for an elevator-like
carriage known as the Turbine Lifting Platform (TLP). TLP is used to
build the tower, mount the generator and install the turbine blades. TLP
eliminates the need for large cranes with their necessary wide roadways
and crane support pads. TLP can be moved from site to site.
The Valmont Structure can be used for offshore installations and in
winds up to 35 miles per hour. Valmont operates world-wide. Visit them
at http://www.valmont.com/ .
Also in the U.S., SeaWest WindPower will build its Rock River I,
50-megawatt wind power plant near Arlington, Wyoming. PacifiCorp will
purchase and distribute power from Rock River. Turbines will be one
megawatt Mitsubishi Heavy Industries units. The MWT 1000 kw machines
will be mounted on 60 meter tubular towers and have a rotor diameter of
57 meters. The project should be completed by this fall. Visit SeaWest
at http://www.seawestwindpower.com/ .
In Japan, Toyota Tsusho Corporation will have four wind farms
on-line by the end of next year. Scattered at sites in Aomori, Akita,
Niigata and Kagoshima prefectures will be 16 Vestas 1.75 kilowatt
turbines and eleven 850 kilowatt units also from Vestas. The turbines
will be supplied by Vestech Japan Corporation, which was created a year
ago by Toyota Tsusho to import and market Vestas Wind Systems turbines
in Japan. Visit Toyota Tsusho at http://www.toyotsu.co.jp/ , Vestas at
http://www.vestas.com/
NEW! NEW! NEW! at the Green Energy News website...
-- Kronosport Featured in Forecast International's Automotive
Intelligence Centre
-- St. Louis City Buses to Run on Soy-Based Fuel
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