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- Wind power ‘” New Wyoming plant generating plenty of interest
- Gulf Seeks Alternative Energy
- ld system strained by growth
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Wind power ‘” New Wyoming plant generating plenty of interest
Deseret News – Oct 28, 2007
— The idea of alternative energy has been a hottopic recently especially with the skyrocketing price of gasoline andother fossil fuels. But 20 or 30 years ago few people were interested in developingenvironmentally friendly or “green” energy sources. Gary Tassainer president of Lehi-based Tasco Engineering is anelectrical engineer by training and developing wind power has been hispassion for more than two decades. He said he has been working onhigh-voltage electrical systems for about 30 years. “For me personally power generation has been my love of life” he said. “I’ve spent a good portion of my career trying to get generation projectsup and done. ” His firm’s wind farm is about 20 miles east of Evanston Wyo… Inaddition other regulations and requirements had to be met before theproject could proceed — not to mention resistance by local residentswho consider the towers eyesores. “There have been some public hearings where people have expressed thefact they didn’t want (the wind turbines)” he said. “I’ve always said’Would you prefer to suck brown smoke or look at these turbines?”‘ The wind turbines stand 80 meters tall with rotor blades of varyinglength depending upon the design and huge cables run from the generatorat the top down the length of the tower into transformers in the base ofthe unit then underground into an electrical substation and eventuallyinto transmission lines.
Gulf Seeks Alternative Energy
Arab News – Oct 28, 2007
“This project is not connected to the GCC’s nuclear program with the General Secretariat of the GCC budgeting $10 billion for the design supply build and operation of a nuclear plant for power generation and water desalination in a country yet to be chosen. “”There is also considerable new activity beginning in the renewable energy field principally in the United Arab Emirates” Weaver said who will also be chairing a panel discussion on the future of renewable energy in the Middle East at the Bahrain conference. “A design study is being carried out for a $500 million solar power plant for the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company Masdar” Weaver added. “The project is a large one with the scope calling for the design supply installation and operation of a 500 megawatts solar plant. “The project aims to decrease the use of oil and gas in power generation to preserve hydrocarbon reserves. The UAE’s solar radiation is measured at 2200 kilowatt hours per square meter per annum. “In cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority and the Abu Dhabi National il Company Masdar is also studying the possibility of building a hydrogen fired power plant.
ld system strained by growth
courierpress.com – Oct 28, 2007
We thought eventually the city would grow too either through annexation or unified government and you would need city water and sewer to handle all that” he said. “It was a problem under McDonald it was a problem under me and it continues to be a problem. But Weinzapfel said a review of the North Side project by CDM an engineering company with offices nationwide agreed with the state’s assessment. The plant would essentially have only handled sanitary sewage north of the city. And the city he said would still be required to expand its two existing treatment plants even if it built the new plant. But the plans were in place and several million dollars had already been spent on studies when Weinzapfel decided to cancel the project. “I really struggled with that” Weinzapfel said.
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle – Oct 28, 2007
Constellation Brands Inc. was Ecovation’s first customer with a treatment plant set up at its Canandaigua winery in 1998 because wastewater treatment costs were skyrocketing. Today that plant handles 120000 gallons of wastewater a day before the water goes to the local sewage treatment plant. “The quality of the treatment is very good. What has really helped us we have controlled our costs to very minimal increases year over year” said Chuck Meyn director of engineering for Constellation’s East Coast operations. Ecovation started in 1995 as AnAerobics Inc. growing out of anaerobic technology developed at Cornell University by one of its founders… Ecovation started in 1995 as AnAerobics Inc. growing out of anaerobic technology developed at Cornell University by one of its founders. Creel the first woman to head a publicly traded engineering company Earth Tech which subsequently was bought by Tyco International Ltd. was brought on board in 2003. When Creel started with Ecovation the company had 17 workers close to $2 million in revenues “and whether we could make payroll or not was a challenge” she said. This year its revenues are expected to hit $73 million. About a third of Ecovation’s employees work in the Rochester area.