Wind Energy and renewable energy blog

With both the US and UK governments making serious investments in small scale renewable energy, community projects are likely to attract keen interest over the next few years.

Only yesterday, the UK government pledged £45m support for decentralised small-scale and community low-carbon electricity. In the US President Obama has pledged billions for renewable energy projects saying the $129bn that has been allocated for environmental plans is off limits to Congress.

A range of technologies are available to both existing and new communities including wind energy, solar energy, biomass or combined heat and power and hydro- electric.

Green Energy Web Conferences are holding a series of online conferences to facilitate the provision of information about green energy solutions. The first is a 2-day community wind energy webconference comprising live presentations by more than 25 community wind specialists.

Wind energy professionals, farmers, school boards, government officials, project managers, investors, energy companies, engineers, suppliers of wind technology, scientists and consultants will all join this very focused event on community wind energy.

The conference is designed for people looking for information on:
- up to date technology costs
- return on investment
- funding, grant and green credits
- consenting processes
- how to estimate power generation
- how to sell the project’s electricity output and who to

Experts presenting include representatives from the American Wind Energy Association, the World Wind Energy Association, U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy, Atlantic County Utilities Authority and Citibank.