News Release from American Clean Power Association (ACP)
Wind Industry Profile of
10/27/2009
USA - Small wind turbine standard almost a reality
In a milestone that marks the final stage of development, the AWEA small wind turbine performance and safety standard was formally submitted to the trade association’s Standards Coordinating Committee (SCC) this week for approval.
The SCC is scheduled to review and vote on the latest standard by the next AWEA Board of Directors meeting on November 19. If approved it will be formally adopted as an official industry standard and can be used by entities like the Small Wind Certification Council (see www.smallwindcertification.org) to certify small wind turbines.
The submitted draft standard, approved by a super-majority vote by the AWEA Small Wind Standards Subcommittee on September 16, incorporates comments from various materially affected parties.
Meanwhile in other small wind news:
California, Delaware streamline small-wind permitting. On October 11 California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) approved legislation that helps streamline the installation of small wind turbines by prohibiting counties from adopting rules beyond a prescribed stringency. The legislation, Assembly Bill (AB) 45, creates a default zoning ordinance that counties may adopt unmodified, or modified within certain parameters. The law applies only to systems 50 kW and under and to non-urbanized zones. Efforts to pass the legislation were led by Mike Bergey of Bergey Windpower and the California Small Wind Coalition, of which AWEA is a part.
Two months earlier, Delaware became the seventh state to effect a law streamlining the permitting process for qualifying small wind turbine installations. The law prohibits unreasonable public and private restrictions on the installation of small wind systems installed on single-family residential properties.
Prices set for Vermont’s feed-in tariff. The Vermont Public Service Board established interim price levels for the groundbreaking feed-in tariff law Vermont passed in May. Under the policy retail electricity providers pay qualifying renewable generators, including small wind turbines, a premium price for any electricity generated for a period of between 15 and 20 years, according to the contract. Qualifying wind turbines with rated capacities of 15 kW or less can receive $0.20 per kWh generated; turbines rated above 15 kW can receive $0.125 per kWh. For details see www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=VT36F.
For more information please contact Trevor Sievert at ts@windfair.net
The SCC is scheduled to review and vote on the latest standard by the next AWEA Board of Directors meeting on November 19. If approved it will be formally adopted as an official industry standard and can be used by entities like the Small Wind Certification Council (see www.smallwindcertification.org) to certify small wind turbines.
The submitted draft standard, approved by a super-majority vote by the AWEA Small Wind Standards Subcommittee on September 16, incorporates comments from various materially affected parties.
Meanwhile in other small wind news:
California, Delaware streamline small-wind permitting. On October 11 California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) approved legislation that helps streamline the installation of small wind turbines by prohibiting counties from adopting rules beyond a prescribed stringency. The legislation, Assembly Bill (AB) 45, creates a default zoning ordinance that counties may adopt unmodified, or modified within certain parameters. The law applies only to systems 50 kW and under and to non-urbanized zones. Efforts to pass the legislation were led by Mike Bergey of Bergey Windpower and the California Small Wind Coalition, of which AWEA is a part.
Two months earlier, Delaware became the seventh state to effect a law streamlining the permitting process for qualifying small wind turbine installations. The law prohibits unreasonable public and private restrictions on the installation of small wind systems installed on single-family residential properties.
Prices set for Vermont’s feed-in tariff. The Vermont Public Service Board established interim price levels for the groundbreaking feed-in tariff law Vermont passed in May. Under the policy retail electricity providers pay qualifying renewable generators, including small wind turbines, a premium price for any electricity generated for a period of between 15 and 20 years, according to the contract. Qualifying wind turbines with rated capacities of 15 kW or less can receive $0.20 per kWh generated; turbines rated above 15 kW can receive $0.125 per kWh. For details see www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=VT36F.
For more information please contact Trevor Sievert at ts@windfair.net
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