Creative Energies co-owner Scott Kane delivered the key note address to a crowd of sustainable living enthusiasts at the University of Wyoming on Earthday, April 22. Scott addressed the state of the solar and wind energy industries, career opportunities in energy efficiency and renewable energy, carbon offset programs, and the cost of energy. A few slides from Scott’s presentation are posted here.
by Phil Schneider
Phil Schneider, Tracy Tollett, and Andy Tyson attended a training last week with Proven Energy (Proven is said with a long “O”, after the company’s founder Gordon Proven). Designed and manufactured in Scotland, Proven wind turbines are gaining popularity in the US. The training (first of it’s kind in the US) was organized by Michael Miller of Teton Power (many thanks!), who is actively developing Proven’s presence in the United States.
Preparing to lower the turbine.
Proven wind turbines are known in the industry to be very robust. Richard Caldow, operations manager with Proven, explained the nuances of the turbine design piece by piece. The turbine has evolved over 20 years of experience in some of the harshest wind on the planet - the salt air coast of Scotland, the bitter cold of Antactica, as well as the heat of Africa. Part of the training was a field trip to Big Piney, WY, where Enercrest has a Proven Energy 6 kW wind turbine installed on a 15m tilt-up monopole tower.
Configurations are available for both battery charging and grid-connected systems, and come in four different sizes ranging from 600 W to 15 kW in capacity. We look forward to working with Proven wind turbines as part of our renewable energy offerings.
Tilting towers make service and training easy.
Richard of Proven Energy answering questions about the unique blade design.
by Scott Kane
These have been exciting days for politics in Wyoming. Not only were we graced by nearly simultaneous visits from two presidential candidates and a former president but all three of them made prominent statements about clean and renewable energy.
Creative Energies staff and families attended the addresses by Senator Obama in Casper and Laramie and by President Clinton in Riverton.
One of Senator Obama’s biggest applause lines in his Laramie rally was a statement about the job growth and economic development that can be attained through the development of clean coal, solar and wind power. We at Creative Energies are bold enough to remind our readers (including the senator, if he is among them) that only two of these technologies are well developed, proven and currently ready for wide scale deployment. Though clean coal has a chance of becoming an important low-carbon fuel source, it is still in an early phase of its development. In the mean-time, we encourage our national and local leaders to advocate for the well-tried and rapidly expanding technologies in wind and solar power.
