{"id":1945,"date":"2006-03-02T02:12:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-02T02:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2006\/03\/02\/wind-turbine-supply-lags-behind-demand\/"},"modified":"2006-03-02T02:12:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-02T02:12:00","slug":"wind-turbine-supply-lags-behind-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/wind-turbine-supply-lags-behind-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Wind Turbine Supply Lags Behind Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a> Demand for turbines used to turn wind into electricity is blowing by supply, which is hampering efforts to cultivate the alternative energy source in the state. <\/p>\n The shortage of the giant turbines is making them more expensive. Turbine manufacturer General Electric<\/a> said it is booked for the next two years as are European manufacturers. <\/p>\n Ken Valley, president of Midwest Energy Finance<\/a>, said the shortage is making the task tougher for developers of smaller community-based wind projects. <\/p>\n “One Midwestern wind developer is planning a project with seven turbines, but he can’t get them,” Valley said. “Midwest would have had more than $100 million worth of projects this year, but the shortage of turbines is getting in the way.” <\/p>\n GE Energy spokesman Dennis Murphy said the shortage is real. <\/p>\n “The renewal of production tax credits has spurred a significant re-energizing of wind as a power option,” Murphy said. “Around the world, and certainly in the U.S., a number of our customers have had a great deal of interest in wind.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n While I hate to see the actual construction of wind projects slow down, overall this seems like great news. This also seems to support the idea that a little government investment can go a long ways towards building a more sustainable energy infrastructure. Hopefully, the turbine producers will catch up — anyone know of other major players in this industry?<\/p>\n Categories: windpower<\/a>, energy<\/a>, economics<\/a>, demand<\/a>, taxcredit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last year, I discused how solar panel manufacturers couldn’t keep up with the demand for their product; now, Alternative Source points us to news that the same thing may be [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":17047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Last year, I discused <\/a>how solar panel manufacturers couldn’t keep up with the demand for their product; now, Alternative Source points us <\/a>to news<\/a> that the same thing may be happening in the wind industry:<\/p>\n\n