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GLOBAL
ENERGY NETWORK INSTITUTE
a
solution to global problems
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May 29,
2002
Wind
Power Blowing Worldwide
Dear GENI
Friend,
Sometimes
you just have to blow your own horn. The headline
and enclosed article is the May 2002 feature story
of The
IEEE
Institute newspaper. This article comes directly
from the New York panel session: Harnessing
Untapped Windpower Worldwide. GENI coordinated
this group of experts, and the results are now being
seen by 300,000 engineers from all disciplines, not
just the power sector.
Installed
wind capacity has grown 24% and 31% over the past
two years. What we are seeing is the establishment
and acceleration of a competitive technology. Global
firms are now becoming major players -- for example,
Enron Wind has just been purchased by GE Power Systems.
If you had foreseen the beginning of the computer
or telecom industry, how might you have participated?
Also this
month, our panel on Harnessing Untapped
Hydropower Worldwide was featured in the May 2002
IEEE
Power Engineering Review . The featured articles:
HVDC
Offers the Key to Untapped Hydro Potential (by
Brian Gemmell and John Loughran) and Sustainable
Generation Potential(by David Balser). Since each
article is four pages, we can't send these to you
unless you request them. What's exciting is that
their message goes straight to the heart of the utility
industry - and how the industry can transition towards
long-term sustainability.
We see
these reports as critical trimtabs. The energy/utility
business has lead times of 5-10 years for many projects,
with power plant lifetimes of 40-100 years. The changes
and decisions made today will be felt by your grandchildren.
Native Americans said to think seven generations forward
as we build our society. So, thank you for
your interest in our work, as you are the trimtab
that makes it possible.
In partnership
for the planet
Peter Meisen
President
Keywords:Wind
power blowing worldwide, utility industry,long-term
sustainability, global energy network institute, international
electricity transmission, grid, power, environmental
educational programs
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