How much can you say about wind in 126 characters or less? Quite a lot as it turns out. I had the privilege earlier this week to moderate a #Cleantechhub chat via twitter for the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation earlier this week. My chat was part of a series the group held to coincide with Windpower 2010 in Dallas.
Moderators over the three days included myself, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and Clean Edge’s Clint Wilder. Gov. Ritter discussed the states’ roles in building the wind and other cleantech sectors. Clint’s chat was focused on how the U.S. can regain and keep an edge in the cleantech industry. My chat was on emerging trends in the wind industry.
Below are some highlights from my chat, listed by question.
Q1: 2009 was another record year for wind but 2010 is off to a pretty slow start, why do you think that is?
MetroDenverEDC: Ability to get finning for lathe projects seems to be one issue.NWC_Rob: Slow financing and the places to site wind are more rugged.WECC_Energy: More regions courting developers, they can afford to wait the “best” projects, more negotiations
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