Ocean Conservancy

MAY 27, 2022

While a wind-powered cargo vessel may seem like a 19 th Century idea, the Grain de Sail may be a herald of a greener future rather than a nostalgic nod to the past. Building more vessels that travel at this slower speed regardless of using wind power or conventional engines will also lead to quieter oceans and less air pollution.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Seamans, the man President Gerald Ford had entrusted to deal with the energy crisis of the 1970s, didn’t think wind power had much of a future. In 1975, at the dedication of an experimental turbine in Ohio, Seamans opined that wind would never account for more… Read more → Read the full story in the New York Times.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 24, 2024

by Christopher Niezrecki, UMass Lowell America’s first large-scale offshore wind farms began sending power to the Northeast in early 2024, but a wave of wind farm project cancellations and rising costs have left many people with doubts about the industry’s future in the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 15, 2022

We at the Union of Concerned Scientists think a lot about wind power. In honor of Global Wind Day , here’s a roundup of what we’re seeing and what we’ve been thinking—five facts about wind energy to keep in mind as you celebrate, or at least make note, on June 15. Wind power is big, and getting bigger.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A series of wind power projects in Romania is set to increase the country’s wind power capacity significantly. The three confirmed projects will increase Romania’s wind power capacity by 609 megawatts (MW). Several other wind power projects are in the planning stage, but none have yet been confirmed.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Wind turbines with blades each the size of a 12-story building punctuate the skyline of wind-swept fields and help power entire cities. The renewable energy transition involves harnessing epic forces of nature.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 30, 2023

A wind farm in South Wales, UK. By Anders Lorenzen Data from its national grid operator, the National Grid , have concluded that 2022 was a record year for wind power in the UK. The data shows that the output of UK wind farms onshore and offshore continues to increase; in 2022 they produced a record 26.8%

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 26, 2023

Additionally, a patent-pending service vessel facilitates offshore turbine maintenance, eliminating the need for towing to shore.

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Inhabitant

DECEMBER 9, 2022

government has auctioned Pacific coast offshore wind power sites. For the first time, the U.S.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 5, 2023

A cargo ship vessel has been outfitted with wind power technology, bringing wind propulsion to commercial shipping for the first time. The vessel, Mitsubishi Corporation’s Pyxis Ocean, is chartered by Cargill and outfitted with two Bar Tech Wind … Continue reading First cargo ship with wind-powered technology sets sail

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 4, 2024

Electricity from renewable sources dropped even as Illinois and surrounding Midwest states pushed to replace fossil fuels, such as coal and natural gas, with wind and solar power.

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A Greener Life

JULY 19, 2023

An offshore wind farm in Europe. Colombia’s Caribbean coast has great potential for offshore wind power projects but is also home to protected areas of ecological importance. In 2021 alone, the global installed capacity of offshore wind plants tripled, reaching record figures, as 21.1 Photo credit: Tho Ge / Pixabay.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In Sweden, onshore wind power is the primary option available, but it has become a source of conflict and controversy. This thesis employs the theory of energy justice to analyse … Continue reading Exploring Wind Power Conflicts and Energy Justice in Sweden: An Analysis of Stakeholder’s Perspectives

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Scientific American

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Colorado-based snack company Bobo’s recently opened a wind-powered manufacturing facility in Loveland, Colorado, to meet growing customer demand, the company announced last week. Read the full story at Manufacturing Dive.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 13, 2023

Kathy Hochul laid out her plan for accelerating the development of New York’s offshore wind industry a year ago, she promised thousands of jobs for state residents. Today, New York’s first wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean is under construction. Crews in hard hats … Continue reading New York’s wind power future is taking shape.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Perhaps a decade from now, if all goes smoothly, … Continue reading ‘Water batteries’ could store solar and wind power for when it’s needed. The project, and others like it, could help unlock America’s clean energy future.

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Yale E360

APRIL 20, 2023

Escalating construction costs, the rise of solar and wind power, and mounting public opposition have led to a precipitous decrease in massive new hydropower projects. Experts say the world has hit “peak dams,” which conservationists hail as good news for riverine ecosystems. Read more on E360 →

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Yale E360

MARCH 16, 2023

Faced with embargoes of Russian oil and gas, Europe ramped up production of solar and wind power, got serious about energy conservation, and tweaked policies to speed its green transition. Despite fears of increased emissions, the EU remained on track to meet its climate goals. Read more on E360 →

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Read the full story in the New Bedford Light. The report calls it “extremely unlikely” that pile driving will hurt any North Atlantic right whales. But it says a small number of whales of other species may experience temporary to permanent hearing impairment as a result of the noise.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Since 2005, supplemental income from hosting 50 wind turbines has helped the fourth-generation family operation keep its head above water. Read the full story at Canary Media.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 5, 2023

Bombarding the power grid has been an essential part of Russia’s invasion, but officials say it would take many more missile strikes to badly damage a wind farm than a power plant. Read the full story in the New York Times.

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Yale E360

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Numerous companies are developing technologies, such as large kites, that can harvest wind energy up to a half-mile above ground. While still in its nascent stages, airborne wind power could potentially be used in remote locations or flying from barges far offshore. Read more on E360 ?.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 16, 2023

This alignment ensures a steady supply of wind power to customers in Arizona and California during peak demand hours when renewable energy supply is traditionally low.

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Yale E360

JANUARY 19, 2022

Having won rights to develop wind farms off the coast of Scotland, Shell, Total, and BP are set to invest more in wind power than in oil and gas drilling in the North Sea in the years ahead, the latest evidence of oil majors changing tack on renewables to better navigate the energy transition. Read more on E360 ?.

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Inhabitant

JUNE 18, 2021

This portable wind-turbine weighs less than three pounds and fits in your backpack.

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Scientific American

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The overall picture of Earth’s health is grim, although there are bright spots: solar and wind power are on the rise, and deforestation has slowed

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New Scientist

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Surplus wind power can be used to heat up water in flooded mines – a test of the idea is being planned in Scotland in 2024

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Yale E360

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Does it finance coal or wind power, deforestation or ecological recovery? Follow the money. Whatever politicians promise, what matters is where investment goes.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Rosatom Renewable Energy JSC is the wind energy division of the state-owned Russian energy company, Rosatom which specialises in nuclear energy, but which in 2017 branched into wind power. The company has so far commissioned 1 gigawatt (GW) of wind power projects.

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Yale E360

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Wind was Spain's leading source of electricity in 2021, El País reported. In total, renewables accounted for 47 percent of power generation this year, up from 30 percent a decade ago. Roughly half of 2021's renewable energy came from wind power, with 10 percent coming from solar and the remainder from hydropower and other sources.

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Yale E360

MAY 4, 2021

Eversource Energy, New England’s largest utility, markets itself as a company that strives for carbon neutrality and invests in offshore wind power.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

Treasury and the IRS are right to propose clear rules for solar- and wind-powered electricity generation. The power sector transition will overwhelmingly rely on the buildout of solar power and wind power. Today, I draw attention to just a subset of issues raised in our submitted technical comments: 1.

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Yale E360

MAY 18, 2021

In a new report , the International Energy Agency is calling for an immediate end to new investments in fossil fuel supply projects such as pipelines, the rapid adoption of renewable energy such as solar and wind power, and a large-scale research and development program to develop future technologies, including advanced batteries, producing energy (..)

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NRDC

APRIL 8, 2024

Wind power is renewable energy. Wind energy makes up about 10 percent of U.S. Find out the facts and advantages of wind power and how it works. energy production.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

To understand the scale of the wind farm, it covers an area of 132 km2 2 and about 170 kilometres of underwater cables have been laid. A significant increase in wind power capacity.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

To ensure the wind industry upholds environmental justice and stewards its raw materials, many companies are replacing balsa with other materials. For example, LM Wind Power has minimized balsa in its blades, substituting in synthetic plastic PET and PVC foams. Click the links below for answers: How Are Wind Turbines Made.

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