Highlights BLS puts number of wind technicians at 7,000 Contractors under ‘contradictory pressures’ Houston — The US wind sector is now supporting 120,000 jobs, but there is a shortfall in Continue Reading
Chinese wind power equipment makers advanced as the industry proposed an aggressive installation plan that would boost capacity 14-fold through 2060 to help the country reach its goal of being carbon-neutral Continue Reading
The United Kingdom will aim to become a global leader in offshore wind energy, powering every home in the country with wind by 2030, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Continue Reading
Orsted A/S, the world’s biggest developer of offshore wind farms, plans to use its latest Dutch installation to make green ammonia for use in fertilizer. The Danish utility will work with Continue Reading
Last month, President Trump shocked the entire oil industry after extending the existing moratorium on oil drilling along Florida’s, Georgia’s and South Carolina’s coasts. The announcement marked a complete 180 Continue Reading
The Covid-19 pandemic has wrought one of the most significant disruptions the energy market has ever faced. A decidedly gloomy long-term future outlook due to rampant fossil fuel divestments, climate Continue Reading
European daily wind power generation plunged Sept. 15, sending spot power prices to 2020 highs, data aggregated by WindEurope showed. Europe’s wind fleet, with over 200 GW installed of which Continue Reading
BP is making its first move into the offshore wind market with a strategic partnership in U.S. offshore wind assets with Equinor in a deal worth US$1.1 billion. Under the Continue Reading
BP entered the offshore wind market on Thursday with a $1.1 billion deal to buy 50% stakes in two U.S. developments from Norway’s Equinor, a significant step by the oil Continue Reading
For the first time ever, solar and wind made up the majority of the world’s new power generation — marking a seismic shift in how nations get their electricity. Solar additions Continue Reading
As wind, solar and biomass plants produced more power than ever in the second quarter, carbon emissions fell by a third from a year earlier, according to Drax Electric Insight’s Continue Reading
A Washington state public utility has recently purchased an electrolyzer to produce hydrogen using excess hydropower. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The Douglas Continue Reading
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA has one eye on the future where its wind turbines could play a key role in creating hydrogen. The company, which earlier this year launched the Continue Reading
Benchmark UK offshore wind load factors are seen rising to 57% in 2030 and 63% in 2040 by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The UK has a Continue Reading
A regional coalition that supports the development of offshore wind power is set to launch later this month. New England for Offshore Wind, which includes environmental advocacy organizations, educational institutions, Continue Reading
An abundance of fossil fuels combined with advances in technology to harness wind and solar power has sent energy prices crashing around the world. WSJ explains how it all happened Continue Reading
Wind and solar energy doubled its share of the global power mix over the last five years, moving the world closer to a path that would limit the worst effects Continue Reading
Highlights South Hub off-peak real-time jumps 297.7% from June Wind generation falls to 19.5% of mix, behind coal, gas August package ended 17.3% below 2019 package Houston — After a Continue Reading
Offshore wind has the potential to become a major industry in the United States over the next decade, unlocking billions of U.S. dollars of investment and creating thousands of jobs. Continue Reading
Danish energy company Orsted Aug. 12 said its second-quarter offshore wind generation increased 20% year on year amid subdued wind speeds after a 48% jump in Q1. Receive daily email Continue Reading
European weekly wind power generation averaged 29.3 GW in the seven days to Aug. 9, down 20% from the previous week due to a heatwave developing across Western Europe, data Continue Reading
Renewable-energy projects are now finding capital faster than fossil fuels.P“I enjoy big machinery, and it punched all those buttons,” Jay Johnson told me. “They really are big, and, if you Continue Reading
To my four-year-old son, electricity must seem magic—this invisible stuff that comes out of the wall sockets to power the fridge, to light up the TV, or run his favorite Continue Reading
The falling cost of wind power is shaping up to be a boon for another clean energy source: green hydrogen. Hydrogen — a fuel made by electrolyzing water — requires a tremendous Continue Reading
Good news is in short supply during any crisis, and this one has been no exception. The energy industry is being pummeled to the ground by low oil and gas Continue Reading
US investment in offshore wind power is predicted to rise from nothing 10 years ago to a level that nearly matches spending on offshore oil drilling, as an energy source Continue Reading
Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a novel machine learning approach quickly to enhance the resolution of wind velocity data by Continue Reading
Solar and onshore wind power are now the cheapest new sources of electricity in at least two-thirds of the world’s population, further threatening the two fossil-fuel stalwarts — coal and Continue Reading
The boat had just lost sight of land when two delicate shapes appeared on the horizon, like needles sprouting from the sea. As the boat got closer, they seemed to Continue Reading
Sweden—the country that brought the world 17-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg—is aiming to zero out greenhouse gases by 2045. To reach that goal, it’s ramping up wind energy. The country Continue Reading
A strange-looking contraption that could represent a new frontier in clean energy wallowed in the water alongside a coal dock here in a bay in northwest Spain. This floating windmill with Continue Reading
Crown Estate Scotland has launched the first round of offshore wind leasing in Scottish waters for a decade, with a draft target of up to 10 GW installed, it said Continue Reading
The oil market collapse caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is set to delay several oil and gas developments in Western Europe, putting capital expenditure in the offshore sector on a Continue Reading
The turbine inventor Henrik Stiesdal is small in the shadows of gigantic curves of steel, watching workers weld towers that will be rooted to the seabed. This factory in the Continue Reading
Plunging costs of renewables mark a turning point in a global transition to low-carbon energy, with new solar or wind farms increasingly cheaper to build than running existing coal plants, Continue Reading
Proponents of renewable energy have faced criticism for years that while wind and solar power generate clean energy, the supply chain behind the technologies used in wind tower turbines and Continue Reading
Draft law lifts maximum bid, adds second component to avoid draw Cabinet to decide Wed, stakeholders call for adjustments Hydrogen (non-grid) fields to be included at a later stage Germany’s Continue Reading
Japanese natural gas company Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd has made a bet that the future of renewable power will be floating at sea. The more than $22 million investment in developers Continue Reading
Renewables supplied more than 40% of electricity during first quarter of 2020, overtaking fossil fuels as storms battered the U.K. Output from wind farms was up by 40% compared with the Continue Reading
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA, the Spanish wind turbine manufacturer, is to build what will be the world’s biggest windmill, by the thinnest of margins. The 14-megawatt machine with a rotor Continue Reading
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government may try to tame growing opposition to onshore wind developments by offering cash sweeteners to local councils and consumers. A plan drawn up by officials Continue Reading
Ameren Energy told analysts Tuesday during an earnings call that it is “transitioning to a cleaner generation profile” and has agreements in place to add 700 MW of wind generation Continue Reading
The Trump administration is signaling it is about to offer a lifeline to solar and wind projects battered by the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter sent to senators Thursday, the Continue Reading
Dominion Energy updated investors Tuesday on medium-term clean power generation development plans resulting from recent Virginia legislation that includes spending $3.5 billion on developing 2.6 GW of offshore wind and Continue Reading
Standing nearly 100 feet tall on the rocky shore of the island Bjorko in southwest Sweden, a white wind tower looks indistinguishable from thousands of similar tubes that help generate Continue Reading
A crane mounted on a ship made to construct wind farms at sea collapsed over weekend, potentially delaying some of the U.K.’s biggest renewable power projects. Offshore wind farms, often valued Continue Reading
Solar and onshore wind power are now the cheapest new sources of electricity in at least two-thirds of the world’s population, further threatening the two fossil-fuel stalwarts — coal and Continue Reading
New York regulators gave the green light for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, or NYSERDA, to sometime this year issue an offshore wind solicitation for at Continue Reading
Longer blades, taller towers, more powerful turbines: wind energy seems to be past the peak of innovation now, improving incrementally rather than with breakthrough. And yet none other than an Continue Reading
Sweden’s biggest wind farm began producing power this month, and the region’s nuclear reactors are feeling the heat. Vasa Vind AB’s Askalen started commercial output on April 1, increasing supplies in Continue Reading
