Wind Turbine Recycling Gets $5.1 Million Boost
$5.1 Million Competition Aims To Strengthen a Circular Wind Energy Economy in the United States
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Vestas Buys 100+ Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo Vans!
Wind energy giant Vestas is putting its green money where its green mouth is yet again. It has ordered more than 100 fully electric Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo vans for delivery in 2023, one of the first big orders of the new 100% electric van. The first of these ID. … [continued]
How Fiber-Optic Sensing & New Materials Could Reduce Cost Of Floating Offshore Wind
A key concern in the conversation over floating offshore wind’s potential to disrupt the clean energy space is how the technologies would impact marine life. Researchers developed fiber-optic sensing capable of monitoring surrounding acoustic signals, such as whale calls. This allows scientists to monitor how FOSW operations might impact large marine mammals. (Credit: Jenny Nuss/Berkeley Lab)
BlueFloat Energy Propels Offshore Wind Projects Forward In Taiwan
BlueFloat Energy, a prominent player in the field of floating offshore wind, made an exciting announcement in May 2022 about its entry into the Taiwanese market. Taiwan leads in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of planning and implementation of offshore wind — starting as early as 12 years ago — … [continued]
Gas Generators Get Caught With Their Plants Down
While natural gas plants underperform, wind farms outperform.
Mine Powered By Reused Turbines — Next FUD, Please
From 2020, the Port Gregory garnet mine, in Western Australia, has been 70% powered by a hybrid power plant consisting of a 2.5 MW wind farm (composed of reused wind turbines) and a 1.1 MW solar farm with a 2 MW/0.6 MWh battery. Australia-based Advanced Energy Resources (AER) is providing … [continued]
Wind Turbines Repurposed — FUD Dispatched!
One of the enduring pieces of FUD misinformation that circulates in the miasma of the internet is that wind turbines (and other materials that are used for renewable energy generation) will end up in the landfill and destroy the Earth — much worse than coal, obviously. Like all FUD, there … [continued]
How Will Future Larger Turbines Impact Wind Project Electricity Output & Surrounding Community Sound Levels?
New Berkeley Lab study finds a dramatic increase in estimated project output coupled with a decrease in surrounding sound levels for future turbines as compared to those installed in the past. Multiple technological, social, and market factors of wind power are evolving rapidly. Most notably, significant wind turbine scaling in … [continued]
Never Mind The Bottlenecks, Wind Farm Repowering Is Taking Off
Repowering an existing wind farm is one way to get around the anti-wind movement and keep pumping more clean kilowatts into the grid.
Army Of Spiral-Welding Wind Turbine Tower Trucks Sets Forth From…Texas?
Woke or not, this Texas startup aims to launch mobile wind turbine tower factories all around the US.
