A couple of years ago when I visited the gigantic wind turbine test site at Østerild in northern Denmark, I wondered how big these things would end up being. It seems the efficiency limit is about to be within reach, and while this may not be the case in technical … [continued]
A 35-mile offshore cable connects the dots between offshore wind turbines in Maryland and a soon-to-be former coal power plant in Delaware.
We recently released a new report that evaluates potential scenarios for electric grid transmission development to support floating offshore wind along the northern coast of California and the southern coast of Oregon. The scenarios include onshore and offshore (undersea) transmission systems, with interconnections ranging from 7.2 to 25.8 gigawatts of generation capacity. … [continued]
DOE Concludes 2023 by Celebrating Billions in Historic Clean Energy Investments, Successful Energy Cost Saving Programs, and Workforce Training Initiatives that will Boost our Clean Energy Economy WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) made monumental strides in advancing the clean energy goals of the Biden-Harris Administration. … [continued]
Plans are in the works to co-locate undulating carpet-like floating solar platforms with offshore wind farms in the North Sea, and beyond.
Five Teams Win CONCEPT Phase of Community Energy Innovation Prize College students have big ideas. And a few of those big ideas—focused on extending the benefits of clean energy to underserved communities—were just rewarded. On Dec. 4, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the five winners of the … [continued]
Renewables in Germany have supplied more than half of that country’s electrical energy in calendar year 2023.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm visits Ohio On Monday, December 18, 2023, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm will travel to Toledo, Ohio. The Secretary will be joined by U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur and Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz for a tour of the Toledo Water Reclamation Site followed by a … [continued]
Not to be left behind as the world is spun in circles by hydrogen hype, Ontario published a hydrogen strategy in 2022. Recently it announced the first approved significant project, one that involves truckloads of hydrogen leaving Niagara Falls to be burned in a gas generator over 100 kilometers away. … [continued]
Louisiana pursues a total of three offshore wind opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico to break up the red state – blue state breakdown.
