In 2021, China’s president, Xi Jinping, called for a dramatic increase in the country’s renewable energy resources. When Xi speaks, things happen — quickly. China has vast deserts in the northwest part of the country that are lightly populated and blessed with abundant sunshine. Eastern parts of the country are … [continued]
The US Department of Energy wants the cost of floating offshore wind power to drop by 70% over the next 10 years…are they dreaming or not?
The first of 62 turbines in the Vineyard Wind offshore project began producing electricity at midnight on January 2, 2024.
Wind energy is a proven solution for low-carbon renewable energy, and one which has a great EROI (energy return on investment), so we’re likely to see more and more wind turbines and wind farms sprouting up all over as the world attempts to transition to a more sustainable future. But … [continued]
The Green Loan Principles are behind a massive $11 billion financing package for the huge new SunZia wind power and transmission project.
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]
Louisiana pursues a total of three offshore wind opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico to break up the red state – blue state breakdown.
About three years ago, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers Robynne Murray, Nicholas Rorrer, and their team set out on a mission to make an easily recycled resin to serve as the central glue holding a wind turbine blade together. They began by formulating their resin in thimble-sized vials at the lab … [continued]
Testing is under way for a radical new floating offshore wind turbine aimed at making wind power more affordable and accessible.
