A Decade Of Wind, Solar, & Nuclear In China Shows Clear Scalability Winners
China’s natural experiment in deploying low-carbon energy generation shows that wind and solar are the clear winners.
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Lightning No Match for Wind Turbine Blade Protection System
Standing hundreds of feet above ground, wind turbines — like tall trees, buildings, and telephone poles — are easy targets for lightning. Just by virtue of their height, they will get struck. Lightning protection systems exist for conventional wind turbine blades. But protection was needed for blades made from a … [continued]
Green Hydrogen Game On For NY & Archrival NJ
Garden State let word slip about a new green hydrogen pilot project on Jersey Shore, Empire State claps back with one on Long Island, and more.
With Floating Offshore Wind Turbines As Weapons, Former POTUS Backstabs US Coal Miners Again
A Trump-era Energy Department project aimed at cutting the cost of floating offshore wind turbines, and it is still alive and kicking.
NREL Joins Industry in Leading Cybersecurity Threat Evaluation for the U.S. Wind Fleet
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and six leading industry organizations have joined forces in developing a national Wind Cybersecurity Consortium. The goal of the consortium is to improve the cybersecurity of the U.S. wind fleet through collaborative analysis, development, and information sharing. Industry parties that signed into agreement with … [continued]
Biden’s New 30 GW Offshore Wind Power Pledge Is Solyndra’s Revenge
The Intertubes are practically on fire with news that the Biden administration is putting up $3 billion in funding for a new offshore wind initiative that will plant 30 gigawatts’ worth of new wind turbines along the US coastline by 2030. In a karmic twist, those dollars will come through … [continued]
US Offshore Wind Industry Suffers Through Severe Case Of Déjà Vu All Over Again, Again
The US offshore wind industry awakens from a 20-year slumber as the massive Vineyard Wind 1 project (finally) passes another milestone.
U.S. DOE’s ARPA-E Releases $10M of Electric Airplane Funding to GE, Others
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) recently announced the release of funding to several organizations working on electric aircraft, including General Electric, as part of its Connecting Aviation By Lighter Electric Systems (CABLES) program. “Future all-electric, twin-aisle aircraft will require more than 50 MWs of power … [continued]
2020’s Top Wind Energy R&D Achievements
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) provides global leadership in fundamental wind energy science research, development, and validation activities that enable low-cost wind energy. The office pursues opportunities across all U.S. wind sectors — land-based utility-scale wind, offshore wind, distributed wind — as well as addressing market barriers and system integration
US Offshore Wind Turbine Switcheroo Outsmarts The Smarty Pants
The massive Vineyard Wind project is just one beneficiary of the new “pre-re-powering” craze to hit the US offshore wind industry.
