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 … [continued]
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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 … [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.
Giant New GE Wind Turbine Can Power A Home For A Day In Just 7…
The developers of the Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts have just announced that they’ll be using GE wind turbines — specifically, the GE Haliade-X. That turbine recently got a capacity upgrade, from a world-leading 12 megawatts (MW) to a world-leading-by-even-more 13 MW.
US Chairs New Global Energy Storage Cabal, Clean Power Gets Last Laugh
Wait, why is the US chairing a new global energy storage consortium that will kill off coal, oil, and gas jobs all over the world?
New US Fuel Cell Alliance Blows Dark Green Hydrogen Cloud Over Natural Gas
A new US fuel cell alliance is on a mission to evaporate diesel engines, and a green hydrogen angle would ding natural gas, too.
Offshore Wind: Latest News on Turbines, State Action, & Markets from Coast to Coast
While other news is capturing plenty of the public’s attention these days, there are some headline-worthy happenings in the world of offshore wind, including the first turbines in US federal waters. If you could use a splash of good news (and non-other-stuff news) at a time like this, here are a few updates.
Windmills No More: GE Debuts Monster Of A New 13 Megawatt Wind Turbine
GE sticks a fork in the US coal industry with new 13-megawatt version of its Haliade-X offshore wind turbine.
