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Analysis: Colombia’s offshore wind power plans spark hope and caution

A Greener Life

An offshore wind farm in Europe. Colombia’s Caribbean coast has great potential for offshore wind power projects but is also home to protected areas of ecological importance. In 2021 alone, the global installed capacity of offshore wind plants tripled, reaching record figures, as 21.1 Photo credit: Tho Ge / Pixabay.

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What Happens to Wind Turbine Blades at the End of Their Life Cycle?

Union of Concerned Scientists

While today’s carbon fiber and fiberglass require lots of energ y to produce and are hard to recycle , incorporating more bio-materials into their composites and developing new recycling technologies can reduce their footprint. Responsible, circular solutions for wind turbine blades. Source: Firdaus Latif/Wikimedia Commons.

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Renewables are now an unstoppable juggernaut

Edouard Stenger

” A recent study by Ember Climate shows that King Coal is already on its way out as it is being replaced by solar and wind. percentage point while wind and solar’s share increased 8.2 Additionally, energy storage now comes in many forms as battery technologies are each year more numerous, cheaper and better.

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Jayati Ghosh – It’s not just analysis, it’s a call for action

Frontiers

In March 2022, Jayati was appointed to the United Nations Secretary General’s High-level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism , mandated to provide a vision for international cooperation to deal with current and future challenges. With the correct political will, we could actually implement them very easily.”