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Huge wind power growth predicted 

A Greener Life

By Anders Lorenzen By 2027 a record 680 gigawatts (GW) of new wind power capacity could be installed. This is according to an industry report from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). The Terawatt milestone Last year the total installed wind power capacity grew to 907 GW – up from 78 GW in 2021.

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How Are Lithium-ion Batteries that Store Solar and Wind Power Made?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Wood Mackenzie estimates that the US will add more than 63 gigawatts more batteries by 2026. From 2020 to 2021, large-scale US battery storage system installations tripled from 1.4

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Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority To Buy More Wind Energy From Western PA Energy Consortium

PA Environment Daily

On August 9, the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority announced it would be committing to the purchase of wind power and the use of clean energy to support the production and operations of water services. PWSA holds the largest share at 30% of the total, underlining our strong commitment to sustainable energy practices. “It

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King Coal will disappear… And King Solar will replace it

Edouard Stenger

I wrote about it before, both solar photovoltaic and wind power are on exponential curves. There will be 2 TW (2,000 GW) of solar PV by 2026 according to analysts. Even the IEA has stopped denying it. When I discovered solar photovoltaic in 2004, the global capacity was around 5 GW. Earlier this year it surpassed 1,000 GW.

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Maine Gov. Mills Signs Bill to Procure 3 GW of Offshore Wind by 2040

Law and Environment

The bill directs the commission to issue the first Request for Proposals by January 2026, or three months after the first BOEM auction for offshore wind leases in the Gulf of Maine.

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Nuclear energy giant to build France’s largest offshore wind project

A Greener Life

The giant floating offshore wind farm is projected to have a generating capacity of 1 gigawatt (GW) – enough to meet the electricity needs of 800,000 French homes. Construction is planned to begin in either 2026 or 2027.

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How Much Land Would it Require to Get Most of Our Electricity from Wind and Solar?

Union of Concerned Scientists

This would require 1,400 to 10,100 miles of new high-capacity lines per year, assuming new construction began in 2026. But the big news is NREL found that the total amount of land needed by 2035 to achieve our clean power goals with wind, solar, and long-distance transmission lines (19,700 sq. times current levels by 2035.