Inhabitant

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Tobias Trübenbacher, a design student from Berlin, has created a wind-powered lamp post that uses an integrated wind rotor to generate energy and a motion detection system to create an insect-friendly light spectrum.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Seamans, the man President Gerald Ford had entrusted to deal with the energy crisis of the 1970s, didn’t think wind power had much of a future. In 1975, at the dedication of an experimental turbine in Ohio, Seamans opined that wind would never account for more… Read more → Read the full story in the New York Times.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A series of wind power projects in Romania is set to increase the country’s wind power capacity significantly. The three confirmed projects will increase Romania’s wind power capacity by 609 megawatts (MW). Several other wind power projects are in the planning stage, but none have yet been confirmed.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 30, 2023

A wind farm in South Wales, UK. By Anders Lorenzen Data from its national grid operator, the National Grid , have concluded that 2022 was a record year for wind power in the UK. The data shows that the output of UK wind farms onshore and offshore continues to increase; in 2022 they produced a record 26.8%

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 26, 2023

Additionally, a patent-pending service vessel facilitates offshore turbine maintenance, eliminating the need for towing to shore.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In Sweden, onshore wind power is the primary option available, but it has become a source of conflict and controversy. This thesis employs the theory of energy justice to analyse … Continue reading Exploring Wind Power Conflicts and Energy Justice in Sweden: An Analysis of Stakeholder’s Perspectives

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Inhabitant

DECEMBER 9, 2022

government has auctioned Pacific coast offshore wind power sites. For the first time, the U.S.

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A Greener Life

JULY 19, 2023

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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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Wind turbines with blades each the size of a 12-story building punctuate the skyline of wind-swept fields and help power entire cities. The renewable energy transition involves harnessing epic forces of nature.

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Scientific American

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Colorado-based snack company Bobo’s recently opened a wind-powered manufacturing facility in Loveland, Colorado, to meet growing customer demand, the company announced last week. Read the full story at Manufacturing Dive.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 13, 2023

Kathy Hochul laid out her plan for accelerating the development of New York’s offshore wind industry a year ago, she promised thousands of jobs for state residents. Today, New York’s first wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean is under construction. Crews in hard hats … Continue reading New York’s wind power future is taking shape.

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Yale E360

APRIL 20, 2023

Escalating construction costs, the rise of solar and wind power, and mounting public opposition have led to a precipitous decrease in massive new hydropower projects. Experts say the world has hit “peak dams,” which conservationists hail as good news for riverine ecosystems. Read more on E360 →

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Yale E360

MARCH 16, 2023

Faced with embargoes of Russian oil and gas, Europe ramped up production of solar and wind power, got serious about energy conservation, and tweaked policies to speed its green transition. Despite fears of increased emissions, the EU remained on track to meet its climate goals. Read more on E360 →

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Perhaps a decade from now, if all goes smoothly, … Continue reading ‘Water batteries’ could store solar and wind power for when it’s needed. The project, and others like it, could help unlock America’s clean energy future.

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Scientific American

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The overall picture of Earth’s health is grim, although there are bright spots: solar and wind power are on the rise, and deforestation has slowed

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Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

I sometimes ask students to guess what state produces the most wind power. It’s not as if the state’s extensive use of wind power is just a historical fluke, either. The state will soon get more power from renewables than natural gas. They’re always shocked to find out the right answer: Texas.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 16, 2023

This alignment ensures a steady supply of wind power to customers in Arizona and California during peak demand hours when renewable energy supply is traditionally low.

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New Scientist

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Surplus wind power can be used to heat up water in flooded mines – a test of the idea is being planned in Scotland in 2024

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Yale E360

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Numerous companies are developing technologies, such as large kites, that can harvest wind energy up to a half-mile above ground. While still in its nascent stages, airborne wind power could potentially be used in remote locations or flying from barges far offshore. Read more on E360 ?.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 5, 2023

Bombarding the power grid has been an essential part of Russia’s invasion, but officials say it would take many more missile strikes to badly damage a wind farm than a power plant. Read the full story in the New York Times.

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Yale E360

JANUARY 19, 2022

Having won rights to develop wind farms off the coast of Scotland, Shell, Total, and BP are set to invest more in wind power than in oil and gas drilling in the North Sea in the years ahead, the latest evidence of oil majors changing tack on renewables to better navigate the energy transition. Read more on E360 ?.

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Inhabitant

JUNE 18, 2021

This portable wind-turbine weighs less than three pounds and fits in your backpack.

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Yale E360

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Does it finance coal or wind power, deforestation or ecological recovery? Follow the money. Whatever politicians promise, what matters is where investment goes.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Imagine the dazzling dizziness of looking up at the world’s tallest wind turbine: the Max Bögl Wind AG turbine in Germany stands 808 feet tall—the height of two and a half Statues of Liberty. Wind turbines aren’t just big towers. That’s enough to power 39 million homes. Read on: How Are Solar Panels Made?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

To ensure the wind industry upholds environmental justice and stewards its raw materials, many companies are replacing balsa with other materials. For example, LM Wind Power has minimized balsa in its blades, substituting in synthetic plastic PET and PVC foams. Click the links below for answers: How Are Wind Turbines Made.

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Yale E360

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Wind was Spain's leading source of electricity in 2021, El País reported. In total, renewables accounted for 47 percent of power generation this year, up from 30 percent a decade ago. Roughly half of 2021's renewable energy came from wind power, with 10 percent coming from solar and the remainder from hydropower and other sources.

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Yale E360

MAY 4, 2021

Eversource Energy, New England’s largest utility, markets itself as a company that strives for carbon neutrality and invests in offshore wind power.

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Physics World

JULY 8, 2022

Energized sky: “Solar wind power”. My favourite entry is the image above taken in Finland by Esa Pekka Isomursu and called “Solar wind power”. It shows a wind turbine illuminated by an aurora, giving the illusion that the two entities are interacting. Courtesy: Esa Pekka Isomursu).

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Masdar added that it is innovative, as the turbines can exploit low wind speeds at scale. This is due to advances in materials, science and aerodynamics, which makes wind power production possible despite the heat and humidity. It is a joint project with PowerChina and GoldWind International.

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Yale E360

MAY 18, 2021

In a new report , the International Energy Agency is calling for an immediate end to new investments in fossil fuel supply projects such as pipelines, the rapid adoption of renewable energy such as solar and wind power, and a large-scale research and development program to develop future technologies, including advanced batteries, producing energy (..)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 24, 2023

The progress in the numbers The new numbers are from the federal Energy Information Administration (EIA), which collects data from power plant operators from across the country. Solar power increased the most among renewable electricity sources in percentage terms, up 24 percent. It supplied 10.5 percentage points).*

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

To understand the scale of the wind farm, it covers an area of 132 km2 2 and about 170 kilometres of underwater cables have been laid. A significant increase in wind power capacity.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 18, 2023

NREL and DNV expect floating offshore wind costs to dip to $60 to $80/MWh by 2030 and $45 to $50/MWh by 2035. Offshore wind power has no fuel costs, so power costs are more stable and predictable over time than fossil fuel-fired power.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 19, 2023

He also just signed legislation to boost the Golden State’s offshore wind power and that’s another area where China leads the world. So, when he goes birdwatching in Yangcheng, he’s likely to be watching wind turbines too. As for cooperation, Wang goes on to highlight one possible area: methane mitigation.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 3, 2022

Wind power will become the largest renewable energy source in the country overtaking hydro. . For wind power alone the installed capacity will increase from 1.4 While the installed capacity for both PV and CSP solar power will increase from 734 megawatts (MW) in 2020 to 2.1 GW during last year. GW in 2020 to 4.3

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 22, 2022

by Daniel Farber, University of California, Berkeley On July 20, 2022, President Joe Biden traveled to a former coal-burning power plant in Massachusetts that is being converted into a manufacturing site for offshore wind power equipment.

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