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- Windwords proposal turns wind turbines into public art Tue, 7 Jan 20, 5:30amIn a bid to clamp down on the NIMBY (“not in my backyard”) opposition to wind farms, international design collective Prototype 2030 has created a two-part proposal that would turn wind turbines into interactive public...
- Tilting at Windmills – a Brief Update Fri, 8 Mar 19, 10:00amAbout this time last year, I wrote a light-hearted review of New Zealand’s love affair with Wind Generation. Since then I’ve become interested in seeing just how effective these things really are. Where I live adjacent...
- California waters could open soon to offshore wind farms Thu, 25 Oct 18, 3:30amWith 3,427 miles of coastline, one would think establishing wind farms in California would be a cinch. As it turns out, the depth of the waters has kept the idea of offshore wind in this area at bay. Energy companies have...
- World's most powerful wind turbine installed off the coast of Scotland Wed, 11 Apr 18, 3:32amThe world's most powerful wind turbine was just installed off the coast of Scotland. Developer Vattenfall announced this week it completed the installation of 11 turbines in Aberdeen Bay - two of which were upgraded with...
- Utility giant aims to build America's biggest wind farm paid for by customers Sat, 31 Mar 18, 6:09amOne of the United States' biggest electric utilities, American Electric Power (AEP) is planning to build a two-gigawatt wind farm - and they want consumers to pay for it...
- The world's first subsidy-free offshore wind farm is being built in the Netherlands Thu, 22 Mar 18, 3:20amThe world's first unsubsidized offshore wind farms are currently under construction in the Netherlands. The underlying economics of offshore wind energy have become so favorable in the country that the projects will require...
- Norway rejects wind farm in favor of wild reindeer Wed, 7 Feb 18, 10:45pmNearly 35,000 wild reindeer make their home in the southern mountains of Norway - "the last remaining viable populations in Europe," according to Reuters...
- rsted's massive new offshore wind farm will generate power for 1 million homes Fri, 2 Feb 18, 10:00amOffshore wind farms keep getting bigger and bigger. Ørsted, formerly DONG Energy, just began offshore construction on Hornsea Project One, the latest offshore wind project poised to claim the "world's largest" trophy. The...
- rsted's massive new offshore wind farm will generate power for 1M homes Fri, 2 Feb 18, 2:53amOffshore wind farms keep getting bigger and bigger. Ørsted, formerly DONG Energy, started offshore construction on Hornsea Project One, the latest offshore wind project poised to claim the "world's largest" trophy, according...
- The world's first floating wind farm just switched online Thu, 19 Oct 17, 12:16amFive massive wind turbines floating in the sea near Scotland have started sending energy to the grid. Statoil, a Norwegian power company, has been working on the 30 megawatt Hywind Scotland project for several years, and...
- First floating wind farm in the world begins generating power Thu, 19 Oct 17, 12:16amFive massive wind turbines floating in the sea near Scotland have started sending energy to the grid. Statoil, a Norwegian power company, has been working on the 30 megawatt Hywind Scotland project for several years, and...
- The entire world could be powered by one deep-sea wind farm Wed, 11 Oct 17, 4:35amWhat if the world’s energy problems could be solved with one deep-sea wind farm? A new study, conducted by the Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford University, California, suggests it could...
- Report:solar power is the fastest growing source of new energy Thu, 5 Oct 17, 10:53pmThe world is going green at an unprecedented rate. In 2016, renewable energy accounted for two-thirds of all new power added to the world’s grid, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) — with more...
- The world's biggest offshore wind farm is being built in the UK Wed, 13 Sep 17, 5:15amVery soon, the UK will be home to the world’s largest wind farm. The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) announced that DONG Energy is building a 1,386 megawatt wind farm called Hornsea Project...
- Conservative billionaire to build America's largest wind farm Wed, 26 Jul 17, 12:13amCarbon County, Wyoming could soon be home to the United States' biggest wind farm, complete with 1,000 turbines. Conservative billionaire Philip Anschutz, who got his start in his father's oil business, is behind the massive...