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This startup is about to install bladeless rooftop wind turbines on box buildings

Baua Electric

MAY 24, 2024

Aeromine Technologies just closed a $9 million funding round, and it’s ready to scale up production of its bladeless rooftop wind turbines. Aeromine, launched in 2022, makes compact 50 kW or larger “wind harvesting platforms” that it mounts on the edge of a building’s roof. Specs are here.) Get started here. –ad*

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The US’s largest offshore wind farm just got its first monopile

Baua Electric

MAY 23, 2024

gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), which will be the US’s largest offshore wind farm, has installed its first monopile foundation. Once construction is complete in 2026, the US’s largest offshore wind farm will provide clean electricity for around 660,000 households and will support 1,100 jobs.

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Italy is putting a big hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm in the sea

Baua Electric

MARCH 1, 2024

Photo: SolarDuck A 540-megawatt (MW) hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm is going to be developed off Italy’s southern coast, in the Ionian Sea. It’s tapped into that knowledge to design elevated solar platforms made of offshore-grade aluminum that sit 10 feet (3 meters) off the water to withstand rough waters.

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In a ‘monumental shift’, EU coal and gas collapse as wind and solar ascend

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

What’s more, for the first time, wind power, which grew by 18%, surpassed gas, which only accounted for 17% of Europe’s electricity. Wind and solar power are now taking center stage. Solar covered 9% of the EU’s electricity needs. That collapse resulted in an impressive 19% reduction in the EU’s power sector emissions.

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Solar, wind to lead US power generation growth for the next 2 years

Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that solar and wind will lead US power generation growth for the next two years in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook. The EIA also expects wind power generation to grow 11% from 430 billion kWh in 2023 to 476 billion kWh in 2025. Get started here. –ad*

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Rhode Island & Connecticut’s 704 MW Revolution Wind achieves first ‘steel in the water’

Baua Electric

MAY 16, 2024

Photo: Revolution Wind The 704-megawatt (M) Revolution Wind, Rhode Island and Connecticut’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm, just hit a major milestone. Revolution Wind’s site is more than 15 miles south of Rhode Island and 32 miles southeast of Connecticut.

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EGEB: Nordex unveils a 6 MW onshore wind turbine

Electrek

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): German wind turbine maker Nordex unveils its first 6 MW onshore turbine. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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The US saw record wind turbine capacity installation in 2020

Electrek

DECEMBER 29, 2021

More wind power capacity was installed in the US than any other generating technology in both 2019 and 2020, according to the US Energy Information Administration ( EIA ). UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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Norway just signed a contract for its first commercial offshore wind farm

Baua Electric

APRIL 19, 2024

Norway has signed a contract with Ventyr Energi to develop Sørlige Nordsjø 2, its first commercial offshore wind farm. Norway’s energy minister, Terje Aasland, and wind consortium Ventyr Energi representatives signed the contract. Norway’s aim is to achieve 30 GW of offshore wind power by 2040. It offered a capacity of 1.5

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This German startup is pioneering recyclable wooden wind turbine blades

Baua Electric

MAY 3, 2024

Voodin Blade Technology In a first, German startup Voodin Blade Technology just installed wooden blades on a prototype wind turbine. foot) wooden blades specifically out of laminated veneer lumber (LVL), and installed them on an existing wind turbine in Breuna, Germany, near the city of Kassel. Voodin Blade Technology made the 9.3-meter

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EGEB: World’s largest offshore floating wind farm is now complete

Electrek

AUGUST 26, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The world’s largest floating offshore wind farm, the Kincardine Offshore Wind, is now installed. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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The US just proposed 18 GW of new offshore wind sales

Baua Electric

MAY 1, 2024

Hywind floating offshore wind turbine by U.S. The US announced two proposals for offshore wind sales that could generate more than 18 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy – enough to power more than 6 million homes. It’s the first in a five-year lease schedule that could see up to 12 separate offshore wind auctions.

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EGEB: No. 1 wind state Texas to add record solar by end of 2022

Electrek

APRIL 23, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Texas is expected to add record utility-scale solar in the next two years. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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EGEB: World’s largest offshore wind turbines chosen for first commercial project

Electrek

JULY 12, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Germany’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm pre-selects huge Vestas wind turbines. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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EGEB: It gets real – Vineyard Wind orders its Haliade-X wind turbines

Electrek

OCTOBER 13, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The US’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm orders 62 13 MW wind turbines. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. NOAA launches a newly redesigned climate website.

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This utility in the US Midwest is going to add 3.6 GW of wind and solar

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Photo: Xcel Energy Xcel Energy just announced its big solar and wind plans in the US Midwest – here’s the lowdown. gigawatts (GW) of new wind and solar into the mix in the Midwest. Your personalized solar quotes are easy to compare online and you’ll get access to unbiased Energy Advisers to help you every step of the way.

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EGEB: Wind and solar drove a record fall in coal in 2020…

Electrek

MARCH 29, 2021

UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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US wind generation fell in 2023 for the first time since the 1990s

Baua Electric

APRIL 30, 2024

Annual US power generation from wind turbines declined in 2023 for the first time since the mid-1990s – here’s why. gigawatts (GW) of new wind capacity last year, but data from the US Energy Information Administration’s “ Power Plant Operations Report ” show that US wind generation in 2023 totaled 425,235 gigawatt-hours (GWh) – 2.1%

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Skanska is about to transform a Brooklyn marine terminal into a major offshore wind hub

Baua Electric

APRIL 26, 2024

Image courtesy of Equinor Construction giant Skanska has been awarded a contract to turn the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal into one of the US’s largest offshore wind ports. Skanska’s $861 million critical infrastructure offshore wind hub project in Brooklyn will support the 2.1

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The size of Washington State’s largest wind farm just got cut by 50%

Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

Washington State’s energy board cut the size of what would have been the state’s largest wind farm in half yesterday – here’s why. Wind farm controversy in Washington State The $1.7 billion, 1,150-megawatt (MW) Horse Heaven Clean Energy Center combines wind, solar, and battery storage.

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EGEB: Ireland to build the Atlantic’s first floating offshore wind farm

Electrek

APRIL 12, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Ireland’s Moneypoint coal station will become a green energy hub that includes a floating offshore wind farm. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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EGEB: New Jersey approves US’s largest combined offshore wind farm

Electrek

JULY 1, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): New Jersey approves US’s largest combined offshore wind project, Atlantic Shores and Ocean Wind II. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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EGEB: Final turbine is in place at the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm

Electrek

JULY 7, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The final floating turbine is connected at the Kincardine floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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EGEB: Sweden’s Vattenfall commits to wind turbine blade landfill ban

Electrek

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Vattenfall says it will recycle all of its wind turbine blades by 2030. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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EGEB: Oil kingdom Saudi Arabia launches its first wind farm, the Middle East’s largest

Electrek

AUGUST 9, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Saudi Arabia’s first wind farm is now connected and producing clean energy. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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EGEB: The world’s most powerful wind turbine passes the typhoon test

Electrek

MAY 3, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): GE’s Haliade-X offshore wind turbines are awarded typhoon certification. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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New Jersey resuscitates offshore wind with two new projects

Baua Electric

JANUARY 25, 2024

Photo: Ocean Wind 1 Ørsted dealt New Jersey a massive blow by canceling 2.2 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind last year, but the state just added 3.7 New Jersey was expected to announce another offshore wind solicitation at the beginning of 2024, and it’s delivered. GW of new projects to its pipeline.

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EGEB: Vertical turbines could be the future of wind energy

Electrek

MAY 4, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Oxford Brookes University researchers think wind turbines should be vertical. The US Interior Department approves a solar farm in the California desert. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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A huge new 1.2 GW offshore wind farm is headed to New England

Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

Photo: Avangrid Vineyard Offshore, which developed Vineyard Wind 1, has submitted a proposal for a 1.2 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind farm to three New England states. GW of offshore wind capacity. Vineyard Wind 2 was proposed to each state and to the three states together under the New England solicitation process.

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The first wind farm on California’s coast just came online

Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

Photo: Strauss Wind The Strauss Wind Project in Santa Barbara County, the first wind farm on California’s coast, is now online. The 98-megawatt (MW) Strauss Wind is near Lompoc, on the Central Coast, with Vandenberg Space Force Base to the south, west, and northwest. Developer BayWa r.e. Get started here. –ad*

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EGEB: Ireland launches its first offshore wind auction

Electrek

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Ireland opens a consultation of its first offshore wind auction. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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EGEB: Scandinavia’s largest offshore wind farm is inaugurated

Electrek

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Denmark’s and Scandinavia’s largest offshore wind farm was inaugurated yesterday. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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This old Texas wind farm now makes more power with fewer turbines

Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

An old wind farm in Texas just got a second life, and its capacity has gone from 160 megawatts (MW) to 182 MW. An old Texas wind farm gets a second wind The Brazos Wind Farm is in Fluvanna, in Borden and Scurry counties, in West Texas. But… thirty-eight wind turbines x 5 MW = 180 MW. It sits on around 10,000 acres.

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EGEB: China led as the world installed 6.1 GW of offshore wind in 2020

Electrek

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

GW of global offshore wind was installed in 2020, down slightly from a record 6.24 UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes. GW in 2019.

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EGEB: A 24-year-old Dutch wind farm is being decommissioned. Here’s what’s next

Electrek

APRIL 2, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The first-generation Irene Vorrink wind farm is coming down. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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The world’s longest onshore wind turbine blade makes its debut

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Photo: SANY Group SANY Renewable Energy , a wind turbine manufacturer in China, has built the world’s longest onshore wind turbine blade. To make sure you find a trusted, reliable solar installer near you that offers competitive pricing, check out EnergySage , a free service that makes it easy for you to go solar.

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EGEB: Here’s how much it costs to charge your EV with rooftop solar

Electrek

JULY 15, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Charging an electric vehicle with rooftop solar in the US is cheaper than using grid power or public chargers. El Salvador commissions its very first wind farm. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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EGEB: North Carolina sets first-ever targets for offshore wind

Electrek

JUNE 14, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): North Carolina’s governor issued an executive order that sets the state’s first-ever offshore wind targets. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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EGEB: Maryland offshore wind plans make a great leap forward

Electrek

AUGUST 5, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Baltimore-based US Wind announces a new offshore wind farm and other major developments. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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GE scraps plans to make giant 18 MW offshore wind turbines

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Photo: GE Renewable Energy GE Vernova is abandoning plans to supersize its offshore wind turbines and will instead focus on rolling out smaller “workhorse” turbines. We believe the future of our offshore wind business will be the Haliade-X 15.5 The company made project losses in its offshore wind business last year.

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EGEB: Texas wind power smashes records in March

Electrek

APRIL 7, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Texas wind power topped 10.4 UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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EGEB: First major US offshore wind farm achieves $2.3B financial close

Electrek

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): At $2.3B, Vineyard Wind is one of the largest clean energy project investments in the US. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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EGEB: Scotland’s largest whisky producer to install 4 MW solar farm

Electrek

AUGUST 4, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Drinks giant Diageo has submitted a planning application for an onsite, 4 MW solar farm in Scotland. The Kitty Hawk offshore wind project off North Carolina moves another step forward. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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A 147.5 MW wind farm is breaking ground in Oklahoma – a first for Avangrid

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Photo: Avangrid Orange, Connecticut-based clean energy giant Avangrid just made its first leap into Oklahoma with a new wind farm project. Avangrid, which is part of the Iberdrola Group, is setting up the Pontotoc Wind project in Pontotoc County, southeast of Oklahoma City. Read more: This utility in the US Midwest is going to add 3.6

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This startup is about to install bladeless rooftop wind turbines on box buildings

The US’s largest offshore wind farm just got its first monopile

Italy is putting a big hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm in the sea

In a ‘monumental shift’, EU coal and gas collapse as wind and solar ascend

Solar, wind to lead US power generation growth for the next 2 years

Rhode Island & Connecticut’s 704 MW Revolution Wind achieves first ‘steel in the water’

EGEB: Nordex unveils a 6 MW onshore wind turbine

The US saw record wind turbine capacity installation in 2020

Norway just signed a contract for its first commercial offshore wind farm

This German startup is pioneering recyclable wooden wind turbine blades

EGEB: World’s largest offshore floating wind farm is now complete

The US just proposed 18 GW of new offshore wind sales

EGEB: No. 1 wind state Texas to add record solar by end of 2022

EGEB: World’s largest offshore wind turbines chosen for first commercial project

EGEB: It gets real – Vineyard Wind orders its Haliade-X wind turbines

This utility in the US Midwest is going to add 3.6 GW of wind and solar

EGEB: Wind and solar drove a record fall in coal in 2020…

US wind generation fell in 2023 for the first time since the 1990s

Skanska is about to transform a Brooklyn marine terminal into a major offshore wind hub

The size of Washington State’s largest wind farm just got cut by 50%

EGEB: Ireland to build the Atlantic’s first floating offshore wind farm

EGEB: New Jersey approves US’s largest combined offshore wind farm

EGEB: Final turbine is in place at the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm

EGEB: Sweden’s Vattenfall commits to wind turbine blade landfill ban

EGEB: Oil kingdom Saudi Arabia launches its first wind farm, the Middle East’s largest

EGEB: The world’s most powerful wind turbine passes the typhoon test

New Jersey resuscitates offshore wind with two new projects

EGEB: Vertical turbines could be the future of wind energy

A huge new 1.2 GW offshore wind farm is headed to New England

The first wind farm on California’s coast just came online

EGEB: Ireland launches its first offshore wind auction

EGEB: Scandinavia’s largest offshore wind farm is inaugurated

This old Texas wind farm now makes more power with fewer turbines

EGEB: China led as the world installed 6.1 GW of offshore wind in 2020

EGEB: A 24-year-old Dutch wind farm is being decommissioned. Here’s what’s next

The world’s longest onshore wind turbine blade makes its debut

EGEB: Here’s how much it costs to charge your EV with rooftop solar

EGEB: North Carolina sets first-ever targets for offshore wind

EGEB: Maryland offshore wind plans make a great leap forward

GE scraps plans to make giant 18 MW offshore wind turbines

EGEB: Texas wind power smashes records in March

EGEB: First major US offshore wind farm achieves $2.3B financial close

EGEB: Scotland’s largest whisky producer to install 4 MW solar farm

A 147.5 MW wind farm is breaking ground in Oklahoma – a first for Avangrid

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