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

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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

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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

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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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This German startup is pioneering recyclable wooden wind turbine blades

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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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The US just proposed 18 GW of new offshore wind sales

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

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

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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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