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2023 was a record year for wind power growth – in numbers

Baua Electric

Photo: Strauss Wind The global wind industry installed 117 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in 2023, making it the best year ever for new wind energy – here’s what happened and where. Annual wind installations increased in all regions except Europe and North America. Brazil installed 4.8 GW total installed.

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EGEB: Researchers ran tests on wind turbine noise and got a surprise

Electrek

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): A technique used to improve wind farms’ performance makes them quieter, too. The leading source of energy in Brazil in 2020 is hydropower, but solar is the rising star. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Good news – the world has a real chance of achieving its goal of tripling renewables by 2030

Baua Electric

The largest growth took place in China, which commissioned as much solar in 2023 as the entire world did in 2022, while China’s wind power additions rose by 66% year-over-year. The increases in renewable energy capacity in the US, Europe, and Brazil also hit all-time highs. Get started here. –ad*

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Video Friday: AcroMonk

Cars That Think

ICRA 2023 : 29 May–2 June 2023, LONDON Energy Drone & Robotics Summit : 10–12 June 2023, HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA RoboCup 2023 : 4–10 July 2023, BORDEAUX, FRANCE RSS 2023 : 10–14 July 2023, DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA IEEE RO-MAN 2023 : 28–31 August 2023, BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA CLAWAR 2023 : 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL Enjoy today’s videos!

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BNEF: Oil price plunge to have only moderate impact on low-carbon electricity development, but likely to slow EV growth

Green Car Congress

Wind and solar have been exhibiting very rapid growth, even as subsidies and support have in general become less generous, and that has been driven mainly by dramatic improvements to their cost-competitiveness, as well as by the removal of barriers such as grid bottlenecks. Oil at $60/barrel could mean a natural gas price as much as $0.90/MMBtu

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Tech Leaders on 5G, Robots, and the Future of Work

Cars That Think

Trying to maintain strong cybersecurity for a hybrid workforce and protecting their systems from cyberattacks as more and more employees’ personal devices have been connected to the company’s systems. Wind, solar, and microgrids will provide reliable power while providing [a] means to limit [the] impact of climate change.

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Ford launches Hsuehshan Tunnel Transformer Challenge in Taiwan; Mobility Challenge Series 2.0

Green Car Congress

Alternative routes to Yilan include a winding shoreline highway or a mountain pass, both potentially dangerous cliff-side roads that take even longer. In addition to Taiwan, Ford has introduced new challenges throughout 2015 in Australia, Brazil and Mexico as part of Innovate Mobility Challenge Series 2.0. in January.

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