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. Clean energy sourcing is key to reaching climate goals, finds a new report. NOAA launches a newly redesigned climate website. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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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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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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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. Transitioning to clean energy will grow the global economy, as investments will pay off, reports IRENA. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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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. Nova Scotia sets a target of reaching 80% renewable energy by 2030. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Ireland opens a consultation of its first offshore wind auction. North Carolina’s governor is about to sign a major clean energy bill. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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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. More than 200 health journals globally call for emergency climate change action.

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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 Get started here. –

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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 GW of new projects to its pipeline. New Jersey was expected to announce another offshore wind solicitation at the beginning of 2024, and it’s delivered.

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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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Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

gigawatt (GW) Kitty Hawk Wind could deliver around $5 billion in economic impact across Virginia – here’s where the project stands. The 180-turbine Kitty Hawk Wind is an offshore wind project proposed in federal waters over 36 miles from Virginia Beach. Kitty Hawk Wind would deliver about $4.8

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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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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. The US Department of Energy spends $61 million on 10 grid-interactive efficient buildings pilot projects. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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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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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. 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. Get started here. –ad*

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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. Get started here. – The post A 147.5

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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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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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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. Rochester is New York State’s largest municipality to launch a community choice clean energy program. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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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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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. United Auto Workers union says only US-made EVs should get tax incentives.

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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. Arizona may get its very first electricity provider that offers 100% clean energy. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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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. 2021’s most and least energy-expensive states, according to a new WalletHub study. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Gray County Wind Farm in Kansas is celebrating its 20th birthday. Clean energy now provides 25.22% of total US available installed generating capacity. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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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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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Rendering: South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, Empire Wind Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 and Eversource and Ørsted’s Sunrise Wind previously canceled their offshore wind contracts with New York, but now they’re back. Sunrise Wind is scheduled to come online in 2026, and Empire Wind in 2027.

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Electrek

JULY 7, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Maine’s governor permanently bans offshore wind in state waters in a compromise. ION Energy raises $3.6 UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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Electrek

JULY 2, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Maine bans offshore wind in state (but not federal) waters for 10 years in a compromise. ION Energy raises $3.6 UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

billion offshore wind farm. The Chinese EV battery and battery storage giant’s offshore wind farm, which will be sited near the company’s headquarters in Ningde in southeastern Fujian Province, will provide clean energy to power its own operations, reports Caixin. CATL is required to start construction within two years.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 25, 2024

Photo: Bygging Uddemann The first of 23 caissons for Princess Elisabeth Island, the world’s first artificial energy island, is nearly complete. The 20,000-ton caissons, which will form the energy island’s outer walls, are being built at Jan De Nul Group and DEME’s construction site in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. Get started here. –ad*

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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. New Zealand introduces an $8,600 subsidy for electric vehicles. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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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. The hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm will feature 420 MW of offshore wind and 120 MW of floating solar. miles (12 km) from The Hague’s Dutch coast. Get started here. –

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 2, 2024

The world’s largest ultra-high-altitude wind farm came online on January 1 in Tibet, or what China now refers to as the Xizang Autonomous Region. The 100-megawatt (MW) wind farm is at an altitude of 4,650 meters (15,256 feet) in the Seni District. million wind farm was built in around 260 days despite the harsh conditions.

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Electrek

JUNE 7, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Hitachi ABB Power Grids launches transformer products for offshore floating wind farms. Turbine installation is complete at Denmark’s largest wind farm, the offshore Kriegers Flak. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 7, 2024

gigawatt (GW) Swedish floating offshore wind farm is going to be paired with an innovative sustainable fish farming system. SubFarm’s aquaculture cages will be situated between Mareld’s floating wind turbine foundations and tethered with their own anchoring system. Rendering: SubFarm A 2.5 SubFarm’s system can be monitored remotely.

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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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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

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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