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EGEB: Vertical turbines could be the future of wind energy

Electrek

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

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

Baua Electric

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

Baua Electric

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. Get started here. –

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

Baua Electric

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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GE scraps plans to make giant 18 MW offshore wind turbines

Baua Electric

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. However, GE Vernova has decided to shelve that idea for the future. We believe the future of our offshore wind business will be the Haliade-X 15.5

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This huge floating offshore wind project will marry up with a sustainable fish farm

Baua Electric

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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Watch the world’s first artificial energy island being built [video]

Baua Electric

Princess Elisabeth Island will be an electricity grid at sea that will connect offshore wind farms to the Belgian mainland and also serve as a hub for future interconnectors with the UK and Denmark. gigawatt (GW) offshore wind farm in the North Sea, around 45 km (28 miles) off the Belgian coast. Get started here. –ad*

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