US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland yesterday unveiled the path forward for future offshore wind leases. The Biden-Harris administration’s goal is to deploy 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy by 2030.
Wind power Stories October 14
Wind power Stories October 5
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Gray County Wind Farm in Kansas is celebrating its 20th birthday.
- Austin approves a huge electric transit bus purchase – 197, to be precise.
- 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. 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.
Wind power Stories September 27
A 10.5 gigawatt (GW) solar and wind farm will be built in Morocco’s Guelmim-Oued Noun region, and it will supply the UK with clean energy via subsea cables. The twin 1.8 GW high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cables will be the world’s longest.
Wind power Stories September 23
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- A big clean energy project will go forward in Minnesota without impacting an ancient site.
- Ørsted completes a 227 MW solar farm in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, for Facebook.
- 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.
Wind power Stories September 22
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Two huge infrastructure plans will power New York City with wind, solar, and hydropower.
- China pledges to end funding for overseas coal plants.
- 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.
Wind power Stories September 16
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.
- 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.
Wind power Stories September 13
Missouri’s largest wind farm has been switching off at night since April 19 to avoid killing endangered and threatened bats. Is this good environmental stewardship, or is it throwing out the baby with the bathwater?
Wind power Stories September 8
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.
- 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.
Wind power Stories September 6
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- German wind turbine maker Nordex unveils its first 6 MW onshore turbine.
- More than 200 health journals globally call for emergency climate change action.
- 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.
Wind power Stories September 2
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- The US saw a record-breaking solar panel shipment boom in 2020.
- US onshore wind energy saw record growth in 2020 – more than any other energy source.
- 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.
Wind power Stories August 30
Wyoming has been the US’s top coal producer since 1986. But while the state stubbornly clings to the fossil fuel, its largest utility is dumping coal in favor of renewables.
Wind power Stories August 19
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Four in five US homeowners with solar and storage feel prepared to weather a power outage.
- Average construction costs for US wind farms dropped by 27% from 2013 to 2019.
- 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.
Wind power Stories August 17
STRÖMMA is a locality in Stockholm County, Sweden. And it’s also the name Swedish furniture and home goods giant IKEA has given to its new clean energy retail service from next month in its home country.
Wind power Stories August 9
The world’s largest-ever report about climate change was published today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations group of nearly 200 leading climate scientists that looked at more than 14,000 scientific papers. It’s pretty grim – but far from hopeless. There are things we all can and must all do. As US Senator Ed Markey says, “We can’t agonize – we must organize.”
Wind power Stories July 28
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- In 2020, clean energy sources generated 21% of all US electricity.
- A judge rules that the largest known lithium resource in the US can be excavated.
- 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.
Wind power Stories July 20
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Walmart’s maritime shipping caused more pollution in 2019 than a coal-fired plant emits annually.
- A solar company sues the Department of the Interior over offshore wind farm approval.
- 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.
Wind power Stories July 15
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. 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.
Wind power Stories July 13
A site the size of greater Sydney may host a $100 billion project to convert wind and solar into green hydrogen in Western Australia. If built, it will become the world’s largest clean energy hub.
Wind power Stories June 17
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- US special interest groups and utilities are working to stall the growth of rooftop solar.
- Why Penn State University won the US Department of Energy’s Collegiate Wind Competition.
- 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.
Wind power Stories June 16
Wabtec's FLXDrive locomotive / Source: Wabtec Corp.
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- GM and Wabtec will work together to develop and commercialize electric locomotives.
- The US consumed a record amount of clean energy in 2020, reports the EIA.
- 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.
Wind power Stories June 15
Texas has been hit by a heatwave, and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has asked residents to reduce electricity use until Friday because demand is up, but power supply is down. ERCOT stated yesterday, “Generator owners have reported approximately 11,000 MW [megawatts] of generation is on forced outage for repairs; of that, approximately 8,000 MW is thermal, and the rest is intermittent resources.” “Thermal” power in Texas largely refers to natural gas-fired power plants, which make up around 50% of annual energy production in Texas.
Wind power Stories June 11
The Rome-headquartered Enel Group’s Brazilian renewable energy subsidiary, Enel Green Power Brasil Participações Ltda, has started commercial operations of the 716 MW Lagoa dos Ventos I and II wind farm in Brazil. It’s South America’s largest wind farm currently in operation and Enel Green Power’s largest wind farm worldwide.
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Vertical Aerospace has pre-orders for around 1,000 of its electric VA-X4 vertical takeoff aircraft.
- Most Americans support expanding solar and wind energy, but there’s a significant partisan split.
- 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.
Wind power Stories June 4
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- US president Joe Biden’s electric vehicles plan includes boosting battery recycling in the US.
- Germany is upping its wind and solar 2030 targets, according to a draft law seen by Reuters.
- 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.
Wind power Stories June 3
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- ExxonMobil and Chevron suffer shareholder rebellions over a lack of strategy for emissions reduction.
- Here’s the latest US Electric Power Monthly report, and what renewables are projected to do.
- 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.
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Climate czar John Kerry said emissions cuts will come from future tech, but a new study says we’ve already got what we need.
- The Department of Energy’s Collegiate Wind Competition has kicked off – check it out.
- 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.
Wind power Stories May 24
Hecate Independent Power (HIP) has announced it will build an enormous, $30 billion offshore wind project off the coast of Iceland that will power the UK using long subsea cables.
Wind power Stories May 19
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- GE will provide 87 Haliade-X 14 MW for the third and final phase of the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm.
- Rhode Island gets more than 100 megawatts of solar as it works toward 100% clean electricity by 2030.
- 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.
Wind power Stories May 17
Danish wind turbine giant Vestas has announced today that it, along with a coalition of industry and academic leaders, has figured out how to fully recycle wind turbine blades.
Wind power Stories May 11
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- The Biden administration has approved Vineyard Wind 1, the first major offshore wind farm in federal waters.
- The IEA raises its forecast for global wind and solar growth by another 25% compared to six months ago.
- 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.
Wind power Stories May 6
The costs of most existing coal-fired power plants in the US are now more expensive than the total costs of wind and solar as a result of their plunging costs, according to a new study.
Wind power Stories May 5
Enel Green Power North America, headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, has started construction on five new clean energy projects in the US. The new wind, solar, and hybrid projects announced today represent more than 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity and 319 megawatts (MW) of battery storage capacity.
The five new projects under construction in Texas, Illinois, and Oklahoma will generate over 4.1 TWh of renewable electricity per year, capable of powering more than 525,000 US households annually. All five projects announced today have offtake agreements for a portion of their output.
Wind power Stories May 4
Danish clean energy giant Ørsted has just completed its very first utility-scale solar plus battery storage project, and it’s in the US.
Its Permian Energy Center project (pictured above), a 460 MW solar and 40 MW battery storage facility, is in Andrews County, Texas.
Wind power Stories April 26
A team at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow has figured out how to recycle glass-reinforced polymer composites (GRP) that are used in wind turbine blades. The university has partnered with Norwegian offshore wind developer Aker Offshore Wind and green investment company Aker Horizons to implement its new technology.
This plan could potentially prevent a huge number of wind turbine blades from ending up in garbage dumps.
Wind power Stories April 19
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Researchers produce ultrawhite paint that can cool buildings and reduce the need for air conditioning.
- Vietnam’s largest wind farm comes online.
- China and US pledge to cooperate on fighting climate change.
- 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.
Wind power Stories April 7
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Texas wind power topped 10.4 million MWh in March – 2 million MWh above its previous high.
- The UK’s power grid emissions fell to a record low on Monday.
- 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.
Wind power Stories April 6
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Solar and wind led the record growth of renewables globally in 2020, according to IRENA.
- South Dakota wants to subsidize more EV charging stations.
- 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.
Wind power Stories April 2
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- The first-generation Irene Vorrink wind farm is coming down. What happens next?
- The SEC rules that Chevron must allow a shareholder proposal asking for a transparent account of how a net-zero by 2050 scenario will affect its operations and performance.
- 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.
Wind power Stories April 1
GE Renewable Energy has made an agreement with Chicago-based Invenergy, a global clean energy developer and operator, to provide wind turbines for the 1.48 gigawatt North Central Wind Energy Facilities in Oklahoma.
Wind power Stories March 17
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Duke Energy Renewables has begun commercial operation of the 350MW Frontier 2 project in Oklahoma.
- Medium- and long-haul electric trucks are 13% cheaper to own than diesel trucks today – report.
- 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.
Wind power Stories March 12
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- China built more new wind farms in 2020 than the world combined in 2019 – and a lot of coal plants.
- Supermarket chain Aldi announces its new clean energy and sustainability goals.
- 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.
Wind power Stories March 4
- Apex Clean Energy has sold its fourth clean power purchase agreement to Facebook.
- The IMF has some advice for the US on how to implement climate mitigation goals.
- 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.
Wind power Stories February 4
New York City’s iconic Empire State Building and other buildings in its owner’s portfolio are all now powered entirely by wind, making it the US’ largest real estate user of 100% renewable energy.
Wind power Stories February 1
Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) wants to fight Biden’s clean energy plan, despite being the No. 1 state in the US for wind power. Texas is also a rising star of solar power, not to mention the home of Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas. Yet, Abbott has issued an executive order to “protect” Texas’ energy industry from federal overreach, or in other words, President Joe Biden’s endorsement of clean energy. Or to put it another way, what Texas is already doing.
Wind power Stories January 26
West Virginia is getting a 115 MW wind farm, which will increase the state’s wind power by 15%. Here’s why that’s a really big deal – and why West Virginia’s governor, Jim Justice, is so excited.
Wind power Stories January 21
Sixty-six percent of registered US voters say developing sources of clean energy should be a high or very high priority for the president and Congress. That’s according to a study released last week by Yale University and George Mason University’s climate change communication programs.
Wind power Stories January 11
The addition of utility-scale solar capacity is expected to set a new record by adding 15.4 GW of capacity to the US grid in 2021, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced today.
Wind power Stories January 5
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
- Montana gets its largest wind farm as the state embraces renewables and moves away from coal.
- EV charging giant EVBox doubles its installed electric charge ports globally in just one year to 200,000.
- 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.
