The size of Washington State’s largest wind farm just got cut by 50%
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.
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2023 was a record year for wind power growth – in numbers
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.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US now has an actual plan to connect clean energy to the grid
The US Department of Energy has just released its first-ever roadmap to speed up the connection of more clean energy to the grid.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US just beat its goal to permit 25 GW of clean energy by 2025
The US Department of the Interior has now permitted more than 25 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy projects – surpassing its original 25 GW by 2025 goal.
Expand Expanding CloseSolar to displace natural gas in the daytime + in summer on the Texas grid
Solar is forecast to displace natural gas in the middle of the day and in the summer on the Texas grid, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Expand Expanding CloseThis old Texas wind farm now makes more power with fewer turbines
An old wind farm in Texas just got a second life, and its capacity has gone from 160 megawatts (MW) to 182 MW.
Expand Expanding CloseUS renewables’ installed generating capacity beats coal
Solar capacity additions hit the ground running in 2024, pushing renewables’ installed generating capacity past coal, according to new US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) data.
Expand Expanding CloseFlorida has no wind turbines but it’s going to ban them anyway
Florida legislature is about to ban offshore wind turbines in state waters, which wouldn’t be put there to begin with, to protect the beaches.
Expand Expanding Close1 in 5 new car sales globally were EVs in 2023, and that’s curbed oil demand – IEA
Without EVs, solar, wind, and nuclear, the global rise in emissions in the last five years would have been three times larger, new International Energy Agency (IEA) analysis shows.
Expand Expanding CloseUtility solar dethrones coal as the cheapest power source in Asia
Renewable energy costs in Asia last year were 13% cheaper than coal and are expected to be 32% cheaper by 2030, according to a new study.
Expand Expanding CloseRenewables expand to 23% of US electrical generation in 2023, with solar in the lead
Renewables provided over 22.7% of US electrical generation in 2023, according to newly released end-of-year US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data.
Expand Expanding CloseChinese wind turbine orders hit a record 100 GW in 2023
Chinese wind turbine orders set a new record in 2023 by reaching 100 gigawatts (GW), according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.
Expand Expanding CloseA Spanish renewables developer is about to go large in the US
Spanish renewables developer Greenalia is rolling out an impressive 1.9 gigawatts (GW) of solar, wind, and battery storage in Texas, with more on the way.
Expand Expanding CloseThe world’s longest onshore wind turbine blade makes its debut
SANY Renewable Energy, a wind turbine manufacturer in China, has built the world’s longest onshore wind turbine blade.
Expand Expanding CloseIn a ‘monumental shift’, EU coal and gas collapse as wind and solar ascend
Europe’s coal electricity generation tanked by 26% and gas by 15% in 2023, according to a new report from energy think tank Ember.
Expand Expanding CloseThis utility in the US Midwest is going to add 3.6 GW of wind and solar
Xcel Energy just announced its big solar and wind plans in the US Midwest – here’s the lowdown.
Expand Expanding CloseWorld’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm beats expectations in the face of extreme storms
WindFloat Atlantic – the world’s first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm – has now been online for three years and continues to break its own power output records.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US’s largest renewable developer says it’s ‘unlikely’ GOP would gut clean energy tax credits
Republicans have vowed to tear apart the Inflation Reduction Act, but the chief executive of NextEra Energy, the US’s largest renewable developer, says that’s “unlikely” if they win the election.
Expand Expanding CloseNew Jersey resuscitates offshore wind with two new projects
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.
Expand Expanding CloseThe first wind farm on California’s coast just came online
The Strauss Wind Project in Santa Barbara County, the first wind farm on California’s coast, is now online.
Expand Expanding CloseIn a historic first, a US offshore wind farm delivers power to the grid [Update]
New York’s South Fork Wind has become the first utility-scale offshore wind farm to generate power in the US.
Expand Expanding CloseSolar, wind to lead US power generation growth for the next 2 years
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.
Expand Expanding CloseGood news – the world has a real chance of achieving its goal of tripling renewables by 2030
The world added 50% more renewable capacity in 2023 than in 2022 –and that means it has a real chance of achieving the goal set by governments at the COP28 climate change conference of tripling global capacity by 2030.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US’s first large-scale offshore wind farm just missed its first power delivery deadline [update]
Vineyard Wind 1 was supposed to deliver its first power to the Massachusetts grid by December 31 – but it didn’t.
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