Wind power

The Strauss Wind Project in Santa Barbara County, the first wind farm on California’s coast, is now online.

New York’s South Fork Wind has become the first utility-scale offshore wind farm to generate power in the US.

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 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.

Vineyard Wind 1 was supposed to deliver its first power to the Massachusetts grid by December 31 – but it didn’t.

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 world’s longest land and subsea interconnector – between the UK and Denmark – started commercial operations today.

SunZia, a massive clean energy project in the US Southwest, has closed $11 billion non-recourse financing and launched full construction.

When two new Montana wind farms come online, the state will have more nameplate capacity in wind than in coal.

The UK, which felt the punch of Storm Pia today, set a new wind energy generation record in just a half hour this morning, according to National Grid Electricity System Operator data.

Danish renewables giant Ørsted just committed to building the world’s single-largest offshore wind farm, Hornsea 3.

A new study from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab offers fresh insights into the impact of wind farms on the values of nearby homes.

China’s Mingyang Smart Energy has rolled out the world’s largest offshore wind turbine in capacity and rotor diameter – and it’s seriously robust.

The world’s largest wheeled crane has completed its first assignment on a wind farm in Yingkou, Liaoning Province, China.

Michigan has become the 12th state to pass landmark legislation that sets a 100% clean electricity deadline for utilities.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has officially completed its first commercial-sized wind project – and controversy has surfaced about its fossil fuel side deals ahead of COP28. 

Canvus turns retired wind turbine blades into beautiful park benches, planters, and picnic tables for public spaces across the US.

If you had to read that headline twice, let me assure you: I had to read Kitepower’s website a few times myself. The concept of harnessing the wind for power is positively ancient, but it usually comes in the form of a fixed wind-catching surface rotating a driven mass (aka a windmill). Kitepower is doing something very different. The best way to describe it is probably a “wind winch.”

Revolution Wind, Rhode Island and Connecticut’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm, can begin offshore construction in 2024.

Governments plan to double renewable capacity by 2030, and tripling is within sight, according to a newly released report.

Ørsted will roll out artificial intelligence (AI) across 5.5 gigawatts (GW) of its land-based wind, solar, and energy storage assets in the US.