More Wind Energy Heading To The US, One Way Or Another

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2025 16:35:55 +0000

Wind energy harvesting at sea is ready for scale-up, as illustrated by the forthcoming Neoliner Ro-Ro equipped with rigid sails.

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US Offshore Wind Developer To Trump: Plllllllllllllb!

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2025 04:00:56 +0000

The US offshore wind developer Atlantic Shores is still determined to move forward with plans for two projects in federal waters off the coast of New Jersey, Trump or no Trump.

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New Tool In The Clean Energy Toolkit: Dynamic Line Ratings

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 15:51:49 +0000

New direct line ratings technology enables existing transmission lines to deliver more energy — including clean energy — when and where it’s needed.

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The Past, Present, and Future of Renewable Energy — Interview with LandGate CEO Yoann Hispa

Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 02:35:56 +0000

Renewable energy has clearly turned a corner and hit the inflection points that so many pundits have forecast for so long. Since the invention of the solar panel more than 70 years ago through 2022, the world added 1 terrawatt of solar energy production capacity. From 2022 through the end … [continued]

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Data Centers and Renewable Energy — Assuring the Future of Data is Clean

Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 02:35:35 +0000

A recent project for carbon capture using renewable energy was kiboshed after years of exploration and development. It was called Project Bison, and it was set to be built in Wyoming, where there is a ton of renewable energy. The idea was that this plentiful, cheap, clean energy could be … [continued]

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Clean Energy & Pork Production at Milford, Utah

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 17:34:53 +0000

There is a strange confluence of clean energy and pork production near Milford, Utah, 208 miles south of Salt Lake City, and 30 miles west of Beaver. Located there, just north of Milford in Beaver County, is the largest solar farm in Utah. It is the Escalante Solar Project, which … [continued]

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Regulatory Challenges Continue To Hound Offshore Wind Growth In The Philippines

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:45:58 +0000

Offshore wind energy is painfully slow in development in the Philippines. As of December 2024, the Philippine Department of Energy had approved 92 offshore wind energy service contracts with a combined potential capacity of more than 65 GW. As of January 2025, only 5 of those projects have moved on … [continued]

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More Bright Green, Clean Energy For Deep Red State

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 21:26:19 +0000

Trump or no Trump, a new bidirectional clean energy transmission line is on track for construction to commence this year, connecting wind and solar resources in Idaho, Nevada, and California.

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Solar, Wind, & Batteries Providing Texas with Tens of Billions of Dollars in Tax Revenue

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 04:58:36 +0000

There’s a growing war on renewable energy, particularly in “red” districts and states in the USA. One of the things that is often bewilderingly forgotten by those attacking renewable energy is the enormous tax revenue (and overall economic benefits) solar, wind, and battery storage projects provide. A new report focused … [continued]

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New Solar Plants Expected to Support Most U.S. Electric Generation Growth

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 04:58:07 +0000

In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we expect that U.S. renewable capacity additions—especially solar—will continue to drive the growth of U.S. power generation over the next two years. We expect U.S. utilities and independent power producers will add 26 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity to the U.S. electric power sector in … [continued]

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