Gas Generators Get Caught With Their Plants Down
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2023 02:07:57 +0000
While natural gas plants underperform, wind farms outperform.
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Developer Plans Two Offshore Wind Projects Using 18-MW Turbines
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 17:45:02 +0000
A joint venture (JV) created to develop large-scale offshore wind projects said it plans to use what at present would be the world’s largest wind turbines at two projects located […]
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Read moreHow Will Future Larger Turbines Impact Wind Project Electricity Output & Surrounding Community Sound Levels?
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 14:00:27 +0000
New Berkeley Lab study finds a dramatic increase in estimated project output coupled with a decrease in surrounding sound levels for future turbines as compared to those installed in the past. Multiple technological, social, and market factors of wind power are evolving rapidly. Most notably, significant wind turbine scaling in height and size is occurring […]
Never Mind The Bottlenecks, Wind Farm Repowering Is Taking Off
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 15:23:55 +0000
Repowering an existing wind farm is one way to get around the anti-wind movement and keep pumping more clean kilowatts into the grid.
Army Of Spiral-Welding Wind Turbine Tower Trucks Sets Forth From…Texas?
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 16:35:01 +0000
Woke or not, this Texas startup aims to launch mobile wind turbine tower factories all around the US.
NREL Scientists Find More Eureka Moments, Patent Activity Climbs in FY ’22
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 04:30:32 +0000
There must be a better way. That thought has sparked more scientific advancements, more eureka moments, more patent applications. For a quartet of researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the notion of converting woody biomass to an oil that can then be used to produce high-value, carbon-rich coproducts proved to be an environmentally […]
Vestas Has A Solution For Recycling Old Wind Turbine Blades Into New Ones
Credit to Author: Derek Markham| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 19:46:10 +0000
The world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, Vestas, has just announced a novel process for turning old wind turbine blades into new ones, and considering the amount of ink spilled pointing out that blades which reach their end of life (25 years or so) are “piling up” in landfills, this could be a game-changer for wind […]
NREL Removes Initial Barrier To Distributed Wind Turbine Certification
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 15:37:01 +0000
Certification of Small- and Medium-Sized Wind Turbines Helps Increase Consumer Confidence by Verifying Technology Meets International Standards Certification is an important step before wide commercial deployment of small- and medium-scale wind turbines that produce distributed wind energy, which is used in homes, schools, farms, and remote communities at or near where it is generated. But […]
Offshore Wind: What To Watch For In 2023
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2023 18:15:26 +0000
This year is setting up to be an important one for offshore wind in the United States. Here are five key developments to keep an eye on in 2023. More Turbines In The Water I’ll definitely be watching for more foundations, towers, and turbines in US waters. There’s a strong possibility that this year we’ll […]
Health Benefits Of Wind Energy Could Quadruple By Dialing Down Fossil Fuels
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2022 22:00:37 +0000
“Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected for dialing down, new study finds.”