Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 02:56:25 +0000
Many humans feel at least a bit of “megalophilia” — a love of very, very big things. This might be one of the many reasons why wind turbines fascinate us. Imagine the dazzling dizziness of looking up at the world’s tallest wind turbine: the Max Bögl Wind AG turbine in Germany stands 808 feet tall […]
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 19:24:12 +0000
Canada has an abundance of cobalt, graphite, lithium, and nickel, essential to creating the low carbon, digitized economy of the future.
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 17:30:31 +0000
Floating offshore wind turbines raise the stakes for nuclear energy stakeholders, with shorter construction time from start to finish.
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 17:05:14 +0000
Vertical axis wind turbines will soon be coming to a rooftop (or ocean) near you, if all goes according to plan.
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 15:30:08 +0000
The US Interior Department is plowing full steam ahead with Pacific Coast leases for floating offshore wind farms.
Credit to Author: Jesper Berggreen| Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 16:00:29 +0000
The local news outlet TV2 Østjylland reports that at the Vestas headquarters in Aarhus, Denmark, the country’s largest grid battery has been deployed, and it’s about time. Denmark is known in the world for being a first mover in renewable energy, and every day for more than 10 years I have passed the wind turbine […]
Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 03:47:49 +0000
Aboitiz Power Corporation, in partnership with Climate Capital Management and RMI, to explore offshore wind energy potential in the Philippines with support from USTDA. Manila, Philippines — August 18th, 2022, Aboitiz Power Corporation, a key player in the Philippines energy industry, in partnership with Climate Capital Management and RMI, have launched a feasibility study to […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 10:00:40 +0000
Power generation from wind energy has the benefit of not contributing to global warming or polluting the air. But what is the monetary value of this benefit? Before diving into estimating the societal benefits of wind energy, let’s first look at the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted into the atmosphere from different energy technologies, […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 15:50:11 +0000
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has awarded three industry teams funding to support research on bats and wind energy projects. Selected through the NREL Enabling Coexistence Options for Wind Energy and Wildlife (ECO Wind) program’s first competitive request for proposals, which was opened in October 2021, the awardees will receive a portion of the $1.1 million total to […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 18:05:38 +0000
Later this year, the vehicle test track at Rivian’s Normal, Illinois, facility is going to get something really cool: a wind turbine that’s hundreds of feet tall. The turbine is rated for 2.8 megawatts, and can generate up to 10 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity annually. Why do this? I’ll let Rivian answer that: “To […]