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• • Wind power Has Cut £104Bn From UK Energy Costs Since 2010

  Reduction Comes From Energy Generated From Windfarms and Lower Cost of Gas Owing to Lower Demand
  
  
  

  Oct. 28, 2025 -Wind power has cut at least £104bn from energy costs in the UK since 2010, a study has found.

  Users of gas have been among the biggest beneficiaries, the research suggested.

  Research by University College London found that from 2010 to 2023, energy from windfarms resulted in electricity bills being lower by about £14.2bn than they would have been if gas had been needed to generate the same amount of power.

• • South Texas Data Center to Use Untapped Windfarm Energy

  A New Texas Data Center Will Run on Power Generated By Nearby Wind Turbines That Can’t Make it onto the State’s Congested Grid
  
  {energy central}
  
  

  Oct. 22, 2025 -Soluna Holdings is building the 166 MW Project Kati facility next to the Las Majadas Wind Project, tapping so-called “stranded energy” that’s otherwise curtailed due to transmission constraints.

  The first 83 MW phase, focused on Bitcoin hosting, will launch in 2026, followed by a second phase supporting AI and HPC.

• • Two More Blows for US Offshore Wind

  Here’s What to Know
  
  {energy central}
  
  

  Oct. 22, 2025 -BP and JERA are pulling out of their Beacon Wind project off Massachusetts, citing poor market conditions and shuttering their US offshore operations.

  US Wind warned it could face bankruptcy if the Trump administration succeeds in revoking permits for its 2.2 GW Maryland Offshore Wind project.

• • China Unveils Design for World’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbine

  Producing 50 MW of Power
  
  {reddit}
  
  

  Oct. 22, 2025 -Ming Yang Smart Energy Group announced plans to build the world’s largest floating wind turbine, as Chinese firms seek a larger share of the global market while rivals grapple with rising costs.

  The firm is working on a 50-megawatt, two-headed turbine, Zhang Qiying, president of Ming Yang’s international business, told media in Beijing on Tuesday. He didn’t reveal a timeline for release. That capacity would be nearly double the size of the largest design currently available.

• • Over 350 Exhibitors From 20 Nations
  to Participate in Windergy India 2025

  The Conference, Themed as 'Wind Power: Policies and Partnerships Towards Aatmanirbharta'
  
  {ET Energy World}
  
  

  Oct. 15, 2025 -Over 350 exhibitors from more than 20 countries are likely to participate in the 7th edition of Windergy India 2025, an international trade fair and conference dedicated to wind energy.

  Windergy India 2025 will be held in Chennai from October 29 to 31.

• • Orsted Plans US Sunrise Wind for H2 2027

  This Story's Been Corrected to Clarify that Revolution Wind is Expected to Begin Operations in the Second Half of 2026
  
  
  

  Oct. 8, 2025 -Danish offshore wind developer Orsted (ORSTED.CO), opens new tab maintains a plan to complete its offshore Sunrise Wind project in the United States in the second half of 2027, the company's CEO Rasmus Errboe told reporters on Tuesday.

  Orsted has meanwhile fully resumed work on the 80% complete U.S. Revolution Wind project, after a federal judge last month lifted a work-stop order the company had received from the administration of Donald Trump in August.

• • Wind Turbines Are Slowly Emerging in Kentucky’s Energy Scene

  But Some Communities Are Hesitant
  
  {energy central}
  
  

  Oct. 6, 2025 -Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities have installed the state’s first utility-scale turbine at their Mercer County research site, testing how wind, solar, and batteries can work together on the grid.

  Yes, but: Several counties have hit pause on new wind projects as residents raise questions about safety, property values, and changing views across farmland.

• • Federal Support for Wind and Solar Is Waning

  States Are Trying to Push Policy Through on Their Own
  
  
  

  Sept. 29, 2025 -This hasn’t been a kind year for developers looking to break ground on renewable energy projects.

  On Trump’s first day in office, he issued a memorandum halting approvals, permits, leases and loans for both offshore and onshore wind projects.

• • A U.S. Wind Industry Executive Sees Potential in the Long Run

  Despite a Slump Under Trump
  
  
  

  Sept. 24, 2025 -Even though the U.S. wind industry is currently facing a severe slump under the Trump administration, there is still plenty of long-term potential for the technology, said Scott Strazik, chief executive of GE Vernova, one of the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturers.

  “Our orders are very soft right now on wind,” Mr. Strazik said Wednesday at The New York Times’s Climate Forward event. “But at the end of the day, we have a lot of great resources in this country. And one of those resources does include a lot of expansive land with really good wind.”

• • A Rhode Island Wind Farm Changed Their View

  And Their Lives, for the Better
  
  
  

  Sept. 22, 2025 -Block Island, a beloved summer destination off the coast of Rhode Island that’s home to about a thousand year-round residents, is known for unspoiled beaches, dramatic bluffs and charming Victorian inns.

  And, more recently, for the nation’s first commercial offshore wind farm.

  Click now to learn more.

• • Judge Deals Trump’s War on Wind Its First Major Setback

  The Order Comes Amid a Broader Assault on Renewable Energy By the Administration That Threatens to Leave the U.S. Short of the Power It Needs
  
  
  

  Sept. 22, 2025 -A judge on Monday temporarily lifted the Trump administration’s order to halt construction of Revolution Wind, a massive offshore wind energy project that would power hundreds of thousands of homes in Rhode Island and Connecticut.

  The judge’s ruling is the first major setback for President Donald Trump’s campaign against offshore wind energy, which he launched on his first day in office by putting all federal wind leases and permits under review.

• • What Will China’s Green-Tech Ambitions Cost the World?

  Laos is Just One Of The Emerging Markets Where China’s Green-Tech Revolution Is Installing More Than Cheap Energy
  
  
  

  Sept. 18, 2025 -On a remote mountain ridge in southeastern Laos, a gigantic white blade emerged from the clouds, seemingly suspended in midair. The blade rose to the height of a 50-story building, more than 600 feet above a nearby cluster of wooden houses, and spun back into the clouds. Another blade followed, then another. The clouds shifted, unveiling a phalanx of giant wind turbines marching down the ridge far into the distance.

  This was not the first time that some villagers in the district of Dak Cheung had seen powerful new technologies materialize in the skies over their isolated homeland.

• • Groundbreaking Method for Wind Turbines

  Freeze-Thaw Recycling
  
  {energy central}
  
  

  Sept. 17, 2025 -A new study shows that cycling decommissioned wind blades through controlled freeze-thaw conditions can cleanly separate fibers from resin without chemicals or high heat.

  The recovered glass fibers retained up to 96% of their original strength, meaning they could be reused in new structural applications instead of heading to landfills.

  For utilities, this points to a potential low-carbon, lower-cost option for handling the wave of blade retirements expected in the 2030s.

• • Johnson Backs Virginia Wind Project in Break With Trump

  The House Speaker Said He’s Spoken to Cabinet Officials in Support of an Offshore Wind Project That’s Nearly Complete
  
  {E&E News}
  
  

  Sept. 13, 2025 -House Speaker Mike Johnson is going to bat for an offshore wind project located off Virginia Beach at a time when the Trump administration has halted the construction of similar projects and the president himself has warned that support for the industry could cost politicians their careers.

  The Louisiana Republican told POLITICO’s E&E News on Tuesday he voiced support to Cabinet secretaries about the nearly complete Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. It’s the largest planned offshore wind venture in the country and has thus far escaped the wrath of the administration.

• • The Lone G.O.P. Governor Opposing
  Trump’s War on Offshore Wind

  Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Republican of Virginia, Has Championed a Wind Farm Under Construction Off the Coast of His State
  
  
  
  

  Sept. 9, 2025 -President Trump has sought to halt the construction of five giant wind farms off the coasts of Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island — all states run by Democrats.

  But there is one East Coast wind farm that has so far escaped the administration’s ire: a $10.8 billion project under construction off the shores of Virginia, where Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, has been its champion.

• • The Whimbrel and the Wind Turbines

  Researching Potential Conflicts With Dominion Energy’s Offshore Wind Project
  
  
  

  Sept. 8, 2025 - There’s the whimbrel. It’s a large brown and tan shorebird with long legs and a curved beak it uses to dig into the sand and mud for food.

  And there are wind turbines—176 of them to be exact—being built about 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach to produce 2.6 gigawatts of electricity.

  As the whimbrel flies south for the winter, and humanity seeks the clean energy that could stave off the worst consequences of climate change, researchers in Virginia are seeking to answer a question: Can the whimbrel and turbines in its flight path coexist peacefully?

• • Orsted Sues Trump Administration in
  Fight to Restart Its Blocked Wind Farm

  The Danish company Said the Federal Government Had Unlawfully Halted Work On the Wind Farm
  
  
  
  

  Sept. 4, 2025 -Orsted, the Danish renewable energy giant, sued the Trump administration on Thursday, saying the government’s move to halt a nearly finished wind farm off Rhode Island was unlawful and “issued in bad faith.”

  The administration last month took the remarkable step of ordering work to stop on Revolution Wind, a $6.2 billion offshore wind farm that was nearly 80 percent complete, as part of a campaign to block wind projects. In a letter to Orsted, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management alluded to national security concerns with the project but did not elaborate.

• • White House Orders Agencies
  to Escalate Fight Against Offshore Wind

  The Effort Involves Several Agencies That Typically Have Little to Do With Wind Power
  
  
  
  

  Sept. 3, 2025 -The White House has taken the extraordinary step of instructing a half-dozen agencies to draft plans to thwart the country’s offshore wind industry as it intensifies its governmentwide attack on a source of renewable energy that President Trump has criticized as ugly, expensive and inefficient.

  Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, and Stephen Miller, a senior White House adviser, are leading the effort, according to two people briefed on the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly..

• • Donald Trump vs. the Wind Power Industry

  Since Taking Office, President Trump Has Targeted The Wind Power Industry, Putting Billions of Dollars of Investment and Thousands of Jobs At Risk
  
  
  
  

  Sept. 2, 2025 -The Trump administration has begun a broad campaign against the wind power industry, jeopardizing a growing source of energy at a time when the country is in need of additional electricity.

  On Friday, the Transportation Department said it was terminating or withdrawing $679 million in federal funding for 12 projects around the country intended to support the development of offshore wind power.

• • China Is Running the World’s Most
  Powerful Floating Wind Turbine

  China Just Put the World’s Most Powerful Floating Wind Turbine in the Water
  
  {Energy Central}
  
  

  August 31, 2025 - The OceanX turbine now leads global floating wind tech, as China races to install nearly 75% of the world’s new offshore turbines this year.

  Europe, Japan, and the US are struggling with higher costs, stalled approvals, and political pushback. In contrast, Chinese developers benefit from integrated supply chains, state support, and economies of scale that have driven offshore wind costs to less than half those in the UK (the second-biggest market).

• • Transportation Dept. Cancels $679
  Million for Offshore Wind Projects

  Campaign Against Wind Power Continued As It Targeted Funding For Marine Terminals and Ports to Support Development of the Industry
  
  
  
  

  Aug. 29, 2025 -The Transportation Department on Friday said it was terminating or withdrawing $679 million in federal funding for 12 projects around the country intended to support the development of offshore wind power, the latest of the Trump administration’s escalating attacks against the wind industry.

  The funds, approved by the Biden administration, include $427 million awarded last year to upgrade a marine terminal in Humboldt County, Calif. The new terminal would be used to assemble and launch wind turbines capable of floating in the ocean, which the state of California had been planning to deploy to meet its renewable energy goals.

• • States Vow to Fight Trump Official’s
  Stop-Work Order On Offshore Wind Farm

  New England is Ready to Fight For the Future of Offshore Wind Following a Stop-Work Order for Ørsted
  
  
  
  

  August 24, 2025 -The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management sent Ørsted a letter on Friday ordering it to “halt all ongoing activities” at its Revolution Wind project. The site was about 80% complete, with 45 of its 65 turbines already installed.

  On Saturday, the governors of Rhode Island and Connecticut promised to “pursue every avenue” to reverse the order.

• • How Palm Springs Learned to Love Its Wind Turbines

  Despite Initial Local Opposition, the Turbines are Now Embraced as Part of the City’s Identity
  
  
  
  

  August 24, 2025 -The wind turbine fields across the Coachella Valley, owned by energy companies and built on land leased by the government or private landowners, are an economic engine of Palm Springs, generating power for the region and revenue as the excess energy is sold across California.

  But in the past decade, they have also taken on a new aesthetic appeal.

  In Palm Springs, there are windmills everywhere you look — on decals plastered in restaurant windows, photo illustrations splashed across a wall of the Ford dealership, $40 T-shirts sold in the Windmill City Super #1 souvenir shop and in the background of NBC’s local nightly newscast.

• • Trump Administration Orders Work
  Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built

  The Order to Stop Construction On Revolution Wind Off the Coast of Rhode Island Is Part of a Campaign Against Renewable Energy
  
  
  
  

  August 22, 2025 -The Trump administration on Friday ordered that all construction stop on Revolution Wind, a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that is already mostly built.

  The 65-turbine project had obtained all necessary permits from the Biden administration, and nearly 70 percent of the turbines have been installed. The developers behind the project had said it was on track to produce enough electricity for more than 350,000 homes in Rhode Island and Connecticut by next spring.

• • US Extends 50% Steel Tariff to Wind Turbines and Components

  Sectoral Tariff Will Also Be Slapped on Steel and Aluminium Content of Hundreds of Derivative Product Categories
  
  {RECHARGE}
  
  

  August 21, 2025 -The US department of commerce has extended its 'derivative' sectoral tariffs to wind turbines and their parts and components, along with 406 other product categories.

  As a result, the steel and aluminium content of these products will be subject to a duty rate of 50%.

  The action also covers mobile cranes, bulldozers and other heavy equipment, which may also be used during the construction of wind farms.

• • Trump Admin Redacts Entire Empire Wind Study

  The Administration has Almost Fully Redacted a NOAA Study Used to Justify The Stop-Work Order On New York’s Empire Wind Project Earlier This Year
  
  
  
  

  August 17, 2025 -The Trump administration said the project was rooted in “flawed science” and got “rushed approval” from the Biden White House. But now, details are being kept under wraps.

  Construction has since restarted after Trump made a deal to increase natural gas pipeline capacity in New York. But? The previous stop-work order cost Equinor tens of millions, leading to a $955M hit for Equinor in Q2.

• • Texas Think Tank Petitions to Revoke Permits

  Massachusetts Wind Project Vineyard Wind 1 is Under Fire From Both Texas Conservatives and Nantucket Officials
  
  
  
  

  August 5, 2025 -The Texas Public Policy Foundation petitioned six federal agencies to revoke the 800 MW project’s construction approval, citing legal deficiencies and a 2024 blade failure that scattered debris on Nantucket beaches.

  Nantucket officials also issued 15 demands for Vineyard Wind, including a $10M cleanup escrow, faster emergency alerts, and regular public updates.

  If the petition succeeds, it could set a precedent for rolling back more than a dozen projects already approved or in construction

• • Trump’s Total War on Wind Power

  The Trump Administration and Congress’ Attacks on Wind Power Are Killing Thousands of Jobs
  
  {CAP}
  
  

  July 24, 2025 -On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that paused all federal wind permits. While the order states that the pause is temporary, it remains in place today, and the administration has provided no timeline for lifting it.

  Fast forward six months, and the wind energy industry is in an even more precarious situation. The recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) ends tax credits for wind and solar energy unless projects start construction within 12 months of the bill’s enactment.

• Wind Installations Jump — For Now

  But, and It's a Big But...
  
  
  
  

  By Dr. Adrienne Hollis, July 7, 2025 -Wind developers added 2.1 GW of new capacity in Q1, up 56% from the same period last year. But the long-term outlook is shaky given the Trump administration’s new regulatory posture.

  ACP and Wood Mackenzie forecast 8.1 GW of new wind this year, still below the peak years of 2020–2022. But new turbine orders fell 50% in the first half of 2025, suggesting trouble ahead.

• • New York Nixes Offshore Wind Transmission Planning

  Putting Up to 8 GW in Jeopardy
  
  {FACTOR THIS}
  
  

  July 21, 2025 -In an effort to protect ratepayers from shouldering the burden of paying for a potential bridge to nowhere, New York State is pulling the plug on planning the massive transmission projects needed to bring offshore wind energy to shore.

  Citing “significant federal uncertainty,” the New York State Public Service Commission (NYPS) is strategically terminating its ongoing Public Policy Transmission Need (PPTN) process, effectively recalibrating the timeline of the state’s offshore wind transmission development.

• • Town Reaches $10.5 Million Settlement With
  GE Vernova Over Vineyard Wind Blade Failure

  Nantucket Settled With GE Vernova For $10.5M After a 300-Foot Turbine Blade From the Vineyard Wind offshore project Broke Off Last Summer
  
  
  
  

  July 16, 2025 -Vineyard Wind didn’t sign the deal but is indemnified by GE. Town officials said the wind farm “did not earn a seat at the table” and left key obligations from its 2020 Good Neighbor Agreement unmet.

  Nantucket will launch a community claims fund to compensate local businesses. Town officials called GE a “responsible partner,” but slammed Vineyard for poor communication and follow-through..

• • U.S. Offshore Wind Investment is Essentially Dead

  US Offshore Wind is All But Dead, and Investors Have Already Moved On
  
  
  
  

  JJune 9, 2025 -Why? Long permitting timelines, high construction costs, and a total lack of market confidence. Gong says if a project hasn’t broken ground by now, “no one is going to buy it.”

  Europe and China, meanwhile, are full steam ahead. The US may have already missed its offshore moment—and maybe the chance at renewables leadership altogether.

• • The Massive Wind Farm That Could
  Transform This Brooklyn Neighborhood

  Sunset Park Moves Ahead With Plans for a “Just Transition” After the Trump Administration Lifts a Stop-Work Order on the Empire Wind Energy Project
  
  

  May 21, 2025 -In a city where waterfront development typically means towering glass boxes filled with luxury condos and designer boutiques, the Latino environmental justice group UPROSE has fought for years to create jobs in sustainable manufacturing, renewable energy and urban agriculture along the banks of New York Harbor.

  So when the Norwegian energy company Equinor began proposing a massive offshore wind farm in 2017, using Sunset Park as its base of operations, the group embraced the project. While grassroots initiatives could create a handful of green jobs at a time, Empire Wind would create thousands of them — while powering half a million homes.

• • The Shipping Industry Gets Serious About Emissions

  It's Pushing To Decarbonize, and Exploring Cargo Ships Powered By Wind, as it Confronts Trump’s Tariffs
  
  

  May 9, 2025 -At a time when President Trump’s tariff policies have caused parts of the global trade system to grind to a halt, the shipping industry has been on a less-noticed campaign to cut its carbon emissions.

  Last month, countries reached a draft agreement under the International Maritime Organization, a United Nations agency, that would require ships to either reduce their emissions or pay a fee. As Somini Sengupta reported, it’s “a remarkable, though modest” move that amounts to a tax on the industry’s carbon emissions.

• • Orsted Cancels Major UK Wind Project as Economics Worsen

  CEO Blames Higher Costs, Interest Rates and Execution Risks
  
  

  May 7, 2025 -Orsted (ORSTED.CO), opens new tab will no longer build a major offshore wind farm in Britain, it said on Wednesday, citing a deteriorating global business environment for renewables and dealing a blow to UK ambitions to decarbonise its energy supplies.

  The Danish company's market value has fallen by around 80% from its 2021 peak as costs have risen, supply chains have been disrupted and U.S. President Donald Trump's opposition to offshore wind has sapped investor confidence.

• • 17 States Sue Over Trump’s Halting of Wind Power Projects

  The Halt Threatens Jobs and Holds Back Energy Production
  
  

  May 5, 2025 -Seventeen states sued the Trump administration Monday over its halting of permits for wind-energy projects, arguing that its actions posed an existential threat to the burgeoning industry.

  “This administration is devastating one of our nation’s fastest-growing sources of clean, reliable and affordable energy,” said Attorney General Letitia James of New York, which is one of the plaintiffs.

• • Building the World’s Biggest Plane to Help Catch the Wind

  Radia, a Colorado-Based Company, Wants to Build Enormous Aircraft to Transport Giant Wind Turbine Blades
  
  

  Apr. 25, 2025 -For almost a decade, Radia, a company based in Boulder, Colo., has been working on developing what would be the world’s largest plane, one that it said would have a dozen times the cargo volume of a Boeing 747.

  Radia’s WindRunner aircraft would solve a crucial problem for the wind power industry. Giant wind turbine blades are more efficient, but often can’t be easily shipped across aging roads and bridges.

• • How a Funeral Director Brought Wind Power to Rural Missouri

  Every Year For Nearly Two Decades, the Small City of Rock Port has Been Producing More Electricity from Wind Energy than it Needs
  
  

  Apr. 21, 2025 -Eric Chamberlain was at work, driving a hearse, when he first caught sight of the wind turbine that would set him on a path to change the fortunes of his hometown.

  It was the mid-2000s, and Mr. Chamberlain was leading a funeral procession in Iowa, across the border from his home in Atchison County in northwest Missouri, when giant white blades came into view. Mr. Chamberlain had heard of wind energy but not seen a commercial turbine before. He was intrigued, but obviously couldn’t pull over to take a closer look.

• • Trump Halts Construction on New York Offshore Wind Project

  Empire Wind 1’s Developer Says it is Considering its Legal Remedies
  
  

  Apr. 18, 2025 -The buildout of renewable energy projects in downstate New York—the region that includes the Hudson Valley and below—is often complicated. The space for these projects is limited, particularly in New York City, and they’re often expensive.

  Though an approach of smaller battery storage and solar projects could inch the state closer to its ambitious renewable energy goals, it must be complemented by utility-scale renewable energy generation.

• • New Recycling Hack Turns Retired
  Wind Turbines Into Asphalt You Can Drive On

  Researchers in China Found a Way to Turn Old Wind Turbine Blades into Durable Roads
  
  

  Mar. 4, 2025 -Wind energy has exploded across China in recent years, making the country the largest producer of wind-generated electricity. But this comes with a challenge: thousands of wind turbines will soon be reaching the end of their operational lifespan.

  Sure, the steel towers and gearboxes can easily be melted down and reused, but the blades present a recycling dilemma. Made of composite materials like fiberglass, carbon fiber, and epoxy resin, they are engineered to withstand extreme weather conditions. The same durability, however, makes them difficult to break down and repurpose.

• • Green Energy Ambitions of
  European Companies Take a Beating

  Orsted of Denmark and Equinor of Norway Tap the Brakes on Offshore Wind Development After Setbacks and Market Shifts
  
  

  Feb. 6, 2025 -Rasmus Errboe, the new chief executive of the Danish offshore wind developer Orsted, sounded as if he had inherited a mess as he explained a 25 percent paring of the company’s investment plans on Thursday.

  Over the past two years, Orsted has backed away from some huge wind projects it planned to build off the East Coast of the United States, notably off New Jersey, because of delays, inflation and higher interest rates.

• • Oil Giant Shell Walks Away From
  Major New Jersey Offshore Wind Farm

  A Win for Trump - A Loss for Everyone Else
  
  

  Feb. 3, 2025 -In the first serious fallout from President Donald Trump’s early actions against offshore wind power, oil and gas giant Shell is walking away from a major project off the coast of New Jersey.

  Shell told The Associated Press it is writing off the project, citing increased competition, delays and a changing market.

  “Naturally we also take regulatory context into consideration,” spokesperson Natalie Gunnell said in an email.

• • Trump Halts Leasing and Permitting for Wind Energy Projects

  Temporarily, or Permanently?
  
  

  Jan. 21, 2025 -President Trump signed an executive order Monday temporarily halting offshore wind lease sales in federal waters and pausing the issuance of approvals, permits and loans for both onshore and offshore wind projects.

  The interior secretary will review wind leasing and permitting practices for federal waters and lands. The assessment will consider the environmental impact of wind projects on wildlife, the economic costs associated with the intermittent generation of electricity and the effect of subsidies on the viability of the wind industry, the order states.

• • New Jersey Offshore Wind Project— Delayed Again

  Due to Supply Chain Woes
  
  

  Jan. 1, 2025 - A New Jersey offshore wind project is seeking a second delay, saying it still can’t find someone to build crucial equipment for the turbines in the latest patch of turbulence striking the industry.

  Leading Light Wind had already received one pause on its project from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, which acknowledged the difficulty the project has had in finding a manufacturer for the blades that would spin to generate electricity.

• • Where Chicago Companies are
  Competing to Develop Offshore Wind

  In the Gulf of Mexico
  - Who'd a Thunk It?
  
  

  Dec. 13, 2024 -Do you recall the unsolicited lease request the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) received from Chicago, Illinois-based developer Hecate Energy this summer for an area in the Gulf of Mexico?

  BOEM remembers, and now it has some competitive interest in an area on the Outer Continental Shelf that dozens of other companies have deemed undesirable for offshore wind development.

  Thursday the federal entity that oversees offshore wind development issued a Determination of Competitive Interest in two Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) in the Gulf of Mexico, following Hecate and another Chicago company, Invenergy, expressing interest in acquiring a commercial wind energy lease for WEA options C and D, pictured on green on the map in the article.

• • Researchers Present the First Fully AI-designed Wind Turbine

  It’s 7X More Efficient in Cities
  
  

  Dec. 4, 2024 -Wind energy is a cornerstone of renewable transition. But while scaling wind turbines up has proven effective for large-scale applications, scaling them down for urban environments remains a significant challenge. Wind speeds in cities, often as low as 3–4 meters per second, are about 2–3 times lower than the efficiency sweet spot for conventional turbines. To unlock wind energy’s potential in urban areas, new designs must cater specifically to these lower speeds and turbulent conditions.

  Enter the AI-designed turbine.

• • Major Offshore Wind Project ‘On Pause’

  Until After Second Trump Term
  
  

  Dec. 2, 2024 - Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump doesn’t pull punches when discussing his disdain for offshore wind, and it looks like his strong anti-turbine stance has knocked a major project out of the pipeline for at least the next four years.

  European multinational energy company TotalEnergies appears to be pausing work on Attentive Energy, a planned 3 gigawatt (GW) project off the coasts of New York and New Jersey, at least in part due to Trump’s previous promises to undermine the industry.

• • Multi-State Offshore Wind Pact Weakened

  Connecticut Sits Out First Selection
  
  

  Nov. 13, 2024 -The first and only U.S. multi-state agreement to buy offshore wind power is under strain after one of its members declined to participate in the recent selection of developers for three projects off the coast of New England.

  The agreement between Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut seeks to attract developers by offering economies of scale while minimizing costs to each state...

• • Trump Has Vowed to Kill US Offshore Wind Projects

  Will He Succeed?
  
  

  Nov. 13, 2024 - Opponents of offshore wind energy projects expect President-elect Donald Trump to kill an industry he has vowed to end on the first day he returns to the White House.

  But it might not be that easy.

  Many of the largest offshore wind companies put a brave face on the election results, pledging to work with Trump and Congress to build power projects and ignoring the incoming president’s oft-stated hostility to them.

  In campaign appearances, Trump railed against offshore wind and promised to sign an executive order to block such projects.

• •  Rivian Signs PPA with Wind Farm

  It Will Help Power Its Clean EV Charging Network
  
  

  Oct. 31, 2024 - TElectric vehicle manufacturer and solar financier Rivian has signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the electricity from a soon-to-be upgraded RWE wind farm in West Texas.

  ’s 127-megawatt (MW) Champion Wind in Nolan and Mitchell Counties, TX will help power Rivian’s fast-charging network, the Rivian Adventure Network, with clean energy. Champion Wind is currently being upgraded with new, state-of-the-art, made-in-the-USA turbine nacelles and blades that will extend the facility’s lifetime. Its repowering will be completed in mid-2025, according to RWE.

• • Windpower From Kite Turbines

  Low-Cost Renewable Energy
  Concept For Wind Turbines

  May, 2021, (SOLARIMPULSE FOUNDATION)-Using kites flying at higher altitudes, the kite turbines are accessing better wind resources. They provide clean energy in a more stable pattern than other renewable energy solutions. Thanks to the kite principle, they require 90% less material resources and hence they are more economically attractive. Kite turbines take off like drones using four propellers.

• • We Can Now 3D Print Wind Turbine Blades

  GE Awarded DoE Grant
  to Research That Technology

  Feb. 8, 2021 (Renewable Energy World)-GE Research, GE Renewable Energy, and LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy business were recently selected by the US Department of Energy (DoE) to research the design and manufacture of 3D printed wind turbine blades.

  The GE business units will partner with the Oakridge National Lab and the National Renewable Energy Lab on a 25-month $6.7 million project to develop and demonstrate an integrated additive manufacturing process for novel high-performance blade designs for the future of large rotors.

• • All About Wind Energy (Free Download)

  The Facts About Wind Energy

  Climate Reality Project - For thousands of years, people across the globe have harnessed the power of wind in one way or another – whether to pump water, grind grain, or propel boats. But today, wind has become a powerful way of generating electricity. And better yet, it’s renewable and doesn’t pollute the air we breathe.

  Cities, states, countries, and companies around the world are increasingly turning to wind energy to power our world. But, thanks to Big Polluters, there’s a lot of misinformation out there. In this e-book, we set the story straight and give you the facts so you know what to say the next time you hear a Big Polluter talking point about wind power.

• • Wind Power Gets Its Day In the Sun

  Vestas and EDPR Install
  Single-Converter Wind-Solar Hybrid

  Mar. 28, 2018 - The two companies installed the demonstrator – which consists of a V112-3.0MW turbine and a new 372kW solar PV array – at EDPR’s Janda III wind farm in Cádiz, south-west Spain.

  Power from the solar PV panels is fed to the turbine as direct current, which is then converted and transformed by the turbine’s power conversion system, which Vestas upgraded especially for the project, to export power to the grid.

  By connecting wind and solar through the turbine’s electronics and using its full-scale converter, the number of converters is reduced, the two companies explained.

• • The Advantages of Off-Shore Wind

  Study Finds Offshore
  Wind Farms Have Powerful
  Advantage Over Land Turbines

  Oct. 9, 2017  Floating wind turbines at sea could create up to three times as much electricity as turbines on land, increasing the energy potential for a technology that has yet to be proven at scale, a new study suggests.

• • Hornsea Project Two (HP2)
  (Right Off the Yorkshire Coast)

  Hornsea Project Two, North Sea

  Sep. 19, 2017  (Power Technology) — Hornsea Project Two (HP2) is being constructed within the Hornsea Zone of the North Sea, UK. With a total capacity of approximately 1.4GW, the wind farm is expected to be the largest of its kind worldwide.

  Project developer Ørsted (previously Dong Energy) gained the rights to the project in August 2015 through the acquisition of SMartWind, a 50:50 joint venture (JV) between Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Financial Services.

  The scoping report for the project was completed in 2012. The consent application was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) for examination in January 2015 and completed in March 2016.

• • What the Top of a Turbine Look Like

  SOn Top of a Wind Turbine, or On Top of the World

  Apr. 25, 2017  -Stand atop a wind turbine and you get some powerful perspective. When you’re 280 feet off the ground, your feet clinging to the deck, the breeze blowing past, you’ve got a clear view of the power of wind energy. Wath the video.

• • Nearly Half of Danish Power Comes From Wind

  Over 47% of Their Energy was
  Generated by Wind Turbines in 2019

  Jan. 3, 2020(CleanTechnica),- Power generated by wind turbines at sea increased to 18% last year from 14% in 2018, while onshore wind accounted for 29%.

  Denmark is a world leader in renewable energy and is way ahead of its nearest rival Ireland, which generated 28 per cent of its energy from wind in 2018.

  
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• • A New Approach to Capture
  the Power of Offshore Wind

  It's Called “Wind Catching”

  June 2, 2021, (WindCatching.com)-Designed to optimize energy production for a floating wind power plant for easy operations and maintenance.

  • Elevator based turbine installation – all heavy operations performed on deck

  • No need for specialized vessels or cranes

  • 50 year design life

  • Power to X – production and storage

• • Robotic Wind Blade Repair

  BladeBUG Inspects, Resurfaces, and
  Repairs Wind Turbine Blades Remotely

  (CleanTechnica),Here’s a story about a tiny little bit of technology that could have a significant impact on renewable energy, particularly wind turbines. Efficiency is a big deal in the world of wind and solar energy. Dust, dirt, pollen and bird droppings can reduce the efficiency of solar panels, so people have invented ways to wash them in order to keep them producing electricity as efficiently as possible.

  Wind turbines have blades that can be hundreds of feet long and weigh thousands of pounds. Not only do they operate high up in the air, many are located miles offshore where accessing them is both difficult and hazardous.

• • It's a Breeze for Dutch Trains

  Dutch Trains Are World's First
  to Run on 100% Wind Power

  Jan. 16, 2017  -The Netherlands, aka Windmill Country, is now operating 100 percent of its electric trains with wind energy.

• • Wind Systems Trends to Watch

  Advanced Blade Pitch
  Systems Trends to Watch

  Dec.5, 2016  -The latest developments in blade pitch technology have opened new opportunities for wind turbine manufacturers. We will look at five key trends of this rapidly evolving technology and three important insights to keep in mind to make wise pitch system decisions, avoid pitfalls, and choose the right pitch partner.

• • Wind Farm Like Ivory Soap

  SOffshore Wind Farms See
  Promise in Platforms That Float

  Sept.29, 2016  The sun was beating down on the leafy campus of the University of Maine one afternoon last month. But inside a hangarlike laboratory, a miniature hurricane was raging.

• • Scottish Wind: (Bagpipes Not Included)

  SAmerica’s First Offshore Wind
  Farm May Power Up a New Industry

  Aug. 22, 2016  The idea of building turbines offshore, where strong, steady wind could, in theory, generate large amounts of power, has long been seen as a vital step toward a future based on renewable energy.

• • High-Speed Wind Turbine Assembly

  Right Before Your Eyes
  Video by Mid-American Energy

  Enjoy this high-speed video showing the assembly of a giant wind turbine.

• • How Wind Turbines Work

  What You Need to Know

  July 23, 2021 (ZME Science) -They look like airplane propellers running circles on the spot, spinning round and round all day long. Wind turbines take the kinetic energy from the wind and use their giant rotors to capture some of it turn it into electricity, and they may play a key role in saving us from catastrophic climate change. Let’s take a closer look at how wind turbines actually work.

  Wind turbines are based on a simple principle, in essence: the wind turns the blades, which causes the axis to rotate, which is attached to a generator, which produces electricity. The stronger the wind, the more electricity is generated. That’s why we usually see industrial-scale wind farms with high towers and large blades across the world: larger blades can gather more power and are more efficient. But while the basic principle is simple, the technology is complex.