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Global wind turbine order intake reached new highs in H1 2024

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Photo: DongFang Electric Corporation Global wind turbine order intake reached new highs in H1 2024, with 91.2 Globally, investment by wind energy developers in H1 2024 totaled $42 billion, a 3% increase year-over-year, according to new analysis from Wood Mackenzie. In total, order intake outside of China decreased 16% (-2.3

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Maine awarded the US’s first floating offshore wind research lease

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By Jplourde umaine – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, [link] The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has awarded the US’s first floating offshore wind energy research lease to the State of Maine. BOEM received an application from the State of Maine for a renewable energy research lease in October 2021.

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Vineyard Wind 1 just became the US’s largest operating offshore wind farm

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Photo: Avangrid Five more wind turbines just came online at Vineyard Wind 1, making it the largest operating offshore wind farm in the US. New York’s South Fork Wind , the US’s first complete utility-scale offshore wind farm, is 132 MW.) Once completed, the project will consist of 62 wind turbines.

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US solar and wind growth defies expectations – a decade in numbers

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Photo: Primergy The latest US EIA and FERC data reflect a decade of explosive solar and wind growth – here’s how it breaks down. The installed US generating capacity mix of all renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, and wind) now totals 389 gigawatts (GW). GW vs. wind: 98.86 GW vs. 61.45

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New York’s largest offshore wind farm officially breaks ground

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Map: Orsted Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) announced this week that Sunrise Wind , New York’s largest offshore wind farm, has kicked off construction. Hochul said, “By breaking ground on Sunrise Wind and advancing the next wave of offshore wind projects, New York is passing a tremendous milestone to combat climate change.”

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Renewables now make up 30% of US power capacity – FERC

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Photo: Openverse Renewables – solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, hydropower – are now 30% of total US electrical generating capacity, according to analysis of FERC’s mid-year data. FERC says renewables were 99% of new generating capacity in June and 91% in H1 2024. For seven of those 10 months, wind took second place.

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California achieves 100 days of 100% electricity demand met by renewables

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Photo: Strauss Wind In a major milestone, July 28 marked the 100th day of a 144-day stretch in which California supplied 100% of its electricity demand with renewables. It’s driven by a 30% growth in utility-scale solar and an 8% growth in utility-scale wind power output in just one year.