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

Baua Electric

JUNE 25, 2024

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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The US just greenlit the offshore wind farm Trump vowed to kill

Baua Electric

JULY 2, 2024

Shell-EDF’s Atlantic Shores South is the US’s ninth commercial-scale, offshore wind farm approved under the Biden administration – Trump wants to cancel it. Up to 200 wind turbines and 10 offshore substations with subsea transmission cables were proposed, potentially making landfall in Atlantic City and Sea Girt, New Jersey.

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Two more New England offshore wind farms just got the all-clear

Baua Electric

JULY 1, 2024

Photo Credit: Eric Haynes Avangrid (NYSE: AGR) now has full federal approval of the Construction and Operations Plan (COP) for the New England Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms. New England 1 will border Vineyard Wind 1 to the south. The states are expected to announce the winners in August 2024.

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China is building a mammoth 8 GW solar farm

Baua Electric

JULY 2, 2024

[link] State-owned power company China Three Gorges Renewables Group will build an 8 GW solar farm as part of a nearly $11 billion integrated energy project. GW solar farm outside Urumqi, Xinjiang’s capital. GW solar farm outside Urumqi, Xinjiang’s capital. In addition to the massive solar farm, the $10.99

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New York’s largest offshore wind farm just got the official greenlight

Baua Electric

JUNE 24, 2024

Map: Orsted Sunrise Wind , New York’s largest offshore wind farm, now has the final permit it needs from the US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to start construction. New York’s largest offshore wind farm will create 800 direct New York jobs and thousands of indirect jobs.

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EGEB: Vertical turbines could be the future of wind energy

Electrek

MAY 4, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Oxford Brookes University researchers think wind turbines should be vertical. The US Interior Department approves a solar farm in the California desert. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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Italy is putting a big hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm in the sea

Baua Electric

MARCH 1, 2024

Photo: SolarDuck A 540-megawatt (MW) hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm is going to be developed off Italy’s southern coast, in the Ionian Sea. It’s tapped into that knowledge to design elevated solar platforms made of offshore-grade aluminum that sit 10 feet (3 meters) off the water to withstand rough waters.

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This UK wind monopile factory will create 2,000+ jobs, become world’s largest

Baua Electric

JUNE 19, 2024

Monopiles are steel tubes driven into the seabed that serve as the foundation for offshore wind turbines and support their weight and wind loads. The SeAH Wind Monopile Factory in Teesworks, spanning a vast 90-acre site, will produce monopiles weighing up to 3,000 tons. Teesworks is described as Europe’s largest brownfield site.

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Solar, wind to lead US power generation growth for the next 2 years

Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that solar and wind will lead US power generation growth for the next two years in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook. The EIA also expects wind power generation to grow 11% from 430 billion kWh in 2023 to 476 billion kWh in 2025.

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In a ‘monumental shift’, EU coal and gas collapse as wind and solar ascend

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Photo: Hornsea Project Europe’s coal electricity generation tanked by 26% and gas by 15% in 2023, according to a new report from energy think tank Ember. What’s more, for the first time, wind power, which grew by 18%, surpassed gas, which only accounted for 17% of Europe’s electricity. Wind and solar power are now taking center stage.

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South Fork Wind just became the US’s first complete utility-scale offshore wind farm

Baua Electric

MARCH 14, 2024

Photo: South Fork The final turbine is up at New York’s South Fork Wind, making it the US’s first complete utility-scale offshore wind farm in federal waters. South Fork Wind is now successfully delivering power to Long Island and the Rockaways. It delivered its first power to the grid on December 6. Get started here. –

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The US saw record wind turbine capacity installation in 2020

Electrek

DECEMBER 29, 2021

More wind power capacity was installed in the US than any other generating technology in both 2019 and 2020, according to the US Energy Information Administration ( EIA ). UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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This utility in the US Midwest is going to add 3.6 GW of wind and solar

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Photo: Xcel Energy Xcel Energy just announced its big solar and wind plans in the US Midwest – here’s the lowdown. It also says it’s on track to achieve its clean energy goals for all the Upper Midwest states it serves – Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Michigan. Get started here. –

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EGEB: It gets real – Vineyard Wind orders its Haliade-X wind turbines

Electrek

OCTOBER 13, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The US’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm orders 62 13 MW wind turbines. Clean energy sourcing is key to reaching climate goals, finds a new report. NOAA launches a newly redesigned climate website. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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EGEB: World’s largest offshore wind turbines chosen for first commercial project

Electrek

JULY 12, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Germany’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm pre-selects huge Vestas wind turbines. Nova Scotia sets a target of reaching 80% renewable energy by 2030. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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South Fork Wind just became the US’s first complete utility-scale offshore wind farm

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Photo: South Fork The final turbine is up at New York’s South Fork Wind, making it the US’s first complete utility-scale offshore wind farm in federal waters. Danish renewables giant Ørsted and Boston-based energy provider Eversource developed the 132-megawatt (MW) South Fork Wind. Get started here. –

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South Dakota’s largest solar farm just came online

Baua Electric

JUNE 26, 2024

Photo: National Grid Renewables National Grid Renewables just brought South Dakota’s largest solar farm online in Pennington County. Wild Springs is a 128-megawatt (MW) solar farm in the Southwest Power Pool, which manages the central US’s electric grid and wholesale power market.

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EGEB: Nordex unveils a 6 MW onshore wind turbine

Electrek

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): German wind turbine maker Nordex unveils its first 6 MW onshore turbine. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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EGEB: No. 1 wind state Texas to add record solar by end of 2022

Electrek

APRIL 23, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Texas is expected to add record utility-scale solar in the next two years. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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This startup is about to install bladeless rooftop wind turbines on box buildings

Baua Electric

MAY 24, 2024

Aeromine Technologies just closed a $9 million funding round, and it’s ready to scale up production of its bladeless rooftop wind turbines. Energy research, investing, and strategy firm Veriten is the lead investor in Aeromine Technologies’ Series A funding round. Specs are here.) Get started here. –ad*

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The US just proposed 18 GW of new offshore wind sales

Baua Electric

MAY 1, 2024

Hywind floating offshore wind turbine by U.S. Department of Energy is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 The US announced two proposals for offshore wind sales that could generate more than 18 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy – enough to power more than 6 million homes. The areas were finalized by BOEM in February.

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Norway just signed a contract for its first commercial offshore wind farm

Baua Electric

APRIL 19, 2024

Norway has signed a contract with Ventyr Energi to develop Sørlige Nordsjø 2, its first commercial offshore wind farm. Norway’s energy minister, Terje Aasland, and wind consortium Ventyr Energi representatives signed the contract. Norway’s aim is to achieve 30 GW of offshore wind power by 2040.

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The US’s largest offshore wind farm just got its first monopile

Baua Electric

MAY 23, 2024

gigawatt (GW) Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), which will be the US’s largest offshore wind farm, has installed its first monopile foundation. Once construction is complete in 2026, the US’s largest offshore wind farm will provide clean electricity for around 660,000 households and will support 1,100 jobs.

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EGEB: First major US offshore wind farm set to be approved today

Electrek

MAY 11, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The Biden administration is set to approve Vineyard Wind 1, the first major offshore wind farm in federal waters. The IEA raises its forecast for global wind and solar growth by another 25% compared to six months ago.

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EGEB: World’s largest offshore floating wind farm is now complete

Electrek

AUGUST 26, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The world’s largest floating offshore wind farm, the Kincardine Offshore Wind, is now installed. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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EGEB: Wind and solar drove a record fall in coal in 2020…

Electrek

MARCH 29, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): …except for in China, which saw a growth in coal – and emissions still rose. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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EGEB: New Jersey approves US’s largest combined offshore wind farm

Electrek

JULY 1, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): New Jersey approves US’s largest combined offshore wind project, Atlantic Shores and Ocean Wind II. Transitioning to clean energy will grow the global economy, as investments will pay off, reports IRENA. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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Ørsted got a huge Tesla battery storage system for the world’s single largest offshore wind farm

Baua Electric

JUNE 12, 2024

Ørsted just bought a 300 MW Tesla battery energy storage system for the UK’s Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm. The storage system has a capacity of 600 MWh, equivalent to the daily energy use of 80,000 UK homes. It will help smooth out the variations between supply and demand in UK energy systems. Get started here.

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The size of Washington State’s largest wind farm just got cut by 50%

Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

Washington State’s energy board cut the size of what would have been the state’s largest wind farm in half yesterday – here’s why. Wind farm controversy in Washington State The $1.7 billion, 1,150-megawatt (MW) Horse Heaven Clean Energy Center combines wind, solar, and battery storage.

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2023 was a record year for wind power growth – in numbers

Baua Electric

APRIL 17, 2024

Photo: Strauss Wind The global wind industry installed 117 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in 2023, making it the best year ever for new wind energy – here’s what happened and where. Annual wind installations increased in all regions except Europe and North America. Brazil installed 4.8 GW total installed.

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EGEB: Ireland to build the Atlantic’s first floating offshore wind farm

Electrek

APRIL 12, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Ireland’s Moneypoint coal station will become a green energy hub that includes a floating offshore wind farm. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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EGEB: Sweden’s Vattenfall commits to wind turbine blade landfill ban

Electrek

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Vattenfall says it will recycle all of its wind turbine blades by 2030. The US Department of Energy spends $61 million on 10 grid-interactive efficient buildings pilot projects. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Rhode Island & Connecticut’s 704 MW Revolution Wind achieves first ‘steel in the water’

Baua Electric

MAY 16, 2024

Photo: Revolution Wind The 704-megawatt (M) Revolution Wind, Rhode Island and Connecticut’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm, just hit a major milestone. Revolution Wind’s site is more than 15 miles south of Rhode Island and 32 miles southeast of Connecticut.

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EGEB: Oil kingdom Saudi Arabia launches its first wind farm, the Middle East’s largest

Electrek

AUGUST 9, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Saudi Arabia’s first wind farm is now connected and producing clean energy. Arizona may get its very first electricity provider that offers 100% clean energy. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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EGEB: Final turbine is in place at the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm

Electrek

JULY 7, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The final floating turbine is connected at the Kincardine floating offshore wind farm in Scotland. 2021’s most and least energy-expensive states, according to a new WalletHub study. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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This German startup is pioneering recyclable wooden wind turbine blades

Baua Electric

MAY 3, 2024

Voodin Blade Technology In a first, German startup Voodin Blade Technology just installed wooden blades on a prototype wind turbine. foot) wooden blades specifically out of laminated veneer lumber (LVL), and installed them on an existing wind turbine in Breuna, Germany, near the city of Kassel. Voodin Blade Technology made the 9.3-meter

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Equinor, bp just scrapped their 1.2 GW Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farm

Baua Electric

JANUARY 3, 2024

Equinor and bp have terminated New York State’s Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farm – but a do-over isn’t out of the question. The state’s utility regulator, the New York Public Service Commission (NYPSC), refused to renegotiate Empire Wind’s contracts at higher prices despite an appeal from Equinor and bp.

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US wind generation fell in 2023 for the first time since the 1990s

Baua Electric

APRIL 30, 2024

Annual US power generation from wind turbines declined in 2023 for the first time since the mid-1990s – here’s why. gigawatts (GW) of new wind capacity last year, but data from the US Energy Information Administration’s “ Power Plant Operations Report ” show that US wind generation in 2023 totaled 425,235 gigawatt-hours (GWh) – 2.1%

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EGEB: Ireland launches its first offshore wind auction

Electrek

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Ireland opens a consultation of its first offshore wind auction. North Carolina’s governor is about to sign a major clean energy bill. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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EGEB: The world’s most powerful wind turbine passes the typhoon test

Electrek

MAY 3, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): GE’s Haliade-X offshore wind turbines are awarded typhoon certification. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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In a world first, China installs an 18 MW offshore wind turbine

Baua Electric

JUNE 10, 2024

Photo: DongFang Electric Corporation China has installed an 18-megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine – the world’s largest by power rating – in Guangdong province. State-owned power generator manufacturer Dongfang Electric Corporation completed the installation of the massive wind turbine at a coastal test base in Shantou on June 5.

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A major US offshore wind hub just broke ground in New York City

Baua Electric

JUNE 10, 2024

Rendering: Equinor Today, the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) broke ground, kicking off the transformation of the historic port into an East Coast offshore wind hub. SBMT will support Norwegian energy giant Equinor’s first US offshore wind project, Empire Wind 1.

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The world’s largest solar farm just came online in China

Baua Electric

JUNE 4, 2024

Photo: CGTN The world’s largest solar farm, in the desert in northwestern Xinjiang, is now connected to China’s grid. The 5-gigawatt (GW), 200,000-acre solar farm is outside Urumqi, Xinjiang’s capital. The solar farm will generate about 6.09 China now boasts the three largest solar farms in the world by capacity.

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EGEB: Scandinavia’s largest offshore wind farm is inaugurated

Electrek

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Denmark’s and Scandinavia’s largest offshore wind farm was inaugurated yesterday. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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

The US just greenlit the offshore wind farm Trump vowed to kill

Two more New England offshore wind farms just got the all-clear

China is building a mammoth 8 GW solar farm

New York’s largest offshore wind farm just got the official greenlight

EGEB: Vertical turbines could be the future of wind energy

Italy is putting a big hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm in the sea

This UK wind monopile factory will create 2,000+ jobs, become world’s largest

Solar, wind to lead US power generation growth for the next 2 years

In a ‘monumental shift’, EU coal and gas collapse as wind and solar ascend

South Fork Wind just became the US’s first complete utility-scale offshore wind farm

The US saw record wind turbine capacity installation in 2020

This utility in the US Midwest is going to add 3.6 GW of wind and solar

EGEB: It gets real – Vineyard Wind orders its Haliade-X wind turbines

EGEB: World’s largest offshore wind turbines chosen for first commercial project

South Fork Wind just became the US’s first complete utility-scale offshore wind farm

South Dakota’s largest solar farm just came online

EGEB: Nordex unveils a 6 MW onshore wind turbine

EGEB: No. 1 wind state Texas to add record solar by end of 2022

This startup is about to install bladeless rooftop wind turbines on box buildings

The US just proposed 18 GW of new offshore wind sales

Norway just signed a contract for its first commercial offshore wind farm

The US’s largest offshore wind farm just got its first monopile

EGEB: First major US offshore wind farm set to be approved today

EGEB: World’s largest offshore floating wind farm is now complete

EGEB: Wind and solar drove a record fall in coal in 2020…

EGEB: New Jersey approves US’s largest combined offshore wind farm

Ørsted got a huge Tesla battery storage system for the world’s single largest offshore wind farm

The size of Washington State’s largest wind farm just got cut by 50%

2023 was a record year for wind power growth – in numbers

EGEB: Ireland to build the Atlantic’s first floating offshore wind farm

EGEB: Sweden’s Vattenfall commits to wind turbine blade landfill ban

Rhode Island & Connecticut’s 704 MW Revolution Wind achieves first ‘steel in the water’

EGEB: Oil kingdom Saudi Arabia launches its first wind farm, the Middle East’s largest

EGEB: Final turbine is in place at the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm

This German startup is pioneering recyclable wooden wind turbine blades

Equinor, bp just scrapped their 1.2 GW Empire Wind 2 offshore wind farm

US wind generation fell in 2023 for the first time since the 1990s

EGEB: Ireland launches its first offshore wind auction

EGEB: The world’s most powerful wind turbine passes the typhoon test

In a world first, China installs an 18 MW offshore wind turbine

A major US offshore wind hub just broke ground in New York City

The world’s largest solar farm just came online in China

EGEB: Scandinavia’s largest offshore wind farm is inaugurated

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