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EGEB: The US’s first offshore wind farm is currently offline; here’s why

Electrek

Tampa just committed to 100% clean energy by 2035, but there’s a hitch. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Ørsted says Block Island is offline for summer maintenance, and rumors are flying.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

Green Car Congress

for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. superconducting wire that can be used in future advanced wind turbine generators. used to make a wind turbine generator lighter, more powerful, and more efficient. has traditionally been too expensive to use in wind generators.

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These solar streetlights can withstand Category 5 hurricanes

Baua Electric

Since Tampa-based Streetleaf was founded in 2019, its installed over 8,000 solar streetlights across the US. They have a wind rating of 160 mph. Your personalized solar quotes are easy to compare online and youll get access to unbiased Energy Advisors to help you every step of the way. Get started here.

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Florida has no wind turbines but it’s going to ban them anyway

Baua Electric

Florida legislature is about to ban offshore wind turbines in state waters, which wouldn’t be put there to begin with, to protect the beaches. Excluding hurricanes, of course, Florida doesn’t have sufficient wind power, either onshore or offshore, that, say, states in the US Northeast or Texas have to sustain a wind power industry.

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