Tag: wind energy

While golf remains a pastime for the affluent, occupying enormous tracts of valuable land globally, renewable energy projects face resistance ...

A popular argument against wind power flies out the window.

Although they may support clean energy, many white and wealthy communities don't want wind turbines close to their homes.

Old turbine blades cannot be recycled for energy production but they can be reused for fun and aesthetics.

As the entire energy sector suffers, offshore wind readies for a "new era of growth."

When installed, the wind turbine will sweep an area equivalent to more than six football fields.

It won't be enough on its own, though.

Turbine blades have always been the Achilles heel of wind power -- until now.

They are gradually becoming one of the leading renewable energy sources around the world

It's been one of the best years for renewable energy.

Vertical wind turbines are found to be more efficient than horizontal ones.

Two offshore wind parks have already secured their use

Good news... but not good enough.

The country is well on its way to becoming carbon neutral.

Behind the growth of wind energy there’s the growing awareness of the climate crisis and political responses to environmental concerns, ...

Global renewable energy capacity will rise by 50% in five years’ time

Researchers found four times more predatory birds around areas without wind farms compared to those that have.

We need as many of these stories as we can get.

Renewable energy is set to power the future.

Offshore wind farms could provide three times more power than land-based turbines

Gone with the wind.

In wind energy, bigger is almost always better.

When you thought it's not possible to love LEGO even more...

It's an important milestone, but there's still a long way to go.

America's largest renewable energy source will continue to add a lot of new jobs in the coming years.

'The transition is fully underway. If we are looking for cheap, competitive and reliable, I don’t see much alternative to ...

Great news, everyone!

It's happening - renewables are becoming cheaper than fossil fuels!

China does it again.

High winds and a low demand on a Sunday allowed Scottish windmills to generate 106% of the country's electricity demand.

The United Kingdom will almost certainly miss its 2020 targets for renewable energy, the National Grid has said.

Denmark's wind turbines set a spectacular world record as they alone generated over 42 percent of domestic electricity use in ...

The slump in oil prices coincides with the highest investment in renewables ever: $329.3 billion just in 2015.

Starting November 30, the world's leaders will meet in Paris at the UN summit for climate change to discuss a ...

Most days are windy in Denmark, but Thursday was unusually so - it was so windy that the country got ...

In only 15 years, renewable energy (wind, solar, hydro) could surpass fossil fuels as the main provider of energy. According ...

A Spanish startup called Vortex Bladeless has been receiving a lot hype recently once it unveiled a prototype for a ...

It amazes me when I hear people say they're against wind turbines because ... wait for it... they're ugly. If ...

The Dutch Windwheel is a concept for a sustainable landmark that will not only generate wind energy silently, but also ...

In 2014, Germany installed 543 offshore wind turbines, reaching a capacity of 2.35 gigawatts (GW), getting closer to their plans ...

It may be gloomy, windy and rainy, but the Scottish weather may have its upsides too. in October, Scotland generated ...

Denmark's climate minister says that the country should ban coal use by 2025 to make the Nordic nation a leader in fighting ...

Germany has taken a pioneering role in terms of renewable energy, in Europa and even worldwide. Many countries are now ...

Apache claims to have found the biggest oil field in 30 years. Image credit: Apache. I was reading this morning ...

Even though coal is still Germany's number one energy source, renewable energy is developing incredibly fast, with wind and solar ...

Solar energy could play the most important role in Californian energy. Image via The Leaf Exchange. A new study conducted ...

Wind is already the cheapest form of energy in Denmark, and prices will plummet in the near future, the country's ...

The falling cost of renewable energy shouldn't surprise anyone by now - all we're waiting for is the tipping point ...

The problem with many sources of clean energy is the limited conditions which they can use to produce energy - ...

(C) Altaeros Floating wind farms may seem like something out of a science fiction novel, but a MIT start-up called  Altaeros ...