Wind power has the potential to supply the world’s electricity needs 18 times over
Behind the growth of wind energy there’s the growing awareness of the climate crisis and political responses to environmental concerns, ...
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Driven by solar, renewables are set to expand by 50% in 5 years
Global renewable energy capacity will rise by 50% in five years’ time
Wind turbines act as apex predators in local ecosystems
Researchers found four times more predatory birds around areas without wind farms compared to those that have.
Sweden to reach its 2030 renewable energy target by the end of 2018
We need as many of these stories as we can get.
Falling battery cost might push wind and solar to 50% of global energy generation by 2050
Renewable energy is set to power the future.
We could power the whole of human civilization with wind turbines in the open sea
Offshore wind farms could provide three times more power than land-based turbines
New record: on Monday, 20% of Europe’s energy came from wind
Gone with the wind.
World’s largest wind turbine will be taller than the Empire State Building
In wind energy, bigger is almost always better.
LEGO Group achieves 100% renewable energy 3 years ahead of schedule, builds LEGO-turbine to celebrate
When you thought it's not possible to love LEGO even more...
Britain powered itself for a day without coal — the first time since the industrial revolution
It's an important milestone, but there's still a long way to go.
Wind energy could generate a quarter million new jobs by 2020 in the US alone, and an economic impact of $85 billion
America's largest renewable energy source will continue to add a lot of new jobs in the coming years.
Denmark just ran a day entirely on wind energy — again
'The transition is fully underway. If we are looking for cheap, competitive and reliable, I don’t see much alternative to ...
Last year, 90% of the new energy in Europe came from renewables
Great news, everyone!
Installing solar was cheaper than fossil fuels in 2016
It's happening - renewables are becoming cheaper than fossil fuels!
Scotland just powered itself completely from wind power the entire day
High winds and a low demand on a Sunday allowed Scottish windmills to generate 106% of the country's electricity demand.
UK set to miss 2020 renewable energy goals
The United Kingdom will almost certainly miss its 2020 targets for renewable energy, the National Grid has said.
New World Record: 42% of Denmark’s energy last year came from wind
Denmark's wind turbines set a spectacular world record as they alone generated over 42 percent of domestic electricity use in ...
Despite plummeting oil price, renewables attract record investments
The slump in oil prices coincides with the highest investment in renewables ever: $329.3 billion just in 2015.
Large corporations are buying 75% more clean energy than last year
Starting November 30, the world's leaders will meet in Paris at the UN summit for climate change to discuss a ...
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