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.
Tag: wind energy
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 ...
Thursday, Denmark produced 140% of its energy needs from wind
Most days are windy in Denmark, but Thursday was unusually so - it was so windy that the country got ...
Renewable energy might dominate the market by 2030
In only 15 years, renewable energy (wind, solar, hydro) could surpass fossil fuels as the main provider of energy. According ...
Are these joint-shaped turbines the future of wind power?
A Spanish startup called Vortex Bladeless has been receiving a lot hype recently once it unveiled a prototype for a ...
Wind turbines help crops grow better
It amazes me when I hear people say they're against wind turbines because ... wait for it... they're ugly. If ...
Dutch Windmill Might Revolutionize Wind Energy Generation
The Dutch Windwheel is a concept for a sustainable landmark that will not only generate wind energy silently, but also ...
Germany more than doubled its offshore wind power capacity in 2014
In 2014, Germany installed 543 offshore wind turbines, reaching a capacity of 2.35 gigawatts (GW), getting closer to their plans ...
Scotland Produced Enough Wind Energy To Power Every Home In October
It may be gloomy, windy and rainy, but the Scottish weather may have its upsides too. in October, Scotland generated ...
Denmark wants to phase out coal entirely by 2025
Denmark's climate minister says that the country should ban coal use by 2025 to make the Nordic nation a leader in fighting ...
German village goes off the grid with 100% renewable energy from wind, sun and pig manure
Germany has taken a pioneering role in terms of renewable energy, in Europa and even worldwide. Many countries are now ...
Wind Turbine Syndrome? Legal courts aren’t buying it
Credit: Mark Ellis/flickr After digging around on several articles and editorials, I still haven't found an ...
Why Australia’s biggest oil discovery in 30 years doesn’t matter
Apache claims to have found the biggest oil field in 30 years. Image credit: Apache. I ...
Germany gets record 31% of its energy from renewables in first half of 2014
Even though coal is still Germany's number one energy source, renewable energy is developing incredibly fast, with wind and solar ...
California could go 100% renewable by 2050, Stanford study says
Solar energy could play the most important role in Californian energy. Image via The Leaf Exchange. ...
In two years, wind energy in Denmark will be 2 times cheaper than fossil fuels
Wind is already the cheapest form of energy in Denmark, and prices will plummet in the near future, the country's ...
European utility says wind now cheapest form of generation
The falling cost of renewable energy shouldn't surprise anyone by now - all we're waiting for is the tipping point ...
Arizona could get non-stop clean energy from hot air drafts
The problem with many sources of clean energy is the limited conditions which they can use to produce energy - ...
World’s first airborne wind farm feeds energy to remote Alaska
(C) Altaeros Floating wind farms may seem like something out of a science fiction novel, but ...
Wind power was Spain’s top source of electricity in 2013 – CO2 emissions go down by 23%
It may be one heck of a coincidence, or it could be the fact that renewable energy causes a major ...
