TechXplore

MARCH 18, 2024

Renewable energy sources are essential for transitioning towards a decarbonized energy system and making the electricity grid more environmentally sustainable. Clean energy alternatives like wind power can effectively replace fossil fuels, contributing to reduced air pollution and slowing down climate change.

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 9, 2024

The share of wind power in total electricity generation is also increasing as new capacity is added and existing projects are re-powered. The post Wind power turbine fleet output grows 25 pct in Germany over five years appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 2, 2025

UK has more than halved amount of electricity generated from fossil fuels but gas still had largest share at 28% The UKs electricity was the cleanest it has ever been in 2024, with wind and solar generation hitting all-time highs, according to a report.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 14, 2025

These composite materials are lightweight and highly strong, making them desirable for applications in various fields, including aviation, aerospace, automotive, wind power generation, and sports equipment.

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TechXplore

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

An electric vehicle manufacturer, two schools and two Alaskan villages: these are just some of the organizations using wind turbines to help meet their energy needs.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 4, 2021

According to recent data released from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), in both 2019 and 2020, project developers in the United States installed more wind power capacity than any other generating technology. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly. GW added in 2012. Source: U.S. Source: U.S.

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TechXplore

APRIL 17, 2024

Wind power is a source of energy that is both affordable and renewable. However, decision-makers have been reluctant to invest in wind energy due to a perception that wind farms require a lot of land compared to electric power plants driven by fossil fuels.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 26, 2021

While the push for electric vehicles and renewable energy through solar panels, wind power and hydroelectricity takes the spotlight, another part of the solution equation is growing all around us in the form of trees.

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TechXplore

JUNE 6, 2024

Across the African continent, more than 300 new hydropower projects are planned to meet the growing demand for electricity. Some of these will require big dams, which can have major negative environmental impacts. Another looming problem with hydropower is that the water cycle is affected by climate change.

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TechXplore

APRIL 2, 2024

Energy harvesting, an eco-friendly technology, extends beyond solar and wind power in generating electricity from unused or discarded energy in daily life, including vibrations generated by passing car engines or trains.

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Canary Media

MAY 10, 2024

For the first year ever, renewable energy sources generated 30 percent of the globe’s electricity in 2023 — driven by a decade of consistent, spectacular growth in solar and wind power. This surge in clean generation helped slow the growth of fossil fuels by almost two-thirds over the last 10 years, according to…

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

coal) fell to third place in the British electricity mix over an entire month. The post Wind powers a record summer for renewable energy in Britain, record low for fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy. August 2024 becomes the first time fossil fuels (98.5%

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The world is rapidly transitioning to renewable power, but there are shortcomings. Solar power falls at night, and wind power recedes and ascends irregularly. New technologies need to be developed that can store energy from the electrical grid when there's a surplus and deploy it when there's not enough.

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TechXplore

MARCH 18, 2025

Wind power, a key source of renewable energy, relies on large turbines to generate electricity. When designing and maintaining turbines, reliability testing helps engineers prevent dangerous system failures, like a rotor breaking under stress and dropping a blade.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 8, 2024

For every 1 spent on renewable energy projects, only 25p was invested in connecting them to grid, report finds The UK is lagging behind in the race to rewire the worlds power grids by investing four times more on renewable energy projects than on the electricity cables needed to connect them to the grid and consumers, according to a new report.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

A just energy transition in action: Developing 1G of wind power with tribes. Sanjana Paul , a 23-year-old scientist, electrical engineer and environmental activist, is executive director of EarthHacks, a hackathon that encourages college students to surface solutions for combating climate change. The coming net-zero backlash.

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 3, 2025

Research finds proposal may also drive up cost of building new windfarms as developers need higher subsidies to offset cost Plans to overhaul England, Wales and Scotlands electricity market risk piling an extra 3bn on to household energy bills every year until the 2040s, according to the governments own clean power adviser.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Damp, cold conditions are the enemy of wind power. In such cases, the turbines often have to be shut down for several days, leading to massive losses for the operators due to the pause in electricity production. If a layer of ice forms on the rotor blades, this can result in rotational imbalance and, hence, increased wear.

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PV Tech

JANUARY 23, 2024

Italy generated record-breaking volumes of both solar PV and wind power in 2023, producing 30.6TWh and 23.4TWh of electricity, respectively.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 15, 2023

To mark Global Wind Day 2023 on June 15, ABB – which describes itself as the largest supplier of electrical components to the wind industry around the world – discusses the measures needed to achieve the UK’s goals in relation to offshore wind power. This load factor = 0.402. This load factor = 0.584.

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GreenBiz

MAY 9, 2024

With solar and wind power projected to account for nearly 50% of capacity and 30% of electricity generation in Europe by 2025, staying informed about these rapidly growing sectors is crucial. Discover the top cleantech trends in 2024!

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2023

Almost a third of Britain's electricity was supplied by wind power during first quarter of 2023 - outstripping gas for the first time

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GreenBiz

APRIL 9, 2020

Thriving in the age of climate change pivots around electricity, and that means electric utilities are at the center.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 19, 2021

Japan’s PowerX is developing the world’s first vessel to transport electricity generated by offshore wind farms to shore. The automated “Power Transfer Vessel” aims to support Japan’s goal of increasing offshore wind power generation from 20 megawatts to 10 gigawatts by 2030 and 30-45 GW by 2040.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

As well as increasing total rated power, the company says the upper floors of its Odin towers can access higher wind speeds and thus deliver up to four times the average electricity production of a ground-mounted turbine. percent increase in wind speed. A higher-cost wind power technology for niche applications.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Washington DC — Driven by strong solar and wind power growth, electrical generation by renewable energy sources (i.e., electrical generation (wind – 8.50%, solar – 4.09%). electrical generation (wind – 8.50%, solar – 4.09%). Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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The Guardian: Energy

JULY 28, 2024

Green energy executives say plans for new power projects need to be more ambitious to achieve net zero grid by 2030 Labour’s clean energy targets may already be in jeopardy just weeks after the party came to power with the promise to quadruple Britain’s offshore wind power, according to senior industry executives.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2024

The battery, said to be strategically placed to harness Scotland’s abundant wind generation from offshore wind farms, was the first of Zenobē’s portfolio of projects in Scotland to go live and the first to connect directly onto the Scottish transmission network.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

noon to 12.30pm on Wednesday, wind generation reached 20,896MW, providing 53 per cent of Britain's electricity. The surge in wind power meant that for the whole of Wednesday low carbon sources delivered 70 per cent of the UK's power. Grid operator National Grid ESO confirmed that for a half hour period from 12.00

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Science Daily: Renewable Energy

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

National targets for solar and wind power will see reliance on natural gas plummet, reducing electricity price volatility across Europe, with major beneficiaries including the UK and Ireland, the Nordics, and the Netherlands.

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Charged

APRIL 11, 2023

Its ServoProp variable-pitch sail drive motor has a regeneration feature that can charge an electric boat’s batteries while sailing. When moving under wind power, the drag of the water forces the propellor to move backwards, turning the motor into a generator in the manner familiar to every EV driver.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 3, 2020

Hawaiian Electric this week revealed the full list of winners from its second large-scale procurement of energy storage and renewables for the islands of Oahu, Maui and Hawaii. Bright Canyon has primarily invested in wind power projects to date, including ownership stakes in Missouri and Minnesota projects being developed by Tenaska.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

And what energy product will be used both to power this city and sell to the world? The Saudis are going big on something called green hydrogen — a carbon-free fuel made from water by using renewably produced electricity to split hydrogen molecules from oxygen molecules. This summer, a large U.S. It’s hard to beat.".

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 28, 2024

billion for a subsea and underground 500km electricity superhighway between Scotland and Yorkshire which could power up to 2 million homes. Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) is a 2GW high voltage electricity ‘superhighway’ cable link between Peterhead in Aberdeenshire and Drax in North Yorkshire.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

million customers by 2025, adding nearly 700 megawatts of wind power, plus more solar and battery storage systems to boost rural reliability. A subset of that funding will go toward more advanced grid controls, such as sensors and switches to sectionalize circuits and reduce the scope of power outages. Transmission challenges.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2024

A circular supply chain for wind turbines in Scotland is one step closer, says sustainable materials firm EMR, thanks to a pilot processing centre the group has opened at its Glasgow South Street site.

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Forbes Green Tech

JANUARY 25, 2021

The results are in: last year, for the first time, renewables generated more electricity than fossil fuels across the EU, spurred on by new solar and wind power projects.

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