BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Friday said it would promote using energy generated by the wind to help power heating systems during the bitterly cold winters seen in many parts of the country. That comes as the world’s No.2 economy pushes to reduce carbon emissions from coal-burning as part of its battle against pollution. The […]

Germany has inaugurated its biggest wind farm in the Baltic Sea. The official start of Arkona project operations comes as offshore wind utilization in the country has seen roughly 10 years of ups and downs. The Arkona wind farm in the Baltic between Germany’s Isle of Rügen and the Danish island of Bornholm has been […]

Tech giant confirms it is to source clean power from new wind farms in Ireland, Sweden, and California Amazon has today announced it is to support three major new wind energy projects capable of delivering more than 670,000 megawatt-hours per year – an output equivalent to the energy demand of Nashville, Tennessee. The tech giant […]

WATERLOO, Ia. — A man who sued a Black Hawk County board has lost his bid to block a planned wind energy project. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that a judge affirmed Monday the county Board of Adjustment’s power and decision to issue a permit to Washburn Wind Energy. The company plans to erect 35 wind turbines east […]

Join CMT’s OWP Japan (Offshore Wind Power) in Tokyo on 15-17 May 2019 and learn more from these sessions: Global overall offshore wind market development trend for market size, supply chain & tech-solutions Technical trend for key equipment of OFW including turbine, foundation, cabling & installation fleets Global offshore LOCE development & cost reduction trend […]

Depending on how wind turbines are situated relative to each other and to the prevailing wind, those not directly in the path of the wind could be left to extract energy from significantly depleted airflow. However, according to researchers, there are ways to get around this issue of diminishing wind returns. You’ve probably seen them, […]

The energy regulator has dismissed a report by a group campaigning against the expansion of wind farms, which had questioned the benefits of the country’s growing reliance on wind energy. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) said a report by Wind Aware Ireland (WAI) contained misunderstandings. The CRU had been asked by the Dáil […]

PNE has completed repowering a wind farm in north-west Germany, halving the number of turbines, but more than doubling its output, the developer claimed. PNE commenced repowering the Gerdau-Schwienau wind farm in June 2018 (pic: PNE AG) The Gerdau-Schwienau repowering project in Lower Saxony began in June 2018 and was completed by the end of […]

With energy demands rising, researchers at Penn State Behrend and the University of Tabriz, Iran, have completed an algorithm — or approach — to design more efficient wind farms, helping to generate more revenue for builders and more renewable energy for their customers.   This is a wind turbine at the Penn State Sustainability Institute, […]

Wind and solar farms are known to have local effects on heat, humidity and other factors that may be beneficial — or detrimental — to the regions in which they are situated. A new climate-modelling study finds that a massive wind and solar installation in the Sahara Desert and neighbouring Sahel would increase local temperature, […]