Renewable energy sources are at the center of the transition to a sustainable energy future and the fight against climate change. Historically, renewables were expensive and lacked competitive pricing power relative to fossil fuels. However, this has changed notably over the last decade. Fossil fuel sources still account for the majority of global energy [...]
Every industry can be part of the solution — or part of the ongoing problem. By Clarisa Diaz & John Upton Published June 28, 2021 Towering wind turbines already speckle seas across Europe and Asia and a boom in construction is expected to bring an economic bonanza to the US East Coast. But even this [...]
First-of-a-Kind Power System Modeling for the Entire Continent Multiyear Analysis Shows Increasing Electricity Trade Between Countries and Expanding Interregional Transmission Can Support a Reliable Future Power System June 24, 2021 North American Renewable Integration Study (NARIS) aims to inform grid planners, utilities, industry, policymakers, and other stakeholders about challenges and opportunities for continental system integration [...]
WindFloat Atlantic is now fully operational and supplying clean energy to Portugal's electrical grid. Following the connection of the last of the three platforms to the 20 km export cable connecting the wind farm to the substation at Viana do Castelo, Portugal, the construction of the wind farm is now complete. WindFloat Atlantic, which has [...]
GE Renewable Energy has signed a multi-year agreement with Veolia North America for the first U.S. wind turbine blade recycling program of its kind. The majority of blades from onshore turbines that GE changes out during repowering efforts will be shredded and used to replace raw materials for cement manufacturing, creating a "circular economy for [...]
Vestas announced Thursday that it had invested in a Swedish firm which develops and manufactures wind turbine towers. The Danish turbine maker said it had become a minority investor in Modvion, which uses laminated veneer lumber, or LVL, to make turbine towers that are modular and put together on-site. “When compared directly with the value [...]
Empire State of Green New York’s most famous skyscraper shrank its planet-warmingemissions by 40 percent. Can the rest of the city do the same? By Sarah Kaplan and Aaron Steckelberg May 27, 2020 see https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/climate-solutions/empire-state-building-emissions/ for story with all of the graphics! NEW YORK In a city brought to its knees by the Great Depression, the [...]
Empire State of Green New York’s most famous skyscraper shrank its planet-warmingemissions by 40 percent. Can the rest of the city do the same? By Sarah Kaplan and Aaron Steckelberg May 27, 2020 see https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/climate-solutions/empire-state-building-emissions/ for story with all of the graphics! NEW YORK In a city brought to its knees by the Great Depression, the [...]
Computing America’s Offshore Wind Energy Potential September 9, 2016 Home » Computing America’s Offshore Wind Energy Potential One piece of the National Offshore Wind Strategy evaluates the vast potential for offshore wind energy development across U.S. coasts. Today at the Wind Technology Testing Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the Secretaries of Energy and the Interior released [...]
The Lion Electric Company, a Quebec-based manufacturer of electric school buses, has successfully completed a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) pilot deployment of five school buses in White Plains, New York. New York’s V2G school buses The project began in 2018 among partners Lion, V2G technology company Nuvve, White Plains School District, and British multinational public transport [...]