Monday, 24 February 2025

Focus on Wind

FILE - Turbines operate at the Block Island Wind Farm, Dec. 7, 2023, off the coast of Block Island, R.I. The Massachusetts Senate debated a bill Tuesday, June 25, 2024 aimed at expanding the adoption of renewable energy in a bid to to help Massachusetts get one step closer to meeting its aggressive climate goals, including reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
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Navigating turbulence: Evaluating US Northeast offshore wind’s recent developments

From NY's new wind project to NJ's environmental research and MA's turbine mishap, Northeast's offshore wind sector faces mixed fortunes.

FILE - Giant wind turbine blades for the Vineyard Winds project are stacked on racks in the harbor, July 11, 2023, in New Bedford, Mass. Vineyard Wind said Tuesday, July 16, 2024, that it is working to recover debris on Nantucket's southern-facing beaches after one of the wind turbine blades suffered damage last weekend. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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Wind power operations off Nantucket Island remain suspended after turbine blade parts washed ashore

Power production on the lease area has been suspended and installation of new wind turbine generator construction is also on hold.

Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Accord during his first term as president (AFP)
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At Republican National Convention, climate change at bottom of pile

Climate change is little more than an afterthought for attendees at the Republican National Convention, who gathered this week

FILE PHOTO: South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures ahead of signing into law a national health bill that aims to provide universal coverage to South Africans, at the Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
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South Africa’s Ramaphosa urges green energy to avoid carbon border tax

He said the economy would suffer unless the country reduces its dependency on coal.

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Fourth phase of the world’s largest offshore wind farm Dogger Bank to unlock additional renewable power 

12 July 2024 Commercial terms have been established with The Crown Estate in the UK to enable Dogger Bank D to progress, under...

Land-based wind turbines spin in Atlantic City, N.J., on April 28, 2022. On July 11, 2024, Community Offshore Wind identified itself as the third company to submit plans for an offshore wind farm in New Jersey by the previous day's deadline. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Previous bidder tries again with new offshore wind proposal in New Jersey

Community Offshore Wind has submitted the bid to build a wind farm that would generate 1.3 gigawatts of electricity, enough to power 500,000...

A cow walks on a road in view of wind turbines near Canudos, Bahia state, Brazil, Saturday, March 9, 2024. Wind energy is booming in Brazil's Northeast, but some projects are drawing criticism as it becomes clear that certain communities have benefited while others have not. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Wind power meets grassroots resistance in Brazil’s Northeast

In the poorest parts of Brazil, wind farms can bring both opportunity and misery to communities descended from fugitive slaves.

Solar panels in the Gobi desert in north China. China has twice as much wind and solar energy capacity under construction as the rest of the world combined (AFP)
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China building more wind, solar capacity ‘than rest of world combined’

Chinese renewables projects being built at double the collective pace of every other country, although its national grid still relies on coal plants.

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India needs steady copper supply for economic growth, energy transition

India needs a steady supply of copper to supports its economic growth and ambitious electrification goals. It also needs a copper strategy to...

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband with Chris Stark, who is to lead a new control centre (Dan Dennison/Department for Energy Security and Net Zero/PA)
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Top climate adviser tasked to deliver clean power in UK

Top climate adviser Chris Stark is to lead a new control centre to try to spur on the Government’s mission to provide Britain...

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