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Small Wind Makes Big Gains In US
A U.S. report shows distributed wind, while still a very small player, making big gains in 2012, with 175 megawatts newly installed.
Deepwater Snares First US Offshore Wind Lease
Deepwater Wind says the area off southern New England where it plans to build a 1 gigawatt wind farm “is the best site … in the United States, bar none.”
Wind-Bird Debate Flares With New Fatality Figure
Conservatives seize on a new bird-fatality estimate for wind power, but a closer look suggests it might be a lot of hot air.
Making Small Wind Work Takes Big Planning
Want to avoid lackluster performance from a small wind system? The DOE offers lessons learned about proper siting that it says can help.
Wind To Hydrogen Passes Big Test In Germany
E.On says it successfully ran a test on a German power to gas system in which wind powers hydrogen production for use in the natural gas system.
First US Floating Wind Turbine Launches In Maine
The first floating wind turbine in U.S. history goes upright and onto the water in Brewer, Maine, on Friday, on its way to being put in place and connected to the grid.
Wind Farm Approved With Condor Provisions
The U.S. will allow a SoCal wind farm to kill up to one endangered California condor over a 30-year period in return for extensive protection and mitigation efforts.
Antarctic Outpost To Use Wind, Solar Energy To Survive
Brazil’s planned Antarctic research station will use solar panels for the sunny summers and wind turbines in the long winters to supply renewable energy year-round.
Taiwan Tower’s Energy Answer Blowing In The Wind
An undulating 1,150-foot skyscraper design in Taiwan plans to embed thousands of wind turbines in its skin to generate all of its electrical energy and provide dynamic lighting.
Massive SoCal Wind Turbine Blade Breaks Off
A 173-foot-long blade breaks off a Siemens wind turbine at a Southern California wind farm, leading the company to curtail operations worldwide.
Offshore Wind Power: Huge Potential Goes Largely Untapped
Depending on how you look at it, the state of offshore wind power is either hugely depressing or an amazing opportunity for growth in green power.
Net Zero Challenges Of A Wet, Windy, Remote Island
For affordable living in extreme circumstances, these design contest winners show how net-zero can be the answer.
Wind Power 101: It Betters Fossil Fuels, Even With Slowing Growth
Wind power growth may have slowed down last year (again), but it’s already producing power more cheaply than new fossil fuels, outpacing nuclear, and coal and natural gas.