Spain launches plan for 100% renewable electricity by 2050
Spain’s social democratic government has launched an ambitious plan to change the country’s electricity system...
California waters could open soon to offshore wind farms
With 3,427 miles of coastline, one would think establishing wind farms in California would be a cinch. As it turns...
LEGO reintroduces Vestas wind turbine set, now made with plant-based plastic
LEGO Group has just released a LEGO Creator Expert set from the 'vault' that focuses on sustainable energy. The...
Historic Luxembourg building is metamorphosed into an eco-friendly powerhouse
Paris-based Vincent Callebaut Architectures has placed first in POST Luxembourg’s international design competition...
The City of London will be powered with 100% renewable energy by October 2018
The City of London, the historic "Square Mile" central district of London, will soon switch to clean energy in...
Ben & Jerry’s backs onshore wind farms with gusty ice cream names
Cherry Gale-cia, anyone? How about some Strawberry Breeze-cake or Caramel Blew Blew? Ice cream company Ben &...
In the UK, wind energy provides more power than nuclear for the first time
For the first time, wind energy provided more power than nuclear energy to the United Kingdom grid. In the first...
Germany just approved 1,610 megawatts of offshore wind power
Offshore wind turbines could soon provide more electricity for Germany — to the tune of 1,610 megawatts (MW)....
Nearly all new US energy capacity came from solar and wind in early 2018
In the first two months of 2018, the United States installed 1,568 megawatts of wind and 565 MW of solar — which...
Sleek fiberglass visitor center is a beacon for wind energy in Denmark
The wind turbines in Thisted, Denmark don’t just generate renewable energy — they're among the world’s largest...
General Electric to debut world’s largest wind turbine in UK
General Electric just announced that it will begin testing the world's largest wind turbine - the Haliade-X - at...
The UK just went for a record 55 hours without using coal
Coal fueled the world for more than 100 years, but now it's being pushed out of the market. Recent evidence for...
Solar outshined all fossil-fuels sources combined in 2017
Last year, the world invested more in solar power than in all fossil-fuel sources combined. Investors and governments...
Google hits its incredible 100% renewable energy goal
Google just announced that it has officially bought enough renewable energy to match all of the electricity they...
Utility giant aims to build America’s biggest wind farm — paid for by customers
One of the United States' biggest electric utilities, American Electric Power (AEP) is planning to build a two-gigawatt...
The world’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm is being built in the Netherlands
The world's first unsubsidized offshore wind farms are currently under construction in the Netherlands. The underlying...
Ryan Zinke claims wind energy contributes to global warming
Wind turbines kill up to 750,000 birds every year, according to Donald Trump's Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke....
The future of energy on islands
Islands are places of exceptional biodiversity and economic value, not to mention their great natural beauty. However,...
Solar and wind energy could meet 80% of US electricity demand
Fourth-fifths of the United States' electricity demand could be met with wind and solar power, according to four...
World’s first floating wind farm performing better than anticipated
The 30 megawatt Hywind Scotland floating wind farm started operating last fall, and Statoil recently said the farm...
Nova Scotia Power pioneers new energy storage system using Tesla Powerpacks
Nova Scotia Power has established a pilot project that utilizes Tesla's Powerpack 2 home batteries and their utility-grade...
Norway rejects wind farm in favor of wild reindeer
Nearly 35,000 wild reindeer make their home in the southern mountains of Norway - "the last remaining viable populations...
Ørsted’s massive new offshore wind farm will generate power for 1 million homes
Offshore wind farms keep getting bigger and bigger. Ørsted, formerly DONG Energy, just began offshore construction...
Wind power supplied 43.6% of Denmark’s energy in 2017
Denmark set a new renewable energy record in 2017 by obtaining nearly half of its power from wind. The renewable...
Dutch utility plans massive windfarm island
TenneT, the primary Dutch electric utility company, is planning to construct a "windfarm island" in the North Sea....
2017 was the UK’s ‘greenest year’ for energy
The United Kingdom recently marked its greatest year ever for the use of clean energy, breaking 13 national renewable...
Consumers in Germany were paid to use electricity this holiday season
The cost of electricity in Germany has decreased so dramatically in the past few days that major consumers have...
Google signs new contracts to offset 100% of its energy use with solar and wind power
Google just signed new contracts to offset 100% of its energy use with solar and wind power. The contracts were...
Dead rabbits found at Iowa wind farm likely used to lure and kill eagles
In a story that may have come two days late, a local landowner-farmer in Delaware County, Iowa was shocked to...
Tesla earns contract for world’s first solar, wind and storage project
Tesla has won its first contract with Vestas, the world's largest wind turbine maker, to supply its Powerpack batteries...