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...
World’s most powerful wind turbine installed off the coast of Scotland
The world's most powerful wind turbine was just installed off the coast of Scotland. Developer Vattenfall announced...
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...
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...
The world’s first floating wind farm just switched online
Five massive wind turbines floating in the sea near Scotland have started sending energy to the grid. Statoil,...
The entire world could be powered by one deep-sea wind farm
What if the world’s energy problems could be solved with one deep-sea wind farm? A new study, conducted by the...
Report: solar power is the fastest growing source of new energy
The world is going green at an unprecedented rate. In 2016, renewable energy accounted for two-thirds of all new...
The world’s biggest offshore wind farm is being built in the UK
Very soon, the UK will be home to the world’s largest wind farm. The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial...
Conservative billionaire to build America’s largest wind farm
Carbon County, Wyoming could soon be home to the United States' biggest wind farm, complete with 1,000 turbines....
Renewable energy powered half the UK on Wednesday
The UK is not slacking in its goal to slash carbon emissions by 57 percent (based on 1990 levels) by the year 2030....
Britain installs world’s biggest wind turbines near Liverpool
It’s official: Britain is now the world’s leader in wind turbine technology. Yesterday, Danish company Dong...
World’s largest offshore wind farm opens in The Netherlands
Dutch officials have increased the country's clean energy repertoire with the world's largest offshore wind farm....
Petroleum giant abandons tar sands in favor of wind power
In a startling move, Norwegian state-owned oil and gas company Statoil recently pulled all its investments out...
America’s first offshore wind farm is now powering 17,000 homes
The United States is dotted with wind farms, generating clean energy to offset fossil fuel dependence, but until...
Google says it will run entirely on renewable energy by next year
Google just announced that it will be fully powered by renewables before the end of 2017. The tech giant has been...
Scotland’s wind turbines generated 106% of the country’s electricity last Sunday
High winds last Sunday boosted wind energy generation in Scotland to match the country’s energy usage for that...
The world’s largest floating wind farm is planned for the California coast
The world’s largest and America's first major offshore wind farm is planned to open in 2021 off the coast of...
The country’s largest wind farm is coming to New York
The largest offshore wind farm in the US could be coming soon to New York, if the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA)...
Massive turbines and blades for America’s first offshore wind farm land in Rhode Island
Although the United States is not new territory for wind farms, Deepwater Winds’ Block Island Wind Farm will...
Tiny bacteria ‘wind farms’ could power your smartphone
Bacteria are often associated with disease - but in the future they could serve as a potent power source. University...
World’s largest and cheapest offshore wind farm will power 1m homes
The Netherlands may become home to the world’s cheapest offshore wind farm in as little as 10 years, according...
Norway announces plans for Europe’s largest onshore wind farm
In yet another example of how progressive European countries have become in the advancement of alternative energy,...
Ride a wind turbine in this crazy wind farm amusement park
While Qurrent’s planned 8,000-square-meter theme park won’t be the first to be powered by wind, it will be...
Deepwater Wind breaks ground on the U.S.’s first offshore wind farm (finally)
While offshore wind farms have been operational in Europe since the 1990s, efforts to establish any such projects...
Germany more than doubled its wind power capacity in 2014
In 2014, Germany’s capacity for wind power generation jumped to more than double the previous year’s figures,...
Masdar Helps Oman Prepare for the Post-Oil Era With the Gulf’s First Wind Farm
The Sultanate of Oman is building the largest wind farm in the Gulf States region. The $125 million, 50-megawatt...
World’s First ‘Stealth’ Wind Farm Will Not Interfere With Radar Systems
French energy company EDF is joining forces with wind turbine firm Vestas to create the world's first 'stealth'...
Study Finds Renewable Energy is Cheaper than Coal in the US
Photo via Shutterstock A new study reveals that wind farms are less costly than new coal-fired plants, and cost...