Wind Energy

More Than $7 Million to Bolster Clean Domestic Manufacturing in USA & Support Small-and Medium-Sized…

Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Supports 37 New Small-and Medium-sized Manufacturers to Improve Energy Efficiency, Lower Costs, Increase Productivity, and Reduce Industrial Emissions WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced more than $7.3 million from the Industrial … [continued]

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Do Large-Scale Wind Projects Increase Local Employment? New US Study Says Yes, & Those Effects…

New Berkeley Lab study of more than 100 million US workers across 23 states finds clear evidence of increases in employment and earnings within 20 miles of existing wind projects that begin when project construction begins and continue for many years after. Black workers and those without a high school … [continued]

A GE Haliade-X turbine stands in the Vineyard Wind 1 project area south of Martha’s Vineyard. Photo Credit: Eric Haynes.

Avangrid Commissions Largest Operating Offshore Wind Farm in USA

Avangrid places 10 turbines into production, making Vineyard Wind 1 largest operating offshore wind farm in United States BOSTON, Massachusetts — Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a global leader in green energy investment and in offshore … [continued]

Utilities: Batteries Are Most Commonly Used for Arbitrage & Grid Stability

Electricity utilities increasingly report using batteries to move electricity from periods of low prices to periods of high prices, a strategy known as arbitrage, according to new detailed information we recently published. At the end of 2023, electricity utilities in the United States reported operating 575 batteries with a collective capacity of … [continued]

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Plug Into Newly Released 2024 US Electricity Sector Data

10th Annual Technology Baseline Features New Data on Offshore Wind Energy, Nuclear Power, Pumped Storage Hydropower, and More Today—nicknamed “ATB Day” by a superfan—marks the release of the 10th annual electricity sector data for the Electricity Annual Technology Baseline (ATB). “For a decade, the Electricity ATB has been supporting consistent, … [continued]

New blockchain technology will allow everyday investors to invest in projects such as this one. Photo provided by Plural Energy.

Blockchain’s Uses in Renewable Energy

Blockchain and renewable energy technologies have been two of the most discussed technological and economic advances in the recent years. However, until now there has not seemed to be much of a crossover. New uses for blockchain technology are allowing small-scale investment in renewable energy. Rather than limiting utility-scale wind … [continued]

924-Megawatt Sunrise Wind Project Receives Final Approval from U.S. Department of the Interior

Offshore Construction on New York’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm to Begin Later this Year Sunrise Wind, New York’s largest offshore wind project, has received approval of its Construction and Operations Plan (COP) from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), which is the final decision … [continued]