by PNCECE | May 4, 2020 | Clean Energy News
The clean energy sector has been one of the fastest growing industries in the United States for the last ten years, employing 3.4 million farmers, electricians, manufacturers, scientific personnel, and more — serving a wide variety of industries throughout supply...
by PNCECE | May 1, 2020 | Clean Energy News, Hydropower
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is backing a hydropower technology that may potentially “fundamentally change how water is leveraged as a renewable energy source.” Breakthrough Energy Ventures, which was set up by Gates, joined Schneider Electric in an $11m...
by PNCECE | Apr 30, 2020 | Clean Energy News, Wind
Plans are underway to build a huge, floating offshore wind turbine in Europe. Europe is already home to the world’s first floating offshore wind farm, which is located in waters off the coast of Scotland. Spanish utility Iberdrola is heading a consortium aiming to...
by PNCECE | Apr 29, 2020 | Clean Energy News, Wind
According to the trade association’s Wind Powers America 2019 Annual Report, Iowa is now generating more than 10,000 megawatts of wind energy, accounting for more than 40% of the state’s electricity. Wind became the leading source of electricity in both...
by PNCECE | Apr 28, 2020 | Clean Energy News, Wind
An outbreak of Covid-19 at a wind power facility in North Dakota has forced it to temporarily close, the latest example of how the pandemic is impacting the renewable energy sector. The North Dakota Department of Health said there were 110 confirmed cases of...
by PNCECE | Apr 27, 2020 | Clean Energy News, Wind
A new device could open more areas to wind production by using stationary airfoils instead of twirling turbines. Past efforts to scale down the towering turbines that generate wind power to something that might sit on a home have been plagued by too many technical...
