by PNCECE | Dec 23, 2020 | Clean Energy News, Wind Power
Brush up on your knowledge of wind power in the Energy.gov series highlighting the “Top Things You Didn’t Know About Energy.” Wind turbines are soaring to record sizes. Wind turbine blades average over 190 feet long, and turbine towers average 295...
by PNCECE | Nov 27, 2020 | Clean Energy News, Solar Power, Trending Topics, Wind Power
Cheap, abundant solar power produced in California could help meet the Midwest’s peak demand, while wind energy generated in the Midwest could meet demand in the West after solar production begins to tumble in the late afternoon. As renewables grow — along with...
by PNCECE | May 19, 2020 | Clean Energy News, Wind Power
Great River Energy, a North Dakota electric power supplier which operates as a not-for-profit cooperative, is aiming to purchase over 1,100 MW from new wind energy projects by late 2023, an investment of more than $1.2 billion. It also plans to modify a coal and...
by PNCECE | Apr 30, 2020 | Clean Energy News, Wind Power
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 Power
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 Power
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...
