by Emily | Jan 23, 2025 | Clean Energy News, Wind
Photo credit: NREL Offshore Wind Research One of the many executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on Monday temporarily halts offshore wind lease sales in federal waters and pauses the issuance of approvals, permits, and loans for both onshore and offshore...
by Emily | Dec 5, 2024 | Clean Energy News, Wind
Marine energy technology, like this wave energy device from Northwest Energy Innovations, is still in an early stage of development. Many take their first ocean plunge at the United States Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site near Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, which is...
by Emily | Sep 24, 2024 | Clean Energy News, Wind
An NREL scientist holds small cubes of the PECAN resin. Photo by Werner Slocum, NREL Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Laboratory (NREL) have built a prototype 9-meter wind turbine blade to demonstrate the manufacturability...
by Emily | Jun 6, 2024 | Clean Energy News, Wind
Avangrid recently donated 300 pounds of decommissioned wind turbine blades to WindLoop to test recycling process (Credit: Avangrid) Avangrid, a sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, recently announced that it donated 300 pounds of...
by Emily | Feb 16, 2024 | Clean Energy News, Wind
Photo Credit: NREL Offshore Wind Research After an announcement Tuesday, Oregon is now closer to commercially developing and producing offshore wind energy after the federal government has finalized two areas along the Oregon coast for floating offshore wind farms....
by Emily | Oct 11, 2023 | Clean Energy News, Wind
15km off the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland lies the first commercial-scale floating wind farm known as Kincardine. Owned by Principle Power, the wind farm consists of five WindFloat units hosting five 9.5MW turbines and make up the largest floating offshore wind farm in...
