U.S. DOE Invests Millions for Marine Energy and Offshore Wind R&D at Universities

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...

Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades- NREL Advances New Method

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...

Coal plant to close, transition to wind energy

by PNCECE | May 19, 2020 | Clean Energy News, Wind

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...

Large-scale, floating offshore wind turbine to be built in the North Sea

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...

Wind is largest single source of electricity in Iowa

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...