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...
by PNCECE | Apr 27, 2020 | Clean Energy News, Wind Power
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...
