Developer to open hub to grow U.S. offshore wind industry
An offshore wind developer is opening a hub in Providence that its executives hope will help accelerate the takeoff of the industry in the United States.
Feb 29, 2020
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'Our low-carbon future needs to be circular'
The renewable energy industry needs to adopt the ideas of a circular economy, where equipment is designed to be reused or remanufactured when it reaches the end of its operational life.
Aug 19, 2020
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Expert: The current pace of decarbonization in Massachusetts is too low to meet climate goals
Having worked with renewables for the last 15 years, and listening to the lofty goals political leaders make to achieve net-zero carbon emissions, UMass Lowell mechanical engineering Professor Christopher Niezrecki can tell ...
Sep 27, 2023
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Ireland has the wind and seas to become an offshore superpower
The Irish government signed up to the recent Glasgow Climate Pact and used the summit to announce a raft of ambitious goals, including the development of 5 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy up to 2030. That would more ...
Jan 19, 2022
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The value of wind energy
Two teams of researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have shown that wind energy offers logistical, economic, and environmental value to consumers and utilities from the coast of Oregon to remote villages ...
Jan 21, 2022
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Offshore wind farms are vulnerable to cyberattacks, study shows
The hurrying pace of societal electrification is encouraging from a climate perspective. But the transition away from fossil fuels toward renewable sources like wind presents new risks that are not yet fully understood.
Jan 24, 2024
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More than $1.5 bn bid so far in US offshore wind auction
Energy companies interested in developing offshore wind sites bid more than $1.5 billion Wednesday in by far the biggest US auction for the renewable power.
Feb 24, 2022
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World's biggest wind power projects are in crisis just when world needs them most
Offshore wind projects are facing an economic crisis that erased billions of U.S. dollars in planned spending this weekâjust as the world needs clean energy more than ever.
Jul 24, 2023
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Next-generation drivetrain technologies for offshore wind turbines
New studies leveraging conceptual designs of offshore wind turbines point to how their drivetrains could change in the near future to produce more power while lowering costs, according to a new journal article by the U.S. ...
Aug 22, 2023
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Biden calls for a big expansion of offshore wind: How officials decide where the turbines may go
The Biden administration has announced ambitious plans to scale up leasing for offshore wind energy projects along the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts. In an announcement released on Oct. 13, 2021, the U.S. Department of ...
Oct 20, 2021
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