Windmills No More: GE Debuts Monster Of A New 13 Megawatt Wind Turbine
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:24:12 +0000
GE sticks a fork in the US coal industry with new 13-megawatt version of its Haliade-X offshore wind turbine
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2035: Clean Grid 90%, Electrify 50%
Credit to Author: Brad Rouse| Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 22:15:34 +0000
For those deeply interested in our future energy system and how it will evolve, I highly recommend two in-depth papers published in the last year. Here I will show a similar vision step-by-step using some of the same assumptions and publicly available data using “back of the envelope calculations” (spreadsheets)
Global Wind & Solar Power Electricity Generation Doubled In Last 5 Years
Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:35:56 +0000
Global wind and solar electricity generation doubled in the last 5 years, according to a new report. As wind and solar power grow, it is possible for nations around the world to reduce their over-reliance on fossil fuels and nuclear power. Dave Jones, a Senior Electricity Analyst with EMBER, answered some questions for CleanTechnica about this trend and related topics
Hellfire In California, Double Hurricane In Gulf — But Are Cheap Clean Energy & Electric Cars “Too Expensive”?
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 08:50:56 +0000
We are in 2020. It is not 2040. It is not 2050. It is not 2100. And it is certainly not 2200! Humans, so far, are a brief blip on the timeline of Earth. Yet, we have a horrible problem assuming that everything will be fine and dandy for us forever simply because we’ve been here longer than we remember
Vestas Enters New Market With An Order In Colombia
Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2020 03:27:11 +0000
Vestas has entered the Colombian wind power market with a 20 MW order for the Guajira I wind park, located at the municipality of Uribia, in La Guajira, Colombia
Solar Power Costs Dropped Dramatically In 2013–2018
Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2020 03:57:00 +0000
According to 2018 data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) for newly constructed utility-scale electric generators in the United States, annual capacity-weighted average construction costs for solar photovoltaic systems and onshore wind turbines have continued to decrease
Vestas Appoints Eduardo Medina as President of Vestas North America & Javier Rodriguez Diez as President of Vestas Mediterranean
Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 22:03:34 +0000
The wind market in the USA is entering a new phase, where demand will be driven by wind energy’s cost-competitiveness, the phase out of the production tax credit (PTC), and states looking to address the climate crisis. In this changing and growing market, Vestas must execute at unprecedented levels of activity, as well as adjusting its commercial focus
India x Cleantech — September 2020
Credit to Author: Saurabh| Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 19:05:19 +0000
Welcome to another issue of our new India x Cleantech series! On a monthly basis, we are pulling news from across clean technology sectors in India into a single, concise summary article about the country
How Scotland’s Green Hydrogen Plan Crushes Fossil Hydrogen Dream
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:05:24 +0000
Scotland shoots down shot at recovery for fossil fuel stakeholders with plans for producing green hydrogen from water and renewable energy
Large-Scale Virtual Power Purchase Agreement to Cover 100% of Henkel’s Electricity Demand in the US
Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 16:33:50 +0000
Henkel accelerates climate action and renewable energy usage with plan to generate 100% of electricity needs with virtual wind power purchase