Onshore and offshore wind, from turbine orders and grid connections to the politics that stall or speed them.
Wind turbines are supposed to help slow climate change — but in the farm country of Brandenburg, Germany, they may be making it harder for bats…
An early wind farm’s infrastructure has put thousands of birds at risk. The global transition to renewable energy is essential for the planet’s future. Wind power…
Researchers in northern Germany have deployed three synchronized short-range scanning lidars alongside conventional mast anemometers to measure wind turbulence at a near-coastal site—and the results, published…
As Europe’s offshore wind buildout accelerates, its crowded seas are quietly generating a new kind of conflict. When a wind farm is built upwind of an…
A hummingbird hovers in a breeze with an almost uncanny stillness — its wings bending and flexing dozens of times per second, constantly adjusting to shifts…
Offshore wind market conditions have remained subdued through the second quarter of 2026, even as energy security concerns pushed renewables higher on political agendas in the…
At a shipyard on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast, something larger than usual is taking shape. The Neptun wharf in Rostock—better known for building ferries and research…
There is a lot of healthy competition that is excessively building up in the wind energy industry, as seen in the abundance of projects that are…
In Korea, deer and wild boars continue their routines despite the presence of a wind farm. Wind power has become an integral part of the world’s…
Nearly a dozen whales washed ashore along the New Jersey coast in the winter of 2022–23, just as offshore wind developers were ramping up survey work…
The wind energy sector was facing criticism for an extended period of time but ever since the integration of technology, developers are now able to overcome most…
In the energy industry, companies that have the most resources and expertise in executing certain initiatives are likely at the forefront of many projects on a…
A wind turbine controller that simultaneously chases higher revenue and lower wear sounds like an engineering tradeoff with no clean answer. Researchers at the Technical University…
A massive wind farm, 17 years in the making, could finally change it all for America. Large-scale renewable energy capacity growth has become essential to meeting…
Researchers from Boston University, the University of Rhode Island, and the University of Delaware have published what may be the most comprehensive catalog of its kind:…
Sometimes, vital wind energy projects are unable to avoid legal obstacles. The global transition to green power resources is essential to meet strict international climate mandates.…
Two island nations, thousands of miles apart, have just made a $12 billion bet on the wind blowing off Britain’s coastlines. Under a new Offshore Wind…
For decades, “expensive and unreliable” has been the default verdict on wind power—a judgment that has quietly steered governments toward nuclear and fossil fuels when building…
Every morning, grid operators must decide how much wind power to count on — hours before the turbines actually spin. The AI models they rely on…
European Energy has completed the sale of Trinity Hall Solar Farm—a 15 MWac operational solar park in Bedfordshire, UK—to Elm Solar Holdings Limited, an entity established…
A wind farm can alter local weather patterns and manipulate incoming storms. Globally, wind power is rapidly expanding to meet rising energy demand and fast-approaching climate…
Africa holds some of the world’s most abundant renewable energy resources — yet across much of the continent, unreliable grids and surging industrial demand remain a…
Taiwan spent two decades building a wind energy fleet ambitious enough to anchor its clean power future. Turbines now dot its coastlines and hillsides, humming through…
Mountain ridges offer some of the strongest, most consistent wind in the world — and some of the most stubborn engineering headaches. Predicting how air actually…
Britain’s offshore wind industry has spent years pushing further out to sea, chasing stronger, steadier winds in waters too deep for conventional fixed-bottom turbines. Now a…
The UK’s offshore wind sector needs to more than double its workforce — from 40,000 workers today to as many as 94,000 — by the end…
There is tremendous excitement in the wind energy industry as companies are gaining the freedom to break barriers and execute the most outlandish initiatives. Interestingly, there…
The fate of global offshore wind lies in the hands of the world’s governments. Wind power plays a fundamental role in the world’s decarbonization efforts and…
Global decarbonization requires wind turbines that have maximum efficiency. The renewable energy transition cannot be completed without high outputs to meet rising electricity demands. Yet, traditional…
Japan and the United Kingdom have signed an Offshore Wind Compact committing Japan to facilitate up to £9 billion ($12.08 billion) in investment for 5.9 GW…
Wind farms across Ireland are set to contribute €74.87 million in commercial rates to local authorities in 2026 — up from €69.27 million in 2025, an…
Picture a warm summer evening somewhere in the American heartland, the air thick and humming with life. Millions of insects are on the move, riding the…
A new peer-reviewed study published in Wind Energy Science has quantified how well a virtual sensing method holds up when applied to one of the industry’s…
A small wind turbine with two counter-rotating rotors on a single gearbox-free generator has successfully transitioned from wind tunnel testing at a professional aeronautical facility in…
The power of ocean currents has the potential to transform global renewable energy strategies. Globally, wind and solar facilities have been routinely prioritized to offset fossil…
Facing a fire, a firefighter’s instinct is to reach for a hose, a chemical extinguisher, or a foam system — tools built around flooding a blaze…
A peer-reviewed study published in Wind Energy Science finds that mesoscale weather models – the standard tool for estimating offshore wind energy losses – may significantly…
A wind turbine can shift the U.S. agricultural sector’s reliance on fossil fuel-based fertilizers. Globally, climate change has had a profound impact on food security. Food…
A multi-institutional team funded by the US Department of Energy and NOAA published a 578-day meteorological event log covering 19 months of offshore atmospheric observations along…
Mesoscale weather models are widely used to estimate energy losses from wind farm wakes — but a new peer-reviewed study suggests they may be missing a…
Somewhere between a beach sport and a billion-dollar engineering problem, a team of Australian researchers found an unlikely answer. Their tool of choice: a modified speargun.…
Grid operators could finally benefit from more transparent wind forecasting models. Electric grids are becoming significantly strained as the world’s electricity consumption continues to surge. To…
The equations guiding wind turbine and propeller design have been in use for more than a century. Engineers have long known they do not hold up…
Researchers at Fraunhofer IWES have developed a remote diagnostic workflow that can classify the severity of power converter faults in offshore wind turbines before a technician…
Thousands of wind turbine blades — some stretching longer than a Boeing 747 — are quietly piling up across the country. The first generation of modern…
Floating wind was set to take the sector to the next level, but 2025 presented major challenges. Worldwide, energy consumption is surging, raising concerns about achieving…
GE Vernova has signed a turbine supply agreement with Powerica Limited for the Botad Wind Farm in Gujarat, India — a 100 MW project that will…
The United Kingdom is among the leading wind energy-producing nations in Europe. It possesses the wealth as well as the resources to assist the continent in…
For more than a century, engineers designing wind turbines and propellers have relied on a mathematical model that, under certain common conditions, doesn’t just lose accuracy…
Wind capacity has the potential to expand to protect both power grids and vulnerable ecosystems. Global energy demands are surging to new record highs. To meet…
