Onshore and offshore wind, from turbine orders and grid connections to the politics that stall or speed them.
S&P Global recently looked at ENGIE’s new power purchase agreement with data center operator QTS — and at the bigger forces reshaping how large electricity users…
Rapidly expanding wind power capacity across forested regions can have ecological implications. South Korea is accelerating its green transition to meet national climate commitments and stabilize…
Even as cost pressures reshape business priorities, renewable energy hasn’t lost its footing in commercial procurement. The 2026 Business Energy Census — developed by ENGIE and…
On a cold November day in 1976, graduate students hauled a strange turbine contraption up Orchard Hill. It was the highest point on the University of…
GE Vernova announced on April 23, 2026, that it’s secured agreements to supply 71.5 MW of onshore wind turbines across multiple projects in Germany. The deals,…
On September 8, 2026, Rhode Island Energy announced the conditional selection of 150 MW of renewable energy from Clearway Energy Group‘s proposed wind project in Aroostook…
A tidal flat on the Vietnamese coast where the Mekong finally gives up its silt, brown water over soft mud. Twice a day the water leaves…
Wind turbines camouflaged using three distinct colors can help save the lives of millions of birds. Global wind power capacity is rapidly expanding to meet surging…
A wind turbine blade is commonly about 170 feet long, roughly the length of an Olympic swimming pool. Most retired ones end up in a landfill,…
Federal water 27 miles east of Virginia Beach, flat gray, nothing on the horizon in any direction. A jack up stands on four legs driven into…
Every utility-scale wind turbine is built to survive the worst gust it will ever encounter over its operational lifespan. That safety threshold relies on predicting an…
A DNV-led joint industry study has found that North Sea offshore wind could get a lot cheaper — but only if the industry changes how it…
The Asian continent has long been respected as the leader in wind energy generation and a pioneer of some of the most sophisticated projects that other…
Open water in the northern South China Sea, about 85 miles southeast of Shenzhen. A wind turbine stands here in 446 feet of water, and no…
Maya Hart’s hand stung as she gripped the stick shift of her Dodge Ram, inching north from Galveston Island in the punishing September heat. She’d been…
The more technological innovation advances, the greater the ability for developers to execute even more groundbreaking projects that push the standards of what a good energy…
A Polish wind farm has shown that land mammals like roe deer are also impacted by the enormous infrastructure. Across many European countries, green capacity growth…
The United States wind energy landscape is thriving following the brief period of controversy that arose when the Trump Administration prematurely halted projects for security reasons.…
A quay on the Ems estuary in the northern Netherlands, stacked with steel. Tower sections stand on end in rows. Nacelles sit under covers. Blades lie…
Giant turbines experience technical challenges when blades rotate at certain wind speeds. Global energy demand continues to outpace available power supply, straining grids. To close this…
Red kites demonstrate that birds can learn avoidance behaviors at wind infrastructure, but some are more daring than others. Meeting green targets has become more urgent…
On the northeastern edge of the Scottish Highlands, Port of Ardersier is being positioned as the unlikely birthplace of a new industrial era. The coastal site,…
Interestingly, the clean energy transition is not just led by energy companies, as there have been a variety of companies operating in different fields that have…
Flat farmland in the far east of Romania, black soil turned over for winter, no hills in any direction. Sixteen white towers stand across it, each…
A two-blade wind turbine rotor design has successfully continued operation for over 500 days. Over the past few decades, wind power capacity has significantly evolved to…
Rhode Island Energy announced on September 8 that it conditionally selected 150 MW of renewable energy from Clearway Energy Group’s proposed onshore wind development in Aroostook…
The corner of two county roads on the high plains of eastern Colorado, brown grass in every direction. A steel substation sits in the middle distance.…
For generations of fishing families along the Gulf of Maine, the Pacific Northwest, and Florida’s coastlines, the Atlantic and Pacific have served as a trusted calendar.…
The U.S. clean power industry closed the first half of 2026 with a record-breaking quarter, bringing 17.1 GW of new capacity online between April and June…
Bio-based castor oil becomes a practical substance for repairing damage on wind turbine blades. Wind power capacity has significantly increased worldwide to meet rising energy demands…
In 2021, a hurricane-hunting research aircraft plummeted more than 1,600 feet without warning. Caught in a violent atmospheric downdraft, heavy gear slammed against the cabin ceiling…
A jack up vessel standing on four steel legs in the southern North Sea, 43 miles from the nearest English beach. Hanging from its crane is…
British developers are now adding thousands of reef cubes to offshore wind turbines to boost marine conservation. The pressure of strict international and national climate regulations…
Open water about 53 miles northwest of the nearest German island, and nothing in any direction but towers. Sixty four of them now, the last one…
Researchers are exploring the effect of offshore wind farms on coastal fishing grounds using tagged spiny lobsters. Worldwide, offshore renewable energy generation is rising in popularity…
An isolated island off the coast of Ireland is boosting its clean energy capacity with innovative kites. As strict climate mandates add more pressure, breaking free…
Dozens of 15-megawatt wind turbines now stand in the North Sea, their 379-foot blades turning—all but one. The offshore wind farm has crossed its construction finish…
A row of six machines along a ridge in southern Alberta, all facing the same way except one. That one is visibly turned aside. Its rotor…
France is boosting its wind capacity by deploying floating structures offshore, but marine organisms threaten their structural integrity. The nation has set ambitious interim climate goals,…
Somewhere beneath the Atlantic surface, a massive predator glides through warm water, carrying instruments that record what satellites and buoys miss. As the animal dives through…
The ultimate goal for most energy companies is to have a worldwide presence and the freedom to pursue projects in a variety of countries because this…
Wind power plants are rising thousands of feet into the sky, but so are concerns about potential wildlife impact. Renewable energy capacity must rapidly expand globally…
On September 3, 2026, GE Vernova and ESB announced a deal to supply 16 onshore wind turbines for the 96 MW Chleansaid Wind Farm in the…
Norway is testing whether artificial reefs can be created by expanding its wind capacity with floating structures. The shift toward electrification is driving up domestic electricity…
The order of events is the part worth holding onto. The machine stopped itself first. Its own systems saw something wrong and shut it down before…
George Wolff was still wiping the day off his hands when he leaned out to greet a visitor from the window of a parked truck —…
Everyone quotes the rotor. It is the number that fits in a headline. The number that actually decides the design is a much smaller one, measured…
The turbine on top of this thing is ordinary. It is the same class of machine bolted to steel legs all over the North Sea, driven…
The wind energy sector benefited massively when technology became an integral feature in the landscape because it allowed developers to execute projects that may have been…
A multi-year study of floating turbines off Portugal’s coast revealed surprising ecological findings. Global offshore wind power is rapidly growing to meet urgent clean energy needs.…
