WINDDAILY

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Wind to lead U.S. electric capacity additions at power plants in 2019
Jan 11, 2019 (UPI)
Of the expected 23.7 gigawatts of new electricity capacity additions for this year in the United States' power plants, 46 percent of it comes from wind projects...
Upwind wind plants can reduce flow to downwind neighbors
Dec 19, 2018 (SPX)
In collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU) and the University of Denver (DU) deve...
More than air: Researchers fine-tune wind farm simulation
Dec 17, 2018 (SPX)
A collaborative research team based in Beijing, China, is working to better understand the effect wind farms have locally and globally by examining the performa...
Widespread decrease in wind energy resources found over the Northern Hemisphere
Dec 06, 2018 (SPX)
In 2016, renewable energy contributes more than 19% to the global final energy consumption. Of all the renewable energy sources, the wind is one of the key play...
Wind power vulnerable to climate change in India
Dec 06, 2018 (SPX)
India, the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases behind China and the United States, is investing billions in wind power and has set the ambitious goal to d...
Coordinated development could help wind farms be better neighbors
Nov 27, 2018 (SPX)
The study, undertaken in collaboration with the University of Denver (DU) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), combines legal and economic analy...
Roadmap to accelerate offshore wind industry in the United States
Nov 16, 2018 (SPX)
Established in response to industry-led feedback, the Roadmap establishes a long-term vision for innovative offshore wind technology development in the United S...
Making wind farms more efficient
Nov 12, 2018 (SPX)
Wind energy is on the rise, and not just in the US," said Mohammad Rasouli, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Penn State Erie, the Behrend Colleg...
DNV GL successfully completed technical due diligence for 25 MW Windfloat Atlantic floating wind project
Nov 08, 2018 (SPX)
The project is the first project-financed floating wind farm. The due diligence undertaken by DNV GL was instrumental in helping the project to secure the fundi...
Denmark-based Orsted adds to its U.S. wind energy assets
Nov 08, 2018 (UPI)
Orsted closed the $510-million purchase of Deepwater Wind, and created Orsted US Offshore Wind, a company that will deliver clean energy to every state "in the ...
Wind farm 'predator' effect hits ecosystems: study
Nov 05, 2018 (AFP)
Wind is the fastest-growing renewable energy sector, supplying around four percent of global electricity demand. Close to 17 million hectares -- an area roughly...
Coal-dependent Poland shifts on wind ahead of climate meeting
Nov 04, 2018 (AFP)
The change comes ahead of the COP24 World Climate Conference that opens December 2 in the southern Polish city of Katowice, a coal mining hub long among the mai...
Extreme weather forcing renewable operators to strengthen project economics
Oct 18, 2018 (SPX)
The report identifies major project development trends in the fast-growing renewables sector, based on data gathered from some of the most innovative wind and s...
Wind farms and reducing hurricane precipitation
Oct 18, 2018 (SPX)
Archer said that while previous studies have shown that hypothetical offshore wind farms can harness the kinetic energy from hurricanes and lessen the effects o...
Ingeteam opens new high-tech production facility for electrical wind turbine components in India
Oct 12, 2018 (SPX)
Located in the Tamil Nadu region, Ingeteam's new 3,500m2 facility is equipped with state-of-the-art production technology. The production plant in India will ma...
Wind turbine installation vessel launching and construction supervision contract
Oct 11, 2018 (SPX)
The wind turbine installation vessel is a self-elevating vessel with a large open deck. A wind turbine installation vessel can rapidly raise its hull clear of t...
UCSB mechanical engineer develops ways to improve windfarm productivity
Oct 09, 2018 (SPX)
"We've been designing turbines for use by themselves, but we almost never use them by themselves anymore," said UC Santa Barbara mechanical engineering professo...
Large-scale US wind power would cause warming that would take roughly a century to offset
Oct 08, 2018 (SPX)
Research publishing in the journal Joule on October 4 reports the most accurate modelling yet of how increasing wind power would affect climate, finding that la...
Large-scale wind power needs more land, causes more climatic impact than previously thought
Oct 08, 2018 (SPX)
As the world begins its large-scale transition towards low-carbon energy sources, it is vital that the pros and cons of each type are well understood and the en...
Wind turbines contribute to climate change: study
Oct 04, 2018 (AFP)
Researchers from Harvard University found that powering the entire United States with wind energy would cause a 0.54 degree Celsius ground temperature rise in t...
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