Wind Energy News - WINDDAILY.Com brings you daily news on Wind Energy technology and solutions for domestic, business and industrial applications. http://www.winddaily.com/index.html Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:33 GMT Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:33 GMT en-us President Donald Trump's administration has reversed its halt on a giant offshore wind project in New York led by Norwegian company Equinor, US officials confirmed Tuesday. New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Equinor had announced the policy shift in statements Monday night, saying construction on the massive Empire Wind project would be able to resume following a month-long stoppage. An ]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:33 GMT The Trump administration has reversed a halt order on a giant offshore wind project in New York state, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Monday. The shift means construction can resume on the Empire Wind project, which is designed to deliver energy to Brooklyn, said statements from Hochul and Norwegian company Equinor. Hochul thanked President Donald Trump, saying in a statement t]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:33 GMT Norwegian energy giant Equinor said Wednesday the US decision to halt its New York offshore wind farm project was unlawful and warned that it was still weighing its legal options. In mid-April, the US government ordered a halt to Equinor's construction of the huge wind farm, dealing another blow to an industry President Donald Trump opposes. Valued by Equinor at $2.5 billion, the Empire ]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:33 GMT The US government has ordered a halt to construction of a huge wind farm off the New York coast by Norwegian energy company Equinor, dealing another blow to an industry President Donald Trump opposes. Equinor said in a statement on Thursday that it had taken "immediate steps" to comply with the decision, but it was also "considering its legal remedies, including appealing the order". Val]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:33 GMT China has rushed ahead in recent years as the world's forerunner in wind energy, propelled by explosive local demand as Beijing aggressively pursues strategic and environmental targets. Goldwind - the country's sector champion - is set to publish financial results for last year on Friday, offering a window into how its domestic operations and overseas expansion efforts are faring. AFP ]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:33 GMT Chinese clean energy giant Goldwind charted solid growth last year, a stock filing showed Friday, as the leading turbine manufacturer's push into overseas markets continues to deepen. China now dominates the global wind sector in terms of total installed capacity, aided over the years by generous strategic subsidies from Beijing and rapid growth in the vast domestic market. Goldwind and ]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:33 GMT Inside Dr. Todd Griffith's laboratory stands a 6-foot-tall wind turbine that looks like an upside-down eggbeater; it's actually a small-scale prototype for a radically different type of offshore wind turbine. Griffith and his team of University of Texas at Dallas researchers recently demonstrated through extensive testing that the prototype works. The design shows promise for capturing unt]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:33 GMT A Penn State engineering student refined a century-old math problem into a simpler, more elegant form, making it easier to use and explore. Divya Tyagi's work expands research in aerodynamics, unlocking new possibilities in wind turbine design that Hermann Glauert, a British aerodynamicist and the original author, did not consider. Tyagi, a graduate stude]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:33 GMT A Chinese-made offshore wind farm planned in the North Sea raises security risks, including espionage, that are being studied "very seriously", the German government said Monday. The German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies (GIDS), which has links to the German armed forces, estimates that the 16 wind turbines planned near Borkum pose risks ranging from political influence, espiona]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:33 GMT Climate change and efforts to curb it by moving away from fossil fuels are both threatening the rights and livelihood of Sami indigenous people in the Arctic, Amnesty International said Friday. There are about 100,000 Samis - considered Europe's last indigenous population - many of whom live from traditional reindeer herding, which requires vast open spaces. But the expansion of infras]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:33 GMT Researchers at EPFL's Wind Engineering and Renewable Energy Laboratory (WiRE) have successfully applied explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) to improve the reliability of wind power forecasts. Published in Applied Energy, their study demonstrates how XAI can enhance the transparency of AI models used in wind power forecasting, helping operators trust their predictions and ensure more stable]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:33 GMT Donald Trump has long ranted against wind energy - claiming turbines are unsightly, dangerous to wildlife and too expensive - with him threatening to upend decades of industry progress just a few hours after resuming power. "We're not going to do the wind thing," Trump said Monday as he returned to the Oval Office for the first time in four years as commander-in-chief. "Big, ugly windm]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:33 GMT The United States is falling behind the European Union in the rollout of wind power and risks being overtaken by China, a think tank said Thursday, days after Trump announced a crackdown on new wind projects. Shortly after his inauguration on Monday, Donald Trump signed an executive order pausing the development of new wind energy projects, following up on a campaign promise to no longer fun]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:33 GMT A novel vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) prototype will soon undergo field trials south of Adelaide, marking a significant collaboration between Flinders University and South Australian start-up VAWT-X Energy. Supported by state and federal funding, this project highlights an innovative approach to renewable energy solutions. The research team has developed a 6KW prototype, which will be ]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:33 GMT The future of floating wind power, a vital frontier for deepwater offshore energy, is gaining momentum with a novel cryptographic framework designed to secure and streamline data sharing among stakeholders. Researchers Claudia Bartoli of the IMDEA Software Institute and Irene Rivera-Arreba from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) unveiled this innovative protocol at the Win]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:33 GMT