Renewable Energy News

The offshore wind industry continues to grow as nations look to change Europe’s oil and gas hub into a major source of renewable energy.

The 15-year power purchase agreement relates to 240 megawatts from Dogger Bank C, the third and final phase of the 3.6 gigawatt Dogger Bank Wind Farm, which will be located in waters off the coast of northeast England.

The Antípodas project was announced by the Chilean government last week. It is aimed at taking advantage of the huge solar potential of the Atacama Desert, which is the world’s region with the highest solar radiation.

Environment America Research and Policy Center’s report “Renewables on the Rise” shows a significant increase in renewable energy production across the country since 2011. Oklahoma is among the most improved states in wind energy production growth, second only to Texas.

The country’s largest offshore wind farm just got a lot more expensive. Dominion Energy Inc. disclosed Friday that its plan to raise 180 turbines off the coast of Virginia Beach will cost ratepayers $2 billion more than previously thought.

As the United States looks to pour billions into offshore wind development, the COP26 host nation has some lessons to share.

Today in Glasgow at COP26, Canada, Mexico and the United States, as part of trilateral work under the Environmental Cooperation Agreement, are launching a North American initiative to support isolated, remote and Indigenous communities transition to clean, renewable and reliable sources of energy, in collaboration with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) as part of a long-term global initiative.

ArsTechnica reports that the benefits of using renewables would trickle off into healthcare for a simple reason: with fewer environmental pollutants, fewer people can get sick.

The Biden administration’s Department of the Interior yesterday announced new actions to build offshore wind farms in the Atlantic, off the coasts of Massachusetts and the Carolinas, and in the Gulf of Mexico.

Last four years have proven that the industry is past its formative years