Global wind report 2024
The global wind industry installed a record 117GW of new capacity in 2023, making it the best year ever for new wind energy, finds this year’s Global Wind Report from the Global Wind Energy Council. The
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Clean Energy Investment Leaps In Second Quarter
Global investment in clean energy and climate-friendly technologies leapt in the last three months but full-year levels won't recover until 2010 or 2011, analysts said on Wednesday. Falling energy demand and more expensive debt have hurt large renewable projects for example in wind and solar power. Recession has cut risk appetite, curbing funding for clean technology start-ups.
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UK Wind Boom Spikes Prices, Threatens Plants: Study
The dramatic growth in wind turbines around the British Isles may lead to huge spikes in power prices by 2030 and threaten the viability of backup plants needed for calm periods, according to Poyry Energy Consulting.
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German Study Sees Job Boom From Sahara Solar Project
- A project linking solar power from the Sahara to energy users in Europe and North Africa could create 240,000 German jobs and generate 2 trillion euros ($2,822 billion) worth of power by 2050, a study published on Thursday found.
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New offshore wind farms could power every UK home
The findings of a strategic environmental assessment open the way for an increase in the number of offshore wind farms, which could produce enough energy to power every household in the UK.
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Green Power Takes Root in the Chinese Desert
By KEITH BRADSHER DUNHUANG, China
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This streetlight harnesses wind, solar energy
N. Anand ONE MORE ATTRACTION: The hybrid streetlight installed at Mudaliarkuppam on East Coast Road. CHENNAI: The Rain Drop Boat House at Mudaliarkuppam off East Coast Road has one more attraction
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Wind energy in Indian country: a study of the challenges and opportunities facing South Dakota tribes
The proliferation of wind energy as a viable alternative to fossil based fuels used in the production of electricity is well documented. (1) While media reports on the influx of wind power farms often shed a positive light on the use of wind for generating electricity, few reports have squarely addressed the challenges faced by states, municipalities, and investors in implementing such projects.
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US wind power market: showing muscle in the crisis
The US wind power market has put on a breathtaking turn of speed in the last few years. And now, the incentives have been improved and the supply chain strengthened.
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The figures show growth
It keeps on growing and growing - the installed capacity for renewable energy sources. Some regions in Europe are doing especially well out of the renewable energy industry.
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Pickens's Pullback Could Signal Shift In The Wind
Oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens's step back from his plan to build the world's largest wind farm in Texas shows how a brutal recession could change the way the United States invests in renewable energy.