NREL Says Wind Energy Boosts Grid Reliability
by Silvio Marcacci We’ve all heard the warnings about how intermittent renewables could “crash” the grid if for instance all of a sudden the wind stops blowing and grid operators are left in the lurch...
View ArticleLargest Wind Turbine in the World Installed in Denmark
by Guest Contributor Ari Phillips. A great example of Renewable Energy in action. The world’s largest and most powerful wind turbine (8 MW) undergoing testing at the Danish National Test Centre for...
View ArticleWind Power Growth in Emerging Markets Set for Double Digit Rise
by Joshua S Hill Renewable Energy in Emerging Markets. Navigant research predicts that many established markets will experience flat or single-digit wind power growth over the next few years, while the...
View ArticleWind Power Provides 55% of Denmark’s Electricity, December 2013
by Zachary Shahan. Renewable Energy. Wind farm near Copenhagen, Denmark in the early morning, via Shutterstock In December, wind power provided the country of Denmark with about 55% of its electricity....
View ArticleMassive Offshore Wind Farm Takes Shape Off Rhode Island
by Tina Casey. Renewable Energy. Turbine for Rhode Island offshore wind farm. Image courtesy of Alstom. When it comes to tapping into America’s vast offshore wind power potential along the East Coast,...
View ArticleDept. of Energy Data: Wind States Have Lower Electricity Rates
Guest Contributor AWEA Michael Goggin. Originally published on Into The Wind. A new white paper report finds that wind energy is keeping electric bills low for American homes and businesses, thanks to...
View ArticleSpain’s #1 Power Source in 2013? Wind Power!
by Cynthia Shahan. In Spain, power generation from wind farms and hydroelectric plants has spiraled upwards, escalating in the last year. The renewable power sector is a leading cause of Spain’s recent...
View ArticleDenmark Success! Turns Climate Goals into Climate Law
by Joshua S Hill. Denmark has officially enshrined their climate goals into law, as has been reported in several locations over the past 24 hours. The official Danish Twitter account (@denmarkdotdk)...
View ArticleIowa Wind Power at 27%, builds taller and innovative wind towers
by Tina Casey. We were just talking about GE’s new taller wind turbine tower, which will hit the market next week at a whopping 139 meters, when along comes the latest American Wind Energy Association...
View ArticleGlobal Wind Power Capacity to Double by 2020
Originally published on Energy Post. By Karel Beckman Image courtesy: reneweconomy.com.au Despite an overall slump in installations in 2013, the global cumulative wind power capacity will more than...
View ArticleClean & Clean-burn: Renewable Energy & Natural Gas powered Electricity Grids
Clean & Clean-burn: Renewable Energy and Natural Gas powered Electrical Grids by John Brian Shannon Clean and Clean-Burn: Energy, the way it should be Planetary energy graphic courtesy of Perez and...
View ArticleNicaragua’s renewable energy plan shows significant progress
Central American nation seeks energy independence via renewable energy In 2005, Nicaragua planned to reduce dependence on oil. Renewable energy may soon provide 80% of Nicaragua’s power. In 2005, the...
View ArticleSolar PV overtakes Wind as Australia’s #1 Renewable Energy
JBSNews.com Solar PV Power overtakes Wind Power in Australia Solar PV power surges past wind power in Australia as millions of rooftop solar panels get installed, chalking a win for distributed energy....
View ArticleNew Offshore Wind Farm for Germany
JBSNews.com German Offshore Wind Power is About to Scale-up with a 3.5 Billion Euro Offshore Wind Farm File photo. Danish energy company DONG has won the contract to build the largest offshore wind...
View ArticleSolar & Wind Catch Up With Coal & Gas
JBSNews.com Utility-scale Solar Power & Utility-scale Wind Power Catch Up With Coal-fired Power & Natural Gas-fired Electricity Generation In some regions of the U.S., the cost of utility-scale...
View ArticleChina adds 9.9 GW Solar Power Capacity, Jan-Oct 2015
JBSNews.com China adds 9.9 GW Solar Power Capacity in the First Nine Months of 2015 alone! Both Solar Power and Wind Power are Added at a Phenomenal Pace as the Explosive Growth in the Chinese...
View ArticleOffshore Wind Powers-up Rhode Island
JBSNews.com Offshore wind powers-up off America's East Coast with comparatively tiny steps compared to the huge European offshore wind industry.… Continue reading → The post Offshore Wind Powers-up...
View ArticleIowa Wind Power builds taller and innovative wind towers
JBSNews.com by Tina Casey We were just talking about GE’s new taller wind turbine tower, which will hit the market next week at a whopping 139 meters, when along comes the latest American Wind Energy...
View ArticleGlobal Wind Power Capacity to Double by 2020
JBSNews.com Originally published on Energy Post by Karel Beckman Despite an overall slump in installations in 2013, the cumulative global wind power capacity will more than double from 319.6 Gigawatts...
View ArticleClean Energy: Renewables & Natural Gas Powered Electricity Grids
JBSNews.com Clean Energy: Renewable Energy and Natural Gas powered Electrical Grids by John Brian Shannon Clean and Clean-Burn: Energy, the way it should be Planetary energy graphic courtesy of Perez...
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