posts tagged as wind energy

Renewables Cannot Even Fill the Void of Retiring Nuclear Plants

According to BP’s 2018 edition of its Statistical Review of World Energy, renewable energy has not been able to fill the void...

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Study: Wind Power Increases Dependence on Fossil Fuels in EU; Germany Must Soon Begin to Scrap Its Wind Units—A New, Costly Environmental Issue

A study analyzing energy supply in the European Union shows that increasing the level of wind-generated electricity also increases the level of...

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Massachusetts and Rhode Island Announce Offshore Wind Farms; Brazil Complains About the Noise

Countries are finding that offshore wind is not only expensive, but noisy too. Brazil, the world’s eighth largest producer of wind power,...

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Offshore Wind States Beware

Off of the shore of Block Island on the Rhode Island coast, five wind turbines are operating and supplying power to the...

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South Australia Tries Wind First, Now Solar

South Australia, a state of 1.7 million people, is on a renewable energy kick and has encountered price and reliability issues. South...

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The Ever-Expanding Wind PTC

We’ve been hearing a lot lately about the economics of wind energy. In a recent earnings call, James Robo, CEO of NextEra...

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