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During his state-of-the-state address, Governor. Andrew Cuomo from New York called for enough offshore wind development to power 1.25 million homes. The governor asked the Long Island Power Authority to approve a 90MW project off the coast of Long Island, which would generate enough electricity to power 50,000 homes.
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Wind power employs just over 100,000 Americans according to new data released by the US Department of Energy (DOE), more than work at nuclear, natural gas, coal, or hydroelectric power plants. These wind jobs can be found across the nation.
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The World Wind Energy Association (WWEA), in partnership with Heinrich Böll Stiftung Pakistan, have launched the policy paper “Accelerating Wind Power Deployment in Pakistan: Capacity Building and Policy Options” on the occasion of a wind energy seminar held in Islamabad.
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The global microgrid market is estimated to reach US$ 35 billion by 2022 with a CAGR of 12% during 2016-2022. Many factors such as low costs for clean energy, energy storage technologies in microgrids, the military searching another options for energy resources, and tremendous climate effects on the working processes of grids are the driving factors of the microgrid market.
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A Word About Wind has launched its Finance 2017 report, examining the political and economic challenges facing the wind sector over the next twelve months. While the exact nature of some threats – such as Brexit – is as yet unknown, the report outlines how the sector can best cope in the face of such uncertainty.
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The US Energy Department has released a report which confirms that adding even limited electricity transmission can significantly reduce the costs of expanding wind energy to supply 35% of US electricity by 2050. The report, titled Reducing Wind Curtailment through Transmission Expansion in a Wind Vision Future and authored by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), affirms the findings of the Energy Department’s 2015 Wind Vision.
- Nacelle-mounted LIDAR systems for wind industry to grow with 7%
- Make releases global wind turbine trends 2016
- Europe and China drivers for long term growth of offshore wind market
- Offshore wind energy market size to exceed US$ 130 billion by 2023
- 100% renewable electricity system is the cheapest option for South America
- Fulfilling the opportunity of offshore wind potential in Taiwan
- Cumulative blade revenue is expected to total US$ 72.4 billion from 2016 to 2025
- O&M is key area for subsea companies to break into offshore wind market
- Renewables accounted for 13.8% of US generation in 2015
- Wind turbine services market is expected to exceed US$ 22 billion by 2025
- New report shows potential growth of distributed wind energy in the USA
- Politics in China and in North America alter global growth outlook negatively
- Fund dedicated to researching the environmental impact of offshore wind
- The US Interior Department develops foundation for the future of renewable energy program
- Policy change significantly impacts China’s wind power outlook
- IMCA publishes standardised boat landing research report
- Offshore wind could grow more than 650% by 2030
- American wind power on the rise with 20GW more on the way
- Egyptian wind power market slow to launch
- BOEM and California launch Offshore Renewable Energy Task Force
- Demand for lubricants for wind turbines will increase to 53.7 kilotonnes by 2020
- Europe regains ground in renewable energy investment attractiveness index
- Market4RES report lays out blueprint for large scale integration of renewables
- Wind power to dominate power sector growth
- Wind and solar power alone can meet the energy needs of a whole region
- Pile driving for offshore wind farms has no negative effects on harbor porpoise population
- Argentina could source 8% of electricity from renewables in 2017
- Worldwide wind capacity reaches 456GW
- Wind performance maps show deviations in the wind resource in every region
- Offshore wind report highlights innovations to reduce cost of energy