2023 was a record year for wind installations as world ramps up clean energy, report says

The world installed 117 gigawatts of new wind power capacity in 2023, a 50% increase from the year before, making it the best year for new wind projects on record, according to a new report by the industry’s trade association

Maine wants to lead in offshore wind. The state's governor says she has location for a key wind port

Maine's governor says a state-owned site on the coast of Maine will serve as the location of an offshore wind port critical to developing the nation’s first floating offshore wind power research array

India's clean energy boom slows as new solar projects get delayed. Experts say it can pick back up

For years, renewable projects in India have been growing steadily — from small-town rooftop solar installations to large-scale projects across the desert and long stretches of wind turbines and solar panels on farmland all helping the...

India's clean energy boom slows as new solar projects get delayed. Experts say it can pick back up

For years, renewable projects in India have been growing steadily — from small-town rooftop solar installations to large-scale projects across the desert and long stretches of wind turbines and solar panels on farmland all helping the...

The Air Force asks Congress to protect its nuclear launch sites from encroaching wind turbines

The Air Force is asking Congress to restrict further construction of the towering wind turbines that have edged closer to its nuclear missile sites in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Nebraska and Colorado

Former coal-fired power plant razed to make way for offshore wind electricity connection

A giant smokestack that was part of the landscape for millions of tourists heading to beaches on the southern New Jersey shore came down Thursday

Electrical grids aren't keeping up with the green energy push. That could risk climate goals

Stalled spending on electrical grids worldwide is slowing the rollout of renewable energy and could put efforts to limit climate change at risk if millions of miles of power lines aren't added or refurbished in the next few years

Pictured: Offshore wind turbine bursts into flames

Images from North Denes beach in Lowestoft, Suffolk, show black smoke billowing from one of the blades

Maine plans to use offshore wind for half its energy needs by 2040

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has signed into law a bill to procure 3,000 megawatts of electricity from offshore wind turbines by 2040, enough to power about half of the state’s electricity load

Maine plans to use offshore wind for half its energy needs by 2040

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has signed into law a bill to procure 3,000 megawatts of electricity from offshore wind turbines by 2040, enough to power about half of the state’s electricity load

Proposal before Maine lawmakers would jumpstart offshore wind projects

Maine is poised to launch an offshore wind program that would meet clean energy goals and produce enough power for about 900,000 homes from floating wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine

Build begins on Wyoming-to-California power line amid growing wind power concern

Wyoming and federal officials will formally kick off construction Tuesday of a massive transmission line project to export wind power from Wyoming to southern California

Renewable energy surges, driven by solar boom and high fuel prices, report finds

The world is set to add a record amount of renewable electricity capacity this year as governments and consumers seek to offset high energy prices and take advantage of a boom in solar power

Renewable energy surges, driven by solar boom and high fuel prices, report finds

The world is set to add a record amount of renewable electricity capacity this year as governments and consumers seek to offset high energy prices and take advantage of a boom in solar power

National Grid ordered to fix ‘unacceptable’ delays that threaten net zero

Ofgem boss demands reforms to speed up connection of solar farms and wind turbines

Net zero Britain will be unable to keep the lights on, MPs warn

Green power unlikely to generate enough energy to run the country without radical reform, says Business Select Committee

BT Tower among tall buildings set to become wind turbines in net zero drive

The Treasury is understood to be 'hugely supportive' of the scheme as it will help bring down the cost of electricity in London

US energy officials release strategy to boost offshore wind

The U.S. Energy Department said Wednesday it has a new strategy to help meet the nation’s goals to vastly expand offshore wind energy

Texas drove out Chinese firm, not the wind farm it planned

Long before a Chinese spy balloon captivated the U.S. last month, Kyle Bass foresaw a foreign danger planned for the skies above his Texas property

Green 'Colonialism'? Greta Thunberg Joins Indigenous Protest Opposing Wind Power in Norway

Despite starting off as a pure environmentalist, Thunberg shifted to becoming a catch-all type of activist, campaigning for everything from indigenous communities to trans rights.

Germany seeks to link all wind parks in North Sea

Germany wants to set up a new power line network to connect its own offshore wind parks with those of its North Sea neighbors in order to eliminate bottlenecks in the European energy market