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Storing Energy in the Sea — A New Design for Marine Energy Storage William Steel September 9, 2016 |
Engineers in Germany are gearing up for pilot-scale testing of a promising new design for marine energy storage. The Stored Energy in… Full Article
How DONG Energy Bid Offshore Wind at Just 8 Cents Susan Kraemer September 14, 2016
Offshore wind prices have dropped much faster than they were forecast to do. A decade ago, prices as high as 21 cents per kWh were the norm… Full Article
Understanding Risk for New Wind Technology in New Wind Markets Jennifer Runyon September 13, 2016
Building a wind farm is no small undertaking. With costs ranging from US $2 million to $5 million per MW installed, the financial backing of a… Full Article
Wind Power Price Driven to Record in North Sea Anna Hirtenstein September 13, 2016
Vattenfall AB won a tender to build two offshore wind farms in the Danish North Sea with a record-breaking bid of 60 euros ($67.33)/MWh. Full Article
Does Renewable Energy Raise Electricity Prices? Daniel Fleischmann September 13, 2016
Since the big push from the U.S. government for investment in renewable energy in 2009, we’ve had the opportunity to see how prices… Full Article
US Plans for 86 GW of Offshore Wind Chris Martin September 13, 2016
The U.S. just completed its first offshore wind farm, with 30 megawatts of capacity off the coast of Rhode Island, and has laid out a plan to… Full Article
Argentina Auction Attracts Proposals for 6 GW of Solar, Wind Vanessa Dezem and Silvia Martinez September 12, 2016
Renewable energy developers in Argentina applied to sell 6,366 MW of power in an October auction, more than six times the amount the… Full Article
Hybrid Solar and Wind Systems Attract Turbine Makers in India Anindya Upadhyay September 8, 2016
Wind turbine makers in India are looking at building more renewable energy projects that would combine solar and wind in a bid to provide a… Full Article
23 States to Rely on Geothermal, Solar, or Wind Power as a Primary Source of Electric Generation in 2016 Daniel Fleischmann September 8, 2016
At the end of the 20th century, electric generation in the U.S. came primarily from five sources; coal, nuclear, natural gas, petroleum, and… Full Article
US Firm in Battle for East African Multimillion Dollar Wind Power Project Maina Waruru September 1, 2016
A sustained seven-year effort by U.S. wind power firm Cordisons International Ltd. to put up a multimillion dollar 90-MW wind farm in Kenya… Full Article