Australia Plans to Expand Into The Wind Industry
A new Labor government has come in to power with ambitions to transform Australia’s approach to climate change with a $20bn dollar investment into the renewable industry. The political party are promising to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by 43%, which is a considerably higher cut promise than the previous liberal coalition’s target of 26-28%. […]
Plans Are Outlined For The Third US Offshore Wind Farm
On Wednesday 28th July 2022, New York governor Kathy Hochul outlined plans to hold the state’s third offshore wind tender, through which it hopes to secure at least 2GW, in line with its goal to have 9 GW of offshore wind turbines by 2035. New York has a plan to source 70% of its total […]
General Electric Haliade-X
General Electric invested 400 million dollars to create the Haliade-X. It is the largest wind turbine to ever be manufactured, sitting 260 metres above sea level. The Haliade-X in the 12MW variant, has a 63% capacity factor above industry standard. It is as tall as an 85-story building and each blade is 107m long. The […]
The Rise of Wind Power in the US
In 2020 the US saw a record high in wind power production with over 17GW of new capacity installed. Texas ranks first in the US for installed wind capacity and numbers of turbines, which generates a staggering 28% of the nation’s total wind power. Wind has become the ‘most-used’ source of renewable electricity generation in […]
Wind Powers New Floating Revolution
A large volume of the worlds energy still comes from fossil fuels – these are coal, oil, and gas. Now governments from around the world are racing to reach net zero and become the first country to solely rely on renewable energy. Developers are taking wind turbines to deep water, which was previously unchartered territory. […]