Climate change is disturbing wind patterns across the globe in dramatic ways. And when combined with land-use change and desertification, these changes are spawning immense sand and dust storms that ...

Danish wind company Orsted wants out of a pair of New Jersey offshore wind projects so badly that it’s willing to lose up to $5.6 billion. Only one year after the Inflation Reduction Act beefed up tax ...

After a year of canceled projects, broken turbines, and abandoned lease sales, the global offshore wind industry no longer has much chance to hit the lofty targets set by governments in the U.S., ...

A record 117 gigawatts of wind power capacity was installed worldwide last year, slightly more than in 2023, but far less than needed to achieve goals to decarbonise energy, a report by the Global ...

Like any industry, wind energy has had its good and bad years. But 2025 may be one of the worst: a toxic stew of major policy ...

LITTLETON, Colorado, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Global electricity generation from solar farms has exceeded generation from wind farms since May, marking the longest ever stretch when solar power has been the ...

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC, Brussel, Belgium) has announced the release of the “Global Wind Report 2024,” which cites the installation of 117 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in 2023, making ...

The wind energy industry has been on an exponential growth curve for more than a decade. POWER looks at the drivers behind the growth and predictions for the future. Nearly 200 countries made major ...

Steel is a critical raw material for the wind industry. While steel makes up a quarter of the materials needed for onshore wind per MW, it jumps to a staggering 90% for offshore installations, ...

Global offshore wind installations are expected to surpass 520 GW by 2040, driven by strong growth in Europe and Asia. Floating wind technology will play a crucial role in expanding offshore wind ...