The Massachusetts Legislature enacted and sent to the Governor a bill which would require the state to contract for 1,600 MW of offshore wind power by 2027. Early last month we reported that the Massachusetts House and Senate were working on passing an energy bill that would see the state solicit as much as 2 GW of…
Read moreSystem Chops Months Off Timeline
A team of researchers at MIT has come up with an out-of-the-ordinary method for accurately predicting wind speeds for proposed wind farms. The new system uses only 3 months of data, compared to the 8- to 12-month period typically required to select a site for new wind farms. That’s a huge deal in the wind industry. A…
Read moreAmazon Announces Largest Renewable Energy Project To Date
Amazon Web Services has announced its largest renewable energy project to date, a 208 MW wind farm that will supply current and future Amazon cloud data centers. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is responsible for hosting many of the internet’s most popular websites, where “the cloud” most assuredly meets the ground in one of thousands,…
Read moreWind Power In Scotland Continues To Astound
Scotland’s wind energy industry continues to astound observers, with the most recent figures from June showing that wind generated more than double the outputs, compared to a year earlier. According to data provided and analysed by WeatherEnergy, and reported by Energy Voice, Scottish wind electricity output more than doubled in June, compared to the same time…
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