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How Dominion Energy Plans to Launch an Offshore Wind Empire

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Four years after the Block Island project first put wind turbines in American waters, the second U.S. offshore wind farm is about to rise 30 miles off Virginia Beach, and it’s happening in the middle of a pandemic. offshore wind project over the finish line — and the first to do so in federal waters.

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American Electric Power’s 1.5GW Wind Project Set to Sail Ahead

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American Electric Power has secured enough state regulator approvals to move ahead with a 1,485-megawatt wind power project in Oklahoma — even if Texas regulators end up denying its plans. That 2-gigawatt development was rejected by Texas regulators in August 2018 on the grounds that its $3 billion price tag and the need for a new $1.6

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Vineyard Wind Prevails as Connecticut Chooses 804MW Offshore Wind Project

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Connecticut on Thursday selected Vineyard Wind’s 804-megawatt Park City project as the winner of its first offshore wind solicitation, setting up the seaport city of Bridgeport to become a significant hub for the emerging U.S. where state offshore wind targets have rapidly grown to exceed 20 gigawatts.

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10 most common causes of lost energy in wind systems

Renewable Energy World

To the wind industry, to the energy transition, and perhaps most of all, to the sustainability of the planet. Curbing the amount of asset energy loss is critical to the effectiveness of wind to the energy transition – yet so far there hasn’t been a comprehensive solution. Read more: What a year for wind. so far in 2021.

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The government has made this crisis worse than it needed to be

Business Green

The delicate equations required to gently wind down fossil fuel supply and demand in unison were always going to be immensely challenging, even before you realise some of those equations have to be carried out by violent sociopaths.

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The 5 Most Promising Long-Duration Storage Technologies Left Standing

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Long duration energy storage holds great potential for a world in which wind and solar power dominate new power plant additions and gradually overtake other sources of electricity. Wind and solar only produce at certain times, so they need a complementary technology to help fill the gaps. and other developed countries.

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Labour draws green dividing lines with promise of net zero emission power by 2030

Business Green

Labour's Party Conference kicked off yesterday, with the new tag line 'A Fairer, Greener Future' on prominent display, and the opening policy announcement coming in the form of a commitment to deliver a net zero emissions power system by 2030, a full five years earlier than the government's current 2035 target date.