It’s seen as the missing link in the race for carbon-neutrality: “green” hydrogen produced without fossil fuel energy is a popular buzzword in competing press releases and investment plans across the globe.
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The Biden administration on Monday announced its plans to rapidly expand offshore wind farming along the East Coast and create thousands of jobs in the process.
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A huge wind farm off the Massachusetts coast is edging closer to federal approval, setting up what the Biden administration hopes will be a model for a sharp increase in offshore wind energy development along the East Coast.
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The group wants to block rules enacted by the state utilities regulator that they say unlawfully create barriers to local clean energy sources like solar panels.
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California would set a strict new offshore wind production mandate under a proposal supporters claim could produce a rush of clean energy and jobs.
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Denmark has agreed to build an island in the North Sea that would gather and distribute electricity from wind energy farms.
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A group of residents say local officials failed to properly assess environmental and safety hazards in granting an easement to build a power line through the town of Wainscott on Long Island.
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In his State of the State address, the governor of New York announced plans to build the country’s largest wind energy infrastructure, to be transmitted throughout the state by an “energy superhighway.”
Read moreNorth American Sugar Industries has accused DSV Air & Sea of using property and equipment confiscated by the Cuban government in the late 1950s to build a wind farm project for a Cuban entity.
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Scientists have built a portable wind “turbine” to harness the power of a slight breeze. In the future, they plan to build a full-size version that may even compete with traditional wind turbines.
Read moreBackcountry Against Dumps sued the Bureau of Indian Affairs on environmental grounds in federal court, fighting a lease to the Campo Band of Diegueño Indians to build a wind energy project 70 miles east of San Diego.
Read moreTwo residents sued Santa Barbara County in superior court for approving 29 wind turbines on hillsides and ridgelines, allegedly in violation of county codes.
Read moreCalling for a 25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, California regulators on Thursday approved rules meant to shutter gas-fired power plants and force electrical companies to further embrace climate-friendly sources like solar and wind.
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Lawmakers in Missouri’s Republican-led state House on Monday voted to ban the use of eminent domain for a large wind-energy power line, a move that could present a major setback for the project.
Read moreThe American Bird Conservancy sued the Department of Energy and Army Corps of Engineers in federal court, claiming their funding and authorization of the offshore Icebreaker Wind Project in Lake Erie “presents serious risks to millions of birds and bats per year that migrate through the Project area.”
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Increasing energy output from solar and wind power could result in less groundwater usage and more drought-resistant environments, according to a study published Wednesday in Nature Communications.
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While renewable energy helps to cut down on harmful greenhouse gas emissions, a Harvard study released Tuesday finds that installing wind turbines and solar power in the Upper Midwest and mid-Atlantic regions can help maximize improvements in both public health and the economy.
Read moreVirginia Governor Ralph Northam announced a new contract Friday to power state government buildings using solar and wind farms, making it the largest renewable energy agreement in the nation.
Read moreSeen from above, the sprawling landscape of West Texas can look something like a checkerboard.
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Lower costs and improved technology in wind and solar energy have helped the United States produce almost five times more electricity from renewable sources than it did a decade ago, according to a new analysis from an environmental advocacy group.
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