The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today reported that both wind and solar energy enjoyed a record-breaking year in 2008. However both industry trade groups say the renewable …

The US wind industry has just finished another record year, and the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) is looking ahead to further progress in 2009. Despite the industry being rocked by the financial crisis and …

A plan to build the United States’ first offshore wind farm moved forward last week, after the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection approved its proposed undersea cables to transmit power to the mainland.
The Cape Wind …

Germany has been deposed as the number one wind energy generator in the world by The United States. US wind producers had record year of growth in 2008 according to the American Wind Energy Association …

Wind power can be generated any time the wind is blowing at the same cost day and night. Because there’s no efficient way to store power when it’s generated but not needed, utilities and wind-power …

A 250 turbine wind farm planned to be built about 10 miles offshore in Wales has just been approved. The project will (hopefully) begin feeding electricity to the grid in 2012, and will have a …

Wind turbines usually lose up to 40 percent of potential energy because wind flow is not optimised past the turbine blades. The new FloDesign Wind Turbine takes design cues from jet engine designs in order …

Two rings of magnets (blue-gray), one within and the other outside a series of copper coils (red and green), turn to generate electricity.
Credit: Exro Technologies
A startup based in Vancouver, Canada, called ExRo Technologies, has developed …

Duke Energy Corp. plans to produce more than 5,000 megawatts of electricity from wind projects located primarily in the West, Southwest and Midwest. That’s more than 2.5 times the power generated by Rocky Mountain Power’s …

Xcel Energy Inc. and enXco will build wind farms in Minnesota and North Dakota that will generate 351 megawatts of power, Xcel announced Friday. EnXco is a renewable energy developer headquartered in Escondido, Calif. It …