Courts allow another wind farm to resume construction
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Scotland’s biggest offshore wind farm wasted three quarters of the energy it produced last year after being paid to switch off its turbines.
Two wind farms off the west and north Wales coastline have secured UK government funding to supply the national grid, with up to 7,000 jobs expected to be created. The Erebus wind farm, set to be built off the coast of Pembrokeshire, would become Wales' first floating offshore wind farm, following two projects already operating in Scotland.
China has more wind power than any country in the world and is currently adding twice as much as the rest of the world combined.
U.S. District Judge Jamar Walker granted a preliminary injunction Friday to Dominion Energy after finding the Trump administration’s December work stoppage on the company’s offshore
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Judge hands offshore wind industry another victory against Trump in clearing way for NY project
A federal judge has cleared the way for a New York offshore wind project to resume construction. It’s a victory for the developer who said a Trump administration order to pause it would likely kill the project in a matter of days.
Antrim Wind, a nine-turbine wind farm in Antrim, has been providing renewable energy to the region for six years and has provided a financial benefit to the town, while also addressing environmental concerns with wildlife protection measures and noise mitigation.
As federal subsidies phase out for new wind energy projects, wind developers and opponents are regrouping. In Wyoming and Nebraska, residents
BnM (formerly Bord na Móna) is building the third phase of the country’s biggest wind farm at Oweninny, Bellacorrick, Co Mayo. To make way for this, the company decommissioned the original wind turbines there, which have been operating since 1992 and generated enough electricity to power up to 4,500 homes.
A federal judge is considering whether to set aside a Trump administration order pausing the construction of a major offshore project for New York.