Wind

Wind, Solar Provide 67% of New US Electric Generating Capacity in Q1-2 2022 - 0822

U.S. Wind Passed Coal, Nuclear Power for 1st Time on Record 0422

Where Can We Put All Those Wind Turbines? 0321

Wind Tops Coal in U.S. Power, Marking Its Rapid Ascent 0420

U.S. Wind Power Is ‘Going All Out’ with Bigger Tech, Falling Prices 0818

Aging Wind Farms Are Re-Powering with Longer Blades, More Efficient Turbines 0318

Wind Power Costs Could Drop 50%, and Solar PV Provide 50% of Global Power 0817

U.S. Wind Energy Installations Surge - a New Turbine Rises Every 2.4 Hours 0517

Wind Power Briefly Supplied 52% of Electricity in US Southwest Power Pool 0217 - MT & ND to LA & NM

Wind Power Capacity Surpasses Hydroelectric in the US 0217

Why Is Corporate America Picking Wind Power over Solar? 1216

New U.S. Wind Power Capacity Falls in 3rd Quarter, but Construction Rises 1016

Bigger, Better, Cheaper - Wind Power Is Flourishing in the US 0816

Red States Are Leading the Way in Renewable Energy 0516

U.S. No Longer Top Wind Turbine Producer.  China Is. 0216

Wind Power Continues Steady Growth Across the U.S. 1215

Wind Power Sets Records, as Countries Seek Climate Fixes 0815

US Wind Energy Boom Couldn’t Be Coming at a Better Time 0815

Mighty Optimistic Wind Estimate Fuels EPA’s CO2 Rule 0815

Taller Turbine Towers Make Wind Power Poised to Spread to All States 0515

Why 2015 Could Be Record Year for Greening US Energy 0415

3 Reasons Solar and Wind Energy Will Take Over the Grid Soon 0415

Here’s How Much Faster Wind and Solar Are Growing than Fossil Fuels 0315

Wind Power Could Be 35% of US Supply by 2050 - 0315

Wind Power Beats Nuclear Again in China & Hydro in the U.S. for the 1st Time 0315

Wind Power Rose Strongly in 2014, in US (6 x), China, Germany & Brazil 0115

The Rise and Fall of Wind Power in America 1214

Solar and Wind Energy Start to Win on Price vs. Conventional Fuels 1114

Will Renewable Energy Ruin an 'Irreplaceable' Mojave Desert Oasis? 1114 - See above also for this combined wind-solar project.

Wind Energy’s Costs Decline, Contributions to Energy Mix Grow 0414

Wind’s Cost Falling, More Improvement Possible 1113

Cost of US Wind Power Down 50% in 4 Years - 0813 - PDF

9 States Now at 10% Wind Power; 2 over 20% 0713

Blown Away - US Wind in 2012 0613

GE Sees US Wind Market Doubling 0513 

Is the Sky The Limit For Wind Power? 0313 

Fiscal Cliff Deal Extends Wind Tax Credit 0113 

New Wind Projects Coming to Beat Tax Credit Expiration 1212

Wind Industry OK with Giving Up Tax Credit 1212

Wind Can Power 30% of US by 2024, Exec Sum 0110 - PDF, 48 pp

Wind Could Replace Coal - Salazar - 0409

Wind & Sun Bloom in US 1008

Texas Wind Energy Production and Jobs Are Growing, Coal Is Dying 0220

Renewables Hit a Transmission Wall in Saturated Upper Midwest Grid 1219

U.S. Readies 1st Wind-Powered Steel Plant 1119 in Sedalia, Missouri. 75 MW with electric arc furnaces

Kansas State University to Get Half of Campus Energy from Wind Farm 1118

General Motors Will Soon Use Wind Power to Build Pickups and SUVs 1018 - Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Texas

Xcel Plans to Shut 660 MW of Coal, Build 1.8 GW Renewables in Colorado 0618

Missouri Utility’s Ambitious Wind Energy Plan Facing Pushback 0518

Wind Power Keeps Breaking Records In Central US 0318 - 14-state SPP had 60.6% of kWh from wind Mar 16, 2018.

Xcel Solicitation Returns ‘Incredible' Renewable Energy, Storage Bids 0118 - 2.1¢/kWh median bid for wind + storage

Xcel Learns to Forecast Wind, Then Shuts Coal Plants 1217

In a Sign of the Times, the Largest US Wind Farm Is Growing in Oklahoma 0717

America's Wind Energy Boom May Finally Be Coming to the Southeast 0417 - $400 million wind farm in NC for Amazon

Wild West of Wind - Republicans Push Texas as Green Energy Leader 0217 - 20+ GW and 12.7% of kWh

Wind Power Briefly Supplied 52% of Electricity in US Southwest Power Pool 0217 - MT & ND to LA & NM

California Demand for Wind Power Energizes Transmission Firms 0217 - led by TransWest line, see map above

New York Seeks to Develop U.S.'s Biggest Offshore Wind Projects 0117

Iowa Utilities Board Approves Huge 2,000 MW Wind Energy Project 0816

Who Owns the Wind?  We Do, Wyoming Says; It's Taxing Those Who Use It. 0816

Massachusetts' Ambitious Clean Energy Bill Jolts Offshore Wind Prospects 0816

Hawaii Eyes Offshore Wind to Reach its 100% Clean Energy Goal 0716

In Iowa, a Bipartisan Push to Become Leader in Wind Energy 0616

Wind and Solar Could Meet Nearly All Midwest Energy Needs by 2050 - 0616

U.S. Utilities Boost Investments in Wind, Solar Power 0516 - Duke, Southern & Berkshire Hataway Energy.
Wholesale, wind averages 2.9¢/kWh, solar 5.7.  Coal and gas 3.5.

Iowa Wind Boom Highlights Transformation in Midwest 0516 - 2,000 MW wind farm will bring Iowa to 40% wind in 2019.  MidAmerican’s goal is 100% wind for all its customers.

Texas Poised to Integrate More Wind, Solar Energy 0316

Xcel CEO Leans on Midwest Wind Power to Close Gap with Coal, Gas 1215

Texas Utility Offers a Nighttime Special - Free Electricity 1115

Warming May Boost Wind Energy in Plains States 0715

Plan to Expand Regional Support for Wind Power Takes Shape in the Midwest 0315

Georgetown, Texas Goes All In on Renewable Energy 0315

Wind-Gas Hybrid Power -- Wyoming's Idea of California Dreamin' 0215

Texas Becoming Less Reliant on Coal to Generate Electricity 1214

Conservative Iowa Farmers Find a New Cash Crop – Sun & Wind 1114

Wind Energy Plan Hinges on Huge Utah Caverns 0914

Grid Operator PJM - 30% Wind Power Slashes Pollution and Costs, Is Reliable 0514

Massachusetts Is at the Front of the Wind Energy Pipeline 0414

New England's 'Largest' Renewables Procurement Is All Wind 0214

New Power Lines to Make Texas World’s 5th-Biggest Wind Power Producer 0214

Maine PUC OKs Monhegan Offshore Wind Project 0114

Michigan's New Tourist Attraction?  Wind Turbines 1013

Western Wind Power May Soon Compete With Natural Gas 0913

Iowa to Add 1 GW of Wind at No Net Cost to Ratepayers 0813

Ohio Project Revives Local Debate on Lake Erie Wind Turbines 0813

Midwest Utility Places Major New Bet on Wind Power 0513

Wind Power Hits 57% in Colorado 0812

Record Wind Power for Texas 0312

Patent Ruling Slams GE’s Wind Turbine Business and US Offshore Wind Industry 0922

Massachusetts Just Passed a Massive Climate and Clean Energy Bill 0822

California Sets Ambitious Offshore Wind Power Goal 0822

Offshore Wind Auction Raises $4.4 Billion to Topple Record 0222 - Upwards of 7 GW of powere could ensue.

Offshore Wind Farms in the Gulf of Mexico Could Create 17,500 Jobs 0122

Dominion, Siemens Gamesa Plan Virginia Offshore Wind Power Hub 1021

Biden Administration Approves 1st Offshore Wind Farm for New York 1121

Floating Wind Farms Are About to Transform the Oceans 1021 - Lots on process to try to get fishermen on board.  US Pacific offshore is steep, so floating wind turbines make most sense there.  Ideal wind, 33 miles offshore.  100 floating turbines on standardized platforms.

Biden Administration Plans Wind Farms along Nearly the Entire US Coastline 1021

New Jersey Approves 2.7 GW of Offshore Wind, Largest Combined Award in US 0721

Offshore Wind Projects Line Up for Federal Review 0621

For Lease - Windmill Space in the Atlantic Between Long Island and New Jersey 0621

Biden Looks to California for Next Phase of Offshore Wind 0521

Biden Administration Grants Vineyard Wind Its Final Major Permit 0521

Biden Administration Announces a Major Offshore Wind Plan 0321

How the Oil Industry Is Shifting to Offshore Wind 0321

Offshore Wind Energy Gets a 2nd Wind Under Biden 0321

Biden Administration Backs Nation’s Biggest Wind Farm off Martha’s Vineyard 0321

1st U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Put on Hold 1220

BP’s $1.1 Billion Deal Marks 1st Step into Offshore Wind 0920

U.S. Has 7 Ocean Turbines.  Companies See 100s Soon 0720

Ohio Approves Nation's 1st Freshwater Offshore Wind Project 0520

Wind Giant Iberdrola Throws Its Weight Behind Floating Offshore Market 0320

Price of U.S. Offshore Wind Power Continues to Fall with Mayflower Contract 0220

New York Awards Offshore Wind Contracts in Bid to Reduce Emissions 0719

Offshore Wind Turbines Are Coming to the Jersey Shore 0619

Massachusetts Coal Plant Site to Host Offshore Wind Power, 400 MW Storage 0519

Massachusetts Offshore Wind Project Gets Green Light at about 8.9 ¢/kWh 0419

Offshore Wind Farms Are Spinning Up in the US - at Last 0419

Stunningly Low Massachusetts Price for Offshore Wind 0918

New Jersey Approves Largest Single-State Offshore Wind Solicitation to Date 0918

Deepwater Wind Wins Bid To Bring Offshore Wind Power To Connecticut 0618 - 200 MW

Massachusetts and Rhode Island Contract for 1,200 MW of Offshore Wind 0518

Offshore Wind’s Value Exceeds Its Construction Costs In New York, New England 0518

Oil Giants and Their Suppliers Are Investing in Offshore Wind Power 0118 - combined goal of 3 states is 7.5 GW by 2030

Trump Cabinet Calls on Denmark to Help Boost Offshore Wind Output 1017

Made in America - Trump Embracing Offshore Wind? 0417

New York Just Approved The Nation's Largest Offshore Wind Farm 0117

New York Seeks to Develop U.S.'s Biggest Offshore Wind Projects 0117

Offshore Wind Is Finally Up and Running in the U.S., at Block Island 1216

1st US Offshore Wind Farm Is Ready to Go, despite Critics’ Blowback 0816

Massachusetts' Ambitious Clean Energy Bill Jolts Offshore Wind Prospects 0816

NY Utility Plans Largest US Offshore Wind Farm 0716

Offshore Wind May Finally Take Off with Big Projects, None Named Cape Wind 0316

Wind Farm May Be Built off Long Island 0316

The Coming Sea Change Offshore In Meeting New England’s Energy Needs 0216

Feds Green Light Wind Lease off New Jersey Coast 0915

Work under Way on 1st US Offshore Wind Platforms 0715

Cape Wind Terminates Additional Contracts - Viability in Doubt. 0115

Cape Wind’s Future Called into Question.  It Loses Its 2 Major Buyers 0115

New Jersey Again Rejects Offshore Wind Farm Plan 1114

US Offshore Wind Power Nears Takeoff, with 14 Projects 0914

Feds Want to Lease Wind Sites on Thousands of Acres Off New Jersey Coast 0714

Dominion Power Top Bidder for Offshore Wind Leases 0913

Record New England Wind Deal Draws Cape Wind Comparison 0913

First Parcels Auctioned For Future US Offshore Wind Farms 0713

East Coast Ports Woo Offshore Wind 1012

Power US East Coast via Offshore Wind 0912

NStar to Buy 28% of Cape Wind Output 0312

Siemens to Finance Cape Wind 0611

Offshore Wind Areas Unveiled 0211

Offshore Wind MW Estimates Rise 1109

Offshore Wind in US 1008

Wind Offshore Prospects 0905 - PDF, 34 pp

Wind Powers Change in England's Industrial Heartland 0222

A North Sea Auction Produces Big Plans for Scottish Wind Farms 0122

One of China’s Energy Growth Engines Plans an Offshore Wind Boom 1121

Oil Giant Total Opens U.K. Offshore Wind Hub in North Sea Oil, Gas Fiefdom 1021 - Total also made an investment in a smaller floating-wind project in Wales.

China’s New Renewable Project Rivals All Wind and Solar in India 1021

Colombia’s Indigenous Lands Are Ground Zero for a Wind Energy Boom 0521 - Caribbean winds blow across rain-shadow desert.

Danish Leader Speaks of Ambitious Offshore Wind ‘Energy Island’ Plans 0421

Roaring Success of Scottish Wind Farm Shows Global Potential 0321

Cheap Wind Power Is Making Quebec's Big, Old Dams More Valuable as a Battery 0221

Oil Giants Win Offshore Wind Leases in Britain 0221

South Korea Has Plan for $43 Billion Offshore Wind Farm 0221 - 8.2 GW.  News too on China & US developments

China Blows Past Clean Energy Record with Wind Capacity Jump 0121

Storm Bella Helps Great Britain Set New Record for Wind Power Generation 1220

EU Plans to Increase Offshore Wind Farm Capacity by 250% - 1120

Powering All UK homes via Offshore Wind by 2030 ‘Will Need £50 Billion' 1020

Floating Wind Power Moves Forward Off Portugal 0620

EDF-Led Group Nods $2.2 Billion French Offshore Wind Project 0620

Denmark Proposes 2 Huge ‘Energy Islands’ to Meet 2030 Climate Target 0520

Wind Giant Iberdrola Throws Its Weight Behind Floating Offshore Market 0320

German Wind Power Blown Off Course 1119 - Only 290 MW installed in Q1-2 of 2019.  Less in Q3-4.

UK Universities in Landmark Deal to Buy Energy Direct from Wind Farms 1019

World’s Most Efficient Wind Power Plant Doubles Capacity 0919

Scotland’s Wind Farms Generate Enough Electricity to Power 4.5 Million Homes 0719

World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Now Operational 0619

Russian Wind Power Blows Hot and Cold 0419

UK Government Throws Its Weight behind Offshore Wind Power Expansion 0319

European Companies Secure Record Amounts of Wind Power 0119

UK Universities in Landmark Deal to Buy Energy Direct from Wind Farms 1019

World’s Most Efficient Wind Power Plant Doubles Capacity 0919

Scotland’s Wind Farms Generate Enough Electricity to Power 4.5 Million Homes 0719

World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Now Operational 0619

Russian Wind Power Blows Hot and Cold 0419

UK Government Throws Its Weight behind Offshore Wind Power Expansion 0319

European Companies Secure Record Amounts of Wind Power 0119

Clean Energy in Australia Is Cheap and Surging, but Could Slow 1018

Solar Soars - Renewable Energy, by the Numbers 0418

British Wind Power Output Hits Record 0318

1st Wind Farm Operational in Coal-Reliant Bosnia 0318

UK Built 1/2 of Europe's Offshore Wind Power in 2017 - 0218

Dutch to Build Artificial Island to Support World’s Largest Wind Farm 0118

Vestas, Windlab to Launch World's 1st Wind-Solar-Storage Project in Australia 1017

See the World's 1st Floating Wind Farm 1017

Huge Boost for Renewables as Offshore Wind-Farm Costs Fall to Record Low 0917 UK subsidy falls to ~ 8¢/kWh

Eyeing Water Scarcity, Cost, Pollution, Tamil Nadu Turns to Sun and Wind Power 0617

India Launches Massive Push for Clean Power, Lighting, and Cars 0517

China Is Planning Ahead for Life after Coal 0517

Giant Offshore Wind Farm Opens in North Sea 0517

NSW's Sapphire WiNSW's Sapphire Wind Farm to Power 49,000 ACT Homes 0417

Wind Turbine Maker Vestas Eyes End to Green Power Subsidies 0417

Wind Power Blows Through Nuclear, Coal, as Costs Drop at Sea 0317

Japan Accelerates Wind Power Development, as Government Support Pays Off 0217

OPEC’s Top Producer Is Turning to Wind and Solar Power 0217

Aussie Silverton Wind Farm's Output Will Be Like Taking 192,000 Cars off the Road 0217

Sweden's Vattenfall Aims to Have 3 GigaWatts of Wind Power by Year-End 0217

China’s Embrace of HVDC Electricity Transmission Holds Lessons for Others 0117

It Can Power a Small Nation.  But This Wind Farm in China Is Mostly Idle. 0117

Today All Dutch Trains Are Powered 100% by Wind Energy 0117

UK Wind Generated More Electricity than Coal in 2016 - 0117

Offshore Projects Are Booming for European Wind Industry 1016

New Wind Turbines Could Power Japan for 50 Years, after a Single Typhoon 0916

Solar on the Steppe - Ukraine Embraces Renewables Revolution 0916

China Embarked on Wind Power Frenzy, Says IEA 0916

Hybrid Solar and Wind Systems Attract Turbine Makers in India 0916

1 New Wind Turbine Built per Day across Scotland 0916

Scotland Just Produced Enough Wind Energy to Power It for an Entire Day 0816

Lessons along the Path to 100% Clean Energy 0716 - 100% green energy in Portugal & Germany at some times, but what about the other hours?  Storage, fossil fuel power?

European Offshore Wind Investment Hits €14 Billion in 2016 - 0716

South Australia Reaps 83% of Electricity in 1 Day from ‘Wild’ Wind 0716

Dong Energy to Build World’s Lowest Cost Offshore Wind Farm 0716 - 8¢/kWh

Wind Power Plant in Atacama Desert Fills Chile's Clean-Energy Sails 0716  185 MW

How the London Array Blows Away the Competition in Green Energy 0616

Wind at China’s Back to Amp Up Its Renewables 0616 - Put wind turbines NEARER to population centers.

Wind Farm Owner, Danish Dong Energy Floats for £10 Billion IPO 0616

World’s Cheapest Offshore Wind Farm (11.8¢/kWh) Seen Online 2 Years Early 0616

Why China Is Having So Many Problems Ramping Up Wind Power 0516 - more MW than US, but fewer MW-hours.  China’s wind turbine quality is lower, wind farms sprout without transmission connections, or the grid dispatches coal plants instead of curtailed wind, when wind is cheaper (almost $0/MWh variable cost), in places because coal is used for combined heat and power, in other just because wind is intermittent and coal is hard to ramp up and down.

U.S. No Longer Top Wind Turbine Producer.  China Is. 0216

China Breezes past EU to Become Wind Power Leader 0216

World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm to Be Built off Yorkshire Coast 0216

French Wind Industry Sees Deregulation Driving Strong Growth 0116

Denmark Broke World Record for Wind Power in 2015 - 0116 - 42% for the year

Major Offshore Wind Operator Plans £6 Billion UK Investment by 2020 - 0116

British Court Rejects Donald Trump’s Attempt to Block Wind Farm 1215

Paris Climate Accord Is a Big, Big Deal (2.8¢/kWh Wind & 4.2 Solar) 1215

Sea Change in Renewables Market Forces 1115 - near UK: offshore wind, tidal, waves

Apple Cleaning Up Its Act in China with More Renewable Energy 1015

Google Pumps Funds into Africa’s Biggest Wind Farm 1015

Turnbull Government Appoints Australia's 1st Wind Farm Commissioner 1015

China's Economic Shift to Aid Climate Fight but Packs a Commodity Punch 1015 Lack of transmission limits power use.

Donald Trump Takes Campaign against Wind Farms to UK Supreme Court 1015

Hydrogen Economy Is Emerging from Excess Wind Power in Germany 0915

Wind Industry Says It Could Supply 25% of EU Electricity by 2030 - 0915

Victorian Government to Back New Wind Farms, as Part of Renewables Plan 0815

France Launches Tender for Floating Offshore Wind Projects 0815

Wind Power Sets Records, as Countries Seek Climate Fixes 0815

Cheap Power or Clean Energy?  India’s $200 Billion Dilemma 0715

Denmark Produces 140% of Its Electricity Needs through Wind Power 0715

Ethiopia Harnesses Wind Power 0615

$450 Million Victoria Wind Farm to Be Built after Renewable Energy Bill Passed 0615

Scotland’s Wind Power Hits Record Levels 0615

Renewable Energy Surge Revives Europe's Power Trade 0415

Asia, Africa Likely Biggest Growth Markets for Wind Power 0415

Big, Clean Wind Energy Industry Matures at Sea 0315

Wind Power Beats Nuclear Again in China & Hydro in the U.S. for the 1st Time 0315

World's Biggest Offshore Wind Farm Approved for Yorkshire Coast 0215

U.S. Companies Pledge to Build 20 GW of Renewable Energy in India 0215

Germany Boosts Onshore Wind Capacity by Record Amount in 2014 0115

Wind Power Rose Strongly in 2014, in US (6 x), China, Germany & Brazil 0115

Wind Power ‘Adds Resilience to UK Energy Market’ 0115

UK Wind Power Reaches Record High, as Scotland's Success Continues 0115

On Tuesday, Wind Farms Outstripped Nuclear Power in UK 1014

Wind Blows Away Fossil Power in the Nordics, the Baltics Next 1014

Wind Power Is Cheapest Energy, EU Analysis Finds 1014

India Wind Policy Targets 1 GigaWatt Offshore by 2020 - 0914

4.9 GW of New Offshore Wind Capacity under Construction in Europe 0714

Generation Gap - Wind Opens Big Lead over Nuclear in China 0314

Europe’s Record Wind Energy Drives Down Emissions and Electric Prices 0114

122% Wind Power in Denmark for 90 Hours in 2013 - 1213

French Plans for More Wind Farms Fans Controversy 1113

Japan Starts Up Offshore Wind Farm Near Fukushima 1113

Ethiopia Opens Africa's Largest Wind Farm 1013

Indian CLP Billionaire’s Wind Farms Plan Bond Debut 1013

Brazil Cools on Nuclear Power Plans, Favors Wind 0913 - also under Nuclear

Copious Data Gives China an Edge in Renewable Energy Production 0813

Wind Farms Cleared for Building Near UK Airports, by 3D Radar 0713 

China's Wind kWh Rose More than Coal’s for 1st Time in 2012 - 0313

Wind Surpasses Nuclear in China 0213

Wind Top Electricity Producer in Spain 0213

Europe Lags Targets for Offshore Wind 0113

Wind Is Cheaper than New Coal in South Africa 1012 

Norway's Statoil Plans Wind Farm off Maine 0612 

China Challenges U.S. for World Wind Leadership 1209

Wind Can Provide 24-50% of India & China's Electricity 0909

Floating Wind Turbine Launched 0609

China, Argentina Go Wind 0609 

Brief Wind Bursts Propel Spain to 40% 0309

Wind May Power All UK Homes by 2020 - 1207

World's Wind Power Capacity Up 19% after Record Year 0320

Offshore Wind Farms ‘Can Provide More Electricity than the World Needs' 1019

Solar Soars - Renewable Energy, by the Numbers 0418

Big Oil Replaces Rigs with Wind Turbines 0317

Offshore Wind Moves Into Energy’s Mainstream 0217

Coal and Gas to Stay Cheap.  But Renewables Still Win Race on Costs 0616

Solar, Wind on Pace to Eclipse Coal-Burning 0616

Global Wind Capacity to Nearly Double in Next 5 Years 0416

Is the Wind Industry Still a Safe Bet for Investors? 0316

Solar and Wind Just Did the Unthinkable 0116
- In 2015, more GW added & $ invested than in fossil fuel electricity, despite plunging, bargain fossil fuel prices.

Wind, Solar Power Soaring, in Spite of Bargain Prices for Fossil Fuels 0116

Why Wind and Solar Are Already Better Value than Fossil Fuels 0815

The Age of Wind 0615

New Renewables Broke Through 100 GW Barrier in 2014 - 0315

World Wind Power Poised to Bounce Back, after Slowing in 2013 - 0414

2013 to Be Record Year for Offshore Wind 1013

World's Wind Turbines to Surpass 300 GW 0613                               .

Wind Power Sets Records Again in 2012 - 0413

Wind Power Is Now Cheaper Than Coal in Some Countries 0213

Building a Wind-Centered Economy 1012

Enough Wind to Power Global Energy Demand 0912

Offshore Wind Development Picking Up Pace 0812

World Wind - New Record in 2011 - 0312

Financing Offshore Wind 0112

Wind - Centerpiece of New World Energy Economy 0311

US Still Leads World in Total Wind GW 0810

World Wind 2009 Update, > 150 GW 0310

World Adds 17 GW of Wind in 2008 - 1009

Wind Power Industry Accelerates 0306

Wind Stats 2005 - 0306 - PDF

MIT Scientists Have Found a Way to Increase Energy Output of Wind Farms 0822

After a Shaky Start, Airborne Wind Energy Is Slowly Taking Off 0222

How Long Should Higher Wind and Solar Costs Last? 0122

Floating Wind Farms Are About to Transform the Oceans 1021 - Lots on process to try to get fishermen on board.  US Pacific offshore is steep, so floating wind turbines make most sense there.  Ideal wind, 33 miles offshore.  100 floating turbines on standardized platforms.

What’s the Carbon Footprint of a Wind Turbine? 0621

A Monster Wind Turbine Is Upending an Industry 0121 - 13 MegaWatts, diameter about 650 feet

Black Wind Turbine Blades Reduced Bird Mortality by 72% - 0820

Renewables Hit a Transmission Wall in Saturated Upper Midwest Grid 1219

Climate Change Impacts India’s Wind Energy Industry 0319 - India’s potential wind power fell 13% in 40years, due to a weaker monsoon.

Wind Turbine Shutdowns in Polar Vortex Stoke Midwest Debate 0219 below -20°F, as many parfts become brittle with cold

Wind Farms Can Act Like Apex Predators in Ecosystems 1118

The Wind Is Slowing Down (over Land) 0518

Report Finds Offshore Wind Turbines Not as Dangerous for Seabirds as Thought 0418

GE to Develop World's Largest Wind Turbine in France 0318 - 12 MegaWatts, 853 feet tall, for offshore

Wind Energy Potential Is Declining, due to Climate Change 1217 - Lower wind speeds on land cut potential wind energy 8% to 40% in northern hemisphere mid-latitudes, including 10% in China and 8% in US Midwest.

Oceans Could Offer a Wind-Powered World 1017

See the World's 1st Floating Wind Farm 1017

There’s Enough Wind Energy over the Oceans to Power Human Civilization 1017

Tesla, Vestas Pair Up to Develop Ways to Combine Storage and Wind 0917

When Backyard Wind Is Cheaper than Fossil Fuels 0817 - vertical axis, optimized

Tesla Batteries May Back Up Wind Farm Off Massachusetts Coast 0717

When Wind Is the Firmest Thing on the Grid 0617

China’s Embrace of HVDC Electricity Transmission Holds Lessons for Others 0117

One of World's 1st Kite-Driven Power Stations to Open in Scotland 1016

New Wind Turbines Could Power Japan for 50 Years, after a Single Typhoon 0916

Offshore Wind Farms See Promise in Platforms That Float 0916

Wind Power Will Get a Lot Cheaper, as Wind Turbines Grow Enormous 0916

Researchers Envision 656-foot Long Blades on Wind Turbines 0316

Plastic Grass Could Cover Buildings to Produce Energy from Wind 0116

Statoil to Decide on Scottish Floating Wind Farm in September 0715

Whirlpool Windmill Produces Power without Blades - Using Wobbles 0615

Renewable Energy Surge Revives Europe's Power Trade 0415

Startup Offers Wind Turbines That Look Like a Tree and Sound Like One Too 1214

Groundbreaking Technology Stores Wind Power in Salt Caverns 1214

Paying Wind Generators Not to Produce Power 1114

Lighter-than-Air Turbine to Harness High-Altitude Winds 0914

The Nocebo Effect, and Why It’s Much More Dangerous Than Wind Turbines 0813

Wind Turbines Do Not Affect Residential Property Values 0813

Wind Power Systems Hit Transmission Hurdles 0813 

Wind Energy’s Shadow - Turbines Drag Down Power Potential 0513

Wind Power May be Much Less, Due to Turbine Wind Shadow 0313 

Kites to Harness Wind at Altitude 0112

Not So Windy 0709 - See dual graphs, 2 sections above, for changes in world wind speeds since 1981.