Washington DC (UPI) Aug 29, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday it is cutting approximately $679 million in funding to 12 wind farms, calling the projects wasteful.| Wind Daily
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 27, 2025 - Japan's Mitsubishi is withdrawing from three wind power projects deemed no longer profitable, the company said on Wednesday, a setback for a renewable energy source the country considers its tr| Wind Daily
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 28, 2025 - Japan remains optimistic about the adoption of renewable energy despite Mitsubishi pulling out of three big offshore wind projects, the government said Thursday. Blaming high costs, Mitsubis| Wind Daily
Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Aug 5, 2025 - Germany presented a plan Tuesday drawn up with European wind power groups to reduce dependence on China for components made from rare earths, after export curbs on the materials sparked tensions.| Wind Daily
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 14, 2025 A fleet of ten lightweight drones from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has completed a series of coordinated flights to investigate the airflow immediately around wind turbines-an area typically inaccessible to stationary sensors. The campaign, part of DLR's NearWake project, targeted the near wake zones behind the OPUS 1 and OPUS 2 turbines at the WiValdi wind research facility in Krummendeic| Wind Energy News - Wind Business News - Wind Technology News
Boland, Afrique Du Sud (AFP) July 10, 2025 Snout pressed to the ground, a border collie named Delta zigzagged through the shrubs on a private nature reserve near Cape Town, frantically sniffing for critically endangered tortoises. The dog stopped abruptly in front of a small bush and lay down, signalling a find as Delta's handler moved in to search the surrounding area. Hidden in the tall grass was a tiny reptile, its shell marke| Wind Energy News - Wind Business News - Wind Technology News
London (AFP) June 26, 2025 The UK government on Thursday announced that it was abandoning a mega-project intended to bring solar and wind energy from Morocco for use by domestic consumers. Electricity was intended to be brought some 4,000 kilometres (2,485 miles) from north Africa via undersea cables to supply seven million UK households. But a ministerial statement said: "The government has concluded the project| Wind Energy News - Wind Business News - Wind Technology News
New York (AFP) May 20, 2025 President Donald Trump's administration has reversed its halt on a giant offshore wind project in New York led by Norwegian company Equinor, US officials confirmed Tuesday. New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Equinor had announced the policy shift in statements Monday night, saying construction on the massive Empire Wind project would be able to resume following a month-long stoppage. An| Wind Energy News - Wind Business News - Wind Technology News
New York (AFP) May 20, 2025 The Trump administration has reversed a halt order on a giant offshore wind project in New York state, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Monday. The shift means construction can resume on the Empire Wind project, which is designed to deliver energy to Brooklyn, said statements from Hochul and Norwegian company Equinor. Hochul thanked President Donald Trump, saying in a statement t| Wind Energy News - Wind Business News - Wind Technology News
Oslo (AFP) April 30, 2025 Norwegian energy giant Equinor said Wednesday the US decision to halt its New York offshore wind farm project was unlawful and warned that it was still weighing its legal options. In mid-April, the US government ordered a halt to Equinor's construction of the huge wind farm, dealing another blow to an industry President Donald Trump opposes. Valued by Equinor at $2.5 billion, the Empire| Wind Energy News - Wind Business News - Wind Technology News
Oslo (AFP) April 17, 2025 The US government has ordered a halt to construction of a huge wind farm off the New York coast by Norwegian energy company Equinor, dealing another blow to an industry President Donald Trump opposes. Equinor said in a statement on Thursday that it had taken "immediate steps" to comply with the decision, but it was also "considering its legal remedies, including appealing the order". Val| Wind Energy News - Wind Business News - Wind Technology News
Beijing (AFP) Mar 28, 2025 China has rushed ahead in recent years as the world's forerunner in wind energy, propelled by explosive local demand as Beijing aggressively pursues strategic and environmental targets. Goldwind - the country's sector champion - is set to publish financial results for last year on Friday, offering a window into how its domestic operations and overseas expansion efforts are faring. AFP| Wind Energy News - Wind Business News - Wind Technology News
Beijing (AFP) Mar 28, 2025 Chinese clean energy giant Goldwind charted solid growth last year, a stock filing showed Friday, as the leading turbine manufacturer's push into overseas markets continues to deepen. China now dominates the global wind sector in terms of total installed capacity, aided over the years by generous strategic subsidies from Beijing and rapid growth in the vast domestic market. Goldwind and| Wind Energy News - Wind Business News - Wind Technology News
Dallas TX (SPX) Mar 10, 2025 Inside Dr. Todd Griffith's laboratory stands a 6-foot-tall wind turbine that looks like an upside-down eggbeater; it's actually a small-scale prototype for a radically different type of offshore wind turbine. Griffith and his team of University of Texas at Dallas researchers recently demonstrated through extensive testing that the prototype works. The design shows promise for capturing unt| Wind Energy News - Wind Business News - Wind Technology News
Berlin (AFP) Mar 3, 2025 - A Chinese-made offshore wind farm planned in the North Sea raises security risks, including espionage, that are being studied very seriously, the German government said Monday.| Wind Daily
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Bangor, Ireland (AFP) Aug 4, 2025 - On Ireland's blustery western seaboard researchers are gleefully flying giant kites - not for fun but in the hope of generating renewable electricity and sparking a revolution in wind energy.| Wind Daily