U.S. states set gigawatt goals for offshore wind
Posted OnFebruary 27, 2019 byOffshore wind turbines rely on ever longer composite blades — Siemens Gamesa’s 10+ MW turbine blades stretch to 94 meters and GE’s Heliade-X span 107 meters — to generate clean, renewable energy. Three different states recently announced their progress toward gigawatt grids to help combat climate change and fossil fuel jobs loss. California With deep waters and some of…Read More
Offshore transmission seeks second wind
Posted OnDecember 12, 2018 byThe Atlantic Wind Connection was a visionary project when it was born eight years ago. The fairest and most efficient way to deliver electricity from future wind power clusters off the Atlantic coast would be to build a 250-mile-long network of buried high-voltage transmission lines connected at a few strategic points to the onshore power…Read More