Energy companies like Total Energies, Jera Nex BP, and EnBW employ teams to analyze weather data and wind directions to optimize offshore wind farm alignment. "Wake effects" between turbines reduce energy yield, especially for those in the middle of a park. Holger Grubel of EnBW highlights the relevance of these "shading effects" for existing and planned parks.
Following a fire at a 16-year-old wind turbine, Taiwan's Premier announced a nationwide inspection of turbines over 15 years old. The government aims to enhance safety, improve efficiency through upgrades, and boost high-altitude firefighting capabilities to ensure the sustainable development of the wind power industry.
China has installed a record-breaking 16-megawatt floating offshore wind turbine, nicknamed "Three Gorges Pilot," near Yangjiang in Guangdong Province. This advanced technology is designed for deep-sea areas, capable of withstanding extreme marine conditions and powering approximately 4,200 homes annually.
Green infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia face uncertainty due to a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which has disrupted aluminium supplies following Iranian attacks on Middle Eastern smelters. Aluminium prices have surged, with significant production losses expected.
Britain blocked a Chinese firm's plan to build a wind turbine factory in Scotland on security grounds, but a senior government official says this does not represent a blanket ban on Chinese involvement in the UK's energy transition. Chris Stark, an ally of Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, said China will be present in the future energy system through battery storage technology and solar panels, but with conditions to prevent issues like forced labor.
At the Waubra Wind Farm near Ballarat, 40-metre turbine blades that once helped power the state are given a second life.
Offshore wind turbines three times the height of the Statue of Liberty are spinning off Rhode Island's coast as major projects near completion. Revolution Wind is over 90% complete and delivering power to New England's grid, while Sunrise Wind is nearly 50% built. Together with nearby South Fork Wind and Block Island Wind Farm, these projects will power about 1 million homes across Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York, even as President Trump seeks to end the U.S. offshore wind industry through leasing pauses and policy blockades.
While the rest of us count the cost in higher fuel costs, higher inflation and a weaker economy, China — the actual winner of the war — will be enjoying a surge of global interest in its solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles.
Plans to erect over a hundred giant wind turbines in Wales's Cambrian Mountains, a landscape of significant wildness, are facing strong opposition due to environmental concerns and the industrialization of a pristine area, despite the push for renewable energy.
