• Energy

Biden Admin Supercharges CA’s Offshore Wind Hopes

• California
• offshore wind
• renewables
• wind energy

by Amy Lupica, ODP Staff Writer Despite having 840 miles of coastline, engineering challenges, regulatory hurdles, and concerns about turbines’ impact on wildlife have prevented offshore wind from flourishing in California’s waters.  But now less than a month after approving the nation’s first offshore wind project in Massachusetts, the White House announced it has identified an […]

• Energy

In Scotland’s Stormiest Waters, Offshore Wind Is Thriving

• offshore wind
• renewables
• Scotland
• wind energy

by Ashira Morris, ODP Staff Writer The world’s first floating wind farm off the coast of Scotland is breaking records for energy output. Three years after installing the offshore turbines in the rough North Sea waters 15 miles off the coast of Aberdeen, it’s the UK’s best-performing wind farm with the highest average “capacity factor” […]

• Energy

Wind Energy Company in the Business of Saving Condors

• California Condor
• nature
• renewables
• wind energy

by Natasha Lasky, ODP Staff Writer The world desperately needs more sources of emissions-free energy, yet as these power sources are brought online, we must also contend with their impact on animals and ecosystems. In California, government officials are trying to rescue California condors, which are critically endangered, from being killed by the blades of […]

• Energy

Batteries Can Bring Clean Energy To Those Who Need It Most

• battery storage
• clean energy
• renewables

By Lew Milford With its recent executive orders on environmental justice, the Biden administration has put energy equity at the front and center of its domestic policy agenda. The challenge now is to put these principles into practice. That job has been made much more critical with the massive power outage that just crippled Texas. […]

• Energy

Investing in Renewables in the Midwest Yields Big Returns

• Midwest
• renewable energy
• renewables

A new study from Harvard has found that the locations where renewable energy sources are built in the U.S. matter as much as, if not more than, the type of renewable energy that’s built there.

Why This Matters: The location of new renewables projects matters because regions that are dependent on coal will reap outsize health benefits from cleaner energy sources than places that already have a grid partly powered by renewables.

• Energy

India invests in solar power, will the trend continue?

• clean energy
• climate change
• coal
• elections
• India
• renewables

In India, the world’s third largest emitter of GHG emissions, a staggering 74% of the country’s electricity generation comes from coal-fired power plants, and coal use is continuing to increase as the population continues to grow. But new data suggests that coal usage might be slowing as India, for the first time, is investing more […]