Wind power plays a major role in modern electricity systems because it provides low-cost energy, creates jobs, and produces ...

The Trump administration’s renewed effort to halt offshore wind development by invoking “national security” concerns reflects ...

When it comes to harvesting energy from air currents, the big wind turbines usually get all the attention. For example, in 2023, the world's largest wind turbine, with a 260-meter (853-ft) diameter ...

Wyoming's Airloom Energy has come out of stealth mode with a new CEO fresh out of Google [x], US$4 million in seed funding, led by Bill Gates's Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund, and a radically ...

Wind power has surpassed coal for the first time in Texas, according to a new report. The numbers cap an enormous rise in wind power in the nation’s top energy-producing state over the past decades.

Wind energy infrastructure doesn’t produce power if the air isn’t moving, and solar doesn’t generate power if the sun’s not out. But that doesn’t mean that either source of energy is "worthless" ...

Even as the turbines are arriving and being installed, Clearway Energy Group, the owners of Cedar Creek Wind, and Wanzek, their construction company, have taken time from their rush to finish the wind ...

A major challenge for renewables is their dependence on weather conditions, leading to inconsistent power generation that ...

Like any industry, wind energy has had its good and bad years. But 2025 may be one of the worst: a toxic stew of major policy ...