Five companies bid to supply New York with offshore wind power
Equinor is planning to build a wind park on 80,000 acres south of Long Island it won in a U.S. federal auction in 2016, with potential total capacity of up to 2,000 MW, in push to diversify its investments away from oil and gas
Slowdown in India, Germany led drop in onshore wind energy capacity in 2018
Companies commissioned over 45 GW of onshore wind turbines globally in 2018 compared with 47 GW a year earlier
Despite 2018 slowdown, 2019 is expected to be a big year for wind power
Global commissioning of onshore wind turbines declined 3 percent in 2018, partly due to a slowdown in India and Germany. Growth is expected to bounce back in 2019, with a 32 percent jump to 60 GW.
Opinion: In Germany, the Green New Deal actually works
Opponents of the U.S. congressional Democrats’ Green New Deal point to Germany as an example of a country where similar policies have backfired. They should take a closer look; the U.S. could do well to imitate Europe’s largest economy.