SHOSHONE — A massive wind farm, Idaho’s largest, could break ground in the Magic Valley in 2022. The final size and cost for the Lava Ridge Wind Project isn’t yet known, but the wind farm could be up to 1,000 megawatts with a price tag in the $1 billion range. At 1,000 MW and with […]
Green Energy
‘Digital twinning could stretch wind turbine life by 25 years’
The global energy industry is no stranger to headlines shouting about environmental damage. Usually these stories talk about problems caused by fossil fuels, but last month saw a flurry of headlines about the surprisingly high environmental cost of wind turbines. Reports surfaced that the decommissioning of over 8,000 turbines in the US and 3,800 in […]
Wind energy is a ‘key technology’ with benefits for MENA
LONDON–The Global Wind Energy Council released data indicating an increase of 894 megawatts of wind power in the Middle East and Africa regions in 2019. While this was a 7% decrease in growth from 2018, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) Market Intelligence predicted rapid acceleration in the coming years. By 2024, GWEC said MENA […]
Solar energy tracker powers down after 17 years
After nearly two decades, the Sun has set for NASA’s SOlar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE), a mission that continued and advanced the agency’s 40-year record of measuring solar irradiance and studying its influence on Earth’s climate. The SORCE team turned off the spacecraft on February 25, 2020, concluding 17 years of measuring the amount, […]
Idaho’s largest wind farm planned near Shoshone
SHOSHONE — A massive wind farm, Idaho’s largest, could break ground in the Magic Valley in 2022. The final size and cost for the Lava Ridge Wind Project isn’t yet known, but the wind farm could be up to 1,000 megawatts with a price tag in the $1 billion range. At 1,000 MW and with […]
If carbon neutral by 2050 is the Moon Shot, where’s the Rocket Ship?
When Kennedy said we would send a man to the moon, people were doubtful this could – or should – happen. History may paint a rosier picture, but in 1969, only 47 percent of the public supported the moon landing. They weren’t necessarily on board, but for the teams of scholars, researchers, scientists and engineers […]
Architects envision a green, solar-powered skyscraper
Warsaw-based architecture firm FAAB Architektura has unveiled designs for the Vertical Oasis Building, a conceptual skyscraper that would use renewable energy to reduce its carbon footprint. Envisioned for densely populated cities around the world, the futuristic proposal features a conical shape with a facade built of materials designed to harness solar energy. Large round openings […]
This Finnish VC Firm Says It’s The First To Be Carbon Neutral
Butterfly Ventures invests in the seed stage startups from Finland, Nordics, and Baltics. As a young venture capital (VC) firm with a €30 million fund, they also chose to ensure that all their operations are carbon neutral on an annual basis. Juho Risku, CEO of Butterfly Ventures, said that the company was surprised when they […]
Heating solar panels to clear snow
Norwegian technology company Innos has developed a weight monitoring system it claims can kick in to melt snow on rooftop PV panels. The Weight Watcher technology, which uses module surfaces to melt the snow, was created to avoid unsafe loads on panels and roofs. “If you push a current through a diode, as is a […]
Maersk Pledges to be Carbon Neutral by 2050
Aimed at accelerating the transition to carbon neutral shipping, Maersk announces today its goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. To achieve this goal, carbon neutral vessels must be commercially viable by 2030, and an acceleration in new innovations and adaption of new technology is required. Climate is one of the most important issues in […]
