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GE Vernova Blames Manufacturing Flaw for Vineyard Wind Offshore Blade Failure

A manufacturing flaw led to a turbine blade failure at the Vineyard Wind offshore project off the coast of Massachusetts this month, the part’s producer, GE Vernova, said on Wednesday. The turbine blade broke on July 13 and left potentially …

Vineyard Wind Incident Is Not First Time a GE Vernova Wind Turbine Has Come Apart

An incident at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind energy project this week that scattered shards of fiberglass across Massachusetts beaches was the latest in a series of failures involving wind turbines built by GE Vernova. At least one other GE …

Markets/Coverages: Ariel Green Expands Tech Performance Ins. Consortium at Lloyd’s

Ariel Green, a division of Ariel Re, has expanded Lloyd’s first ever Technology Performance Insurance (TPI) Consortium. First launched in 2023, Ariel Green has renewed the consortium and grown the number of markets participating and capacity available, to protect clean …

Michigan Joins Four Other States in Requiring 100% Carbon-Free Energy by 2040

LANSING, Mich. (AP) – Michigan is on the verge of implementing one of the nation’s most ambitious clean energy mandates, aiming to be carbon-free by 2040 in what is a pivotal test of the Democrats’ environmental goals in a state …

Duke Energy Plans Green Hydrogen Project in Florida

Electric utility Duke Energy plans to build a project to create clean energy using an end-to-end system to produce, store and combust 100% green hydrogen, in Florida. The new system, a collaboration between Duke, construction management and consulting firm Sargent …

Ariel Re Relaunches Clean Energy Division, Focusing on Tech Performance Insurance

Ariel Re, the Bermuda-based re/insurer, has relaunched its Clean Energy division as “Ariel Green,” in recognition of the increasingly crucial role of technology performance insurance in accelerating innovation in solar, energy storage, hydrogen, and bioenergy to help curb climate change. …

Federal Government Opens Two Areas in Gulf of Mexico for Wind Farms, but No Companies Bid on Leases

The federal government for the first time on Tuesday opened two areas in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas coast to build wind farms. Groups representing supply chain businesses hailed the chance for the new offshore leases to create …

UK’s Labour Vows to Make Britain a Clean Energy Superpower by 2030

Britain’s main opposition Labour Party on Monday pledged to turn the country into a clean energy superpower by 2030, saying it would overturn a ban on new onshore wind farms while respecting any oil and gas licenses granted before the …

Las Vegas Solar Site Arson Was Clean Energy Message, Man Says

A Colorado dentist accused of setting a fire that damaged a transformer at a solar power array outside Las Vegas last week told investigators he wanted to send a message supporting clean energy and denied his intention was sabotage, police …

Louisiana Judge Rules Against Moratorium on Carbon Capture Project

LIVINGSTON, La. (AP) – A south Louisiana parish cannot enforce a moratorium blocking a global gas supply company from conducting seismic tests or building test wells in Lake Maurepas, a federal judge has ruled. Air Products sued Livingston Parish’s government …