Global Warming Could Be Making It Less Windy in Europe February 18, 2025 By Joe Wertz Global warming is driving down wind speeds during European summers, putting additional stress on the region’s energy systems as soaring...
Local Opposition Challenges Wind Farm Development in Rural Nebraska July 29, 2024 After NextEra proposed a wind farm in Greeley County, Nebraska two years ago, Robert Bernt, a dairy farm owner in...
Baseball-Size Hail Makes Insuring Solar and Wind Farms Pricier August 2, 2023 By Mark Chediak The Scottsbluff solar farm in western Nebraska was built to withstand most hailstones. But the icy pellets that rained down...
Federal Government to Allow Lease of Gulf of Mexico Areas for Wind Farms July 20, 2023 By Emily Foxhall GALVESTON — The federal government on Thursday announced the first-ever chance for companies to lease areas in the Gulf of...
AXA Consortium in Talks to Buy Stake in Orsted’s UK Offshore Wind Farm February 16, 2022 By William Mathis, Dinesh Nair and Francois de Beaupuy Denmark’s Orsted A/S is in talks with a consortium that includes AXA SA and a Credit Agricole SA unit to...
Danish Wind Giant Finds Unique Solution for Cable Problem Affecting Offshore Farms June 15, 2021 By William Mathis The world’s biggest developer of offshore wind farms has come up with a unique solution to a potentially expensive problem....
Storm Ophelia Set to Slam Coast of Ireland; Extreme Winds, Flooding Expected October 15, 2017 By Alex Longley and Peter Flanagan Irish authorities warned some of the worst weather conditions to hit the country in 50 years will endanger lives, as...
Ireland Readies for Hurricane Ophelia, One of Its Strongest Storms in 50-Plus Years October 13, 2017 By Kelly Gilblom, Peter Flanagan and Brian K. Sullivan Ophelia strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane forecast to strike Ireland, where one of the nation’s strongest storms in half...
Sompo Launches Model to Evaluate Wind Farm Risks May 31, 2016 The Sompo group companies have launched a model for evaluating risks to onshore and offshore wind farms. The model, which...
Allianz to Boost Clean-Energy Investments; Eyes U.S. Wind Market June 18, 2015 By Stefan Nicola Allianz SE is boosting its investments in clean-energy in the coming years and is looking to enter the U.S. wind...