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Here's what California's offshore wind industry might look like

by Caleigh Wells
Aug 1, 2024
In a patch of calm water off the Port of Long Beach, 1,000-foot wind turbines would be assembled before they're towed out to sea.
At Pier Wind, completed turbines will wait in a wet storage area at the Port of Long Beach, shown in the rendering above.
Courtesy Port of Long Beach
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Offshore wind industry hammered by inflation, interest rates

by Daniel Ackerman
Jun 17, 2024
Economics has frustrated efforts to expand the turbine fleet and meet clean energy goals. But the industry is adjusting.
Michael Brown, a wind energy executive, says construction plans are becoming more flexible after the disruptions of the last few years. Above, a crane loads turbine blades onto a barge at a Massachusetts port.
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Copper is so hot that a mining firm turned down a $39 billion takeover bid because it was too low

by Caleigh Wells
Apr 29, 2024
And the price of the metal is only likely to increase.
Copper will play a major part in meeting clean energy goals, as it's used in wind turbines and solar panels.
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As one new offshore wind project is approved, two others are canceled — for now

by Samantha Fields
Nov 2, 2023
More offshore wind projects are being approved, but many are also running into economic and logistical challenges.
An offshore wind farm off the coast of Block Island, Rhode Island.
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Keeping the world's largest offshore wind farm on track

by Justin Rowlatt
Oct 18, 2021
Ahead of the COP26 summit in Glasgow, the BBC’s climate editor takes stock of one of the U.K.’s most promising green energies: wind.
Rough weather in the North Sea makes it a great place to install wind turbines.
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A new wind turbine inspired by a palm tree, big as the Empire State Building

by Molly Wood
Oct 22, 2018
Today's land-based turbines produce 5 megawatts of power. This new one could produce 10 times more.
Wind turbines towering over deserts usually produce 5 megawatts of power each.
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A new wind turbine inspired by a palm tree, big as the Empire State Building

by Jed Kim
Oct 22, 2018
Today's land-based turbines produce 5 megawatts of power. This new one could produce 10 times more.
Wind turbines towering over deserts usually produce 5 megawatts of power each.
Melanie Conner/Getty Images
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How the Jones Act complicates offshore wind power

by Jed Kim
Nov 23, 2017
Specialized European ships are designed specifically to install wind turbines out in the ocean, but they can’t dock in any U.S. waters to get the parts for the turbines. That’s due to the Jones Act, and it makes installing offshore wind power more expensive for the foreseeable future. Click the audio player above to hear […]
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Wind energy brings Comanche County, Texas, a bit of hope

by Andy Uhler
May 8, 2017
West Texas has always been a vast, desolate, windy place. Now the skies are filling up with turbines.
Pattern Energy said its wind farm, like the one above, will bring Comanche County $80 million over the next 25 years.
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China taps faraway frontier for renewable energy

by Rob Schmitz
Dec 2, 2015
The region of Xinjiang is China's new energy base. The challenge? Transmission.
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