Power Engineering

Construction costs for U.S. gas generation fell in 2022, while solar and wind construction costs rose slightly

Source: Rawpixel. Creative Commons License. The average cost of construction for U.S. natural gas-fired generation in 2022 fell 11% from 2021, while the average construction costs for U.S. solar PV ...

Voices: The UK’s wind market needs China – and better turbine security

The prime minister is right – supporting British business in China is a smart move - COMMENT: In an age when we rely on ...
Harvard Business Review

The Long-Term Costs of Wind Turbines

In 1859, the town of Titusville in Pennsylvania vaulted into the limelight when Edwin Drake struck oil, thereby marking the inception of America’s oil industry. With an initial depth of 69.5 feet ...
Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)

Wind energy: the backbone of the net zero transition?

As wind blows it generates kinetic energy, which is energy from movement. This turns the blades on a turbine, which then causes a shaft (drive shaft) within the system to rotate (view diagram below).
Cape Cod Times

Feds push to keep Vineyard Wind paused as 10 turbines stand bladeless

Federal agencies press court to keep Vineyard Wind 1 paused, leaving 10 offshore turbines partially built amid safety concern and legal disputes.

Turbines waste enough wind power to supply all of London

Britain’s wind farm turbines wasted enough energy to power all of London last year, new figures show. A record 10 terawatt hours (TWh) of wind power went to waste in 2025, accor ...