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).

The Interior Department said pausing construction of offshore wind farms would allow the government agencies to work with project developers to mitigate potential risks. But wind companies say the ...

To keep the lights on, states like New York and Massachusetts will need to build projects that are currently “impossible.” ...

The administration’s arguments that offshore wind farms present a national security risk failed to convince judges in three ...

Construction has resumed on the $11.2 billion offshore wind project by Dominion Energy three weeks after the federal ...

A record-breaking amount of new offshore wind capacity has been secured at the UK’s latest auction for renewable energy projects.

One is set to become Wales' first floating wind farm while the other could power half of Wales' homes.

Offshore wind developers and the attorneys general of Rhode Island and Connecticut are suing the federal government in an effort to reverse a stop-work order on a nearly complete wind farm off the ...

During the week of Jan. 12, 2026, three federal judges granted preliminary injunctions in three separate cases filed by offshore wind developers challenging a Dec. 22, 2025, stop-work order that the ...

A federal stop-work order has paused construction on the Vineyard Wind 1 project and four other East Coast offshore wind farms. Vineyard Wind 1 can continue to generate power from its already ...

Federal judge overturns Interior Department halt on Revolution Wind project, allowing Danish developer Orsted to resume offshore construction work.