Wind energy

There's enough of it to power the world 100 times over, a new study finds. But be careful - if you tap too much, you could trigger climate change. Ah, the power of irony.

19 | September 17, 2012 4:20am | By Mark Halper

U.S. natural gas prices are rising, while wind and solar are growing rapidly. The global transition to mostly renewable grid power may now be unstoppable.

45 | April 3, 2013 3:00am | By Chris Nelder

China bested the United States in 2009 in the race to install wind turbines, topping the U.S. in installed wind power capacity for the first time and shattering the annual record in the process.

1 | August 16, 2010 8:42am | By Andrew Nusca

Regulatory uncertainty, subsidy cuts, grid connection woes are taking the puff out of the business.

3 | July 30, 2012 4:56am | By Mark Halper

"The Morning Briefing" is SmartPlanet's daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we're reading about wind energy and farms.

2 | January 10, 2013 12:10am | By Charlie Osborne

China is the world's largest wind power market, according to the Department of Energy. And research firm iSuppli expects China to stay No. 1 for a good time to come courtesy of government support.

8 | August 5, 2010 12:35pm | By Larry Dignan

Watch out for the truck hauling the world's longest wind blades around Danish highways. The blades stretch nearly the length of a football field. When erected, you can fly an A380 between them.

1 | June 21, 2012 2:40am | By Mark Halper

The U.S. Interior Department has completed an environmental review for a massive wind farm that has the potential to power up to 1 million homes and cleared the way for more offshore development.

15 | July 2, 2012 9:38pm | By David Worthington

To Donald Trump's chagrin, they blow more than just bagpipes up there. A Spanish-Portuguese-Chinese team proposes a 115-square mile facility to power 40 percent of the country's homes.

9 | September 5, 2012 10:46am | By Mark Halper

Acciona's Eric Schneider says the U.S. has wind power potential that's the envy of the world -- and the Midwest holds the key. But a major federal push is required to build out the necessary...

8 | May 27, 2010 8:36am | By Andrew Nusca

The bloom is sliding off the rose of renewables. Electric and hybrid vehicles losing favor too. What about nuclear?

28 | May 16, 2013 4:51am | By Mark Halper

Republican Mitt Romney has reversed his longstanding opposition to tax credits that subsidize the industry just days before the vote, to gain support in the wind state of Iowa.

5 | October 26, 2012 3:46pm | By David Worthington

Imagine if Verizon announced it's building the largest wind farm in the U.S. That's the sort of thing happening in Japan, where telecom and Internet giant Softbank is plunging into renewable power.

2 | September 19, 2012 4:32am | By Mark Halper

The partisan divide in Washington has been on full display this week. U.S. House Republicans managed to stonewall climate change hearings while simultaneously launching a probe into the federal...

34 | July 17, 2012 7:43pm | By David Worthington

The billionaire is in true brassy form, telling Scottish Parliament that he is 'the evidence' and 'world-class expert' who knows that wind turbines kill tourism. Could his luxury golf resort suffer?

23 | April 26, 2012 4:22am | By Mark Halper

Filing a patent for a new energy storage and generation system, it seems Apple may be looking at new ways to add clean energy to its manufacturing processes.

9 | January 9, 2013 12:44am | By Charlie Osborne

Energy powered by massive windmills seems like a nice way to diversify power sources, but there are significant logistical hurdles---especially in Europe. Nevertheless, wind energy capacity is...

3 | April 21, 2010 8:45am | By Larry Dignan

Google is investing $75 million in a wind farm project in Iowa. But why Iowa?

6 | November 15, 2012 10:08am | By Tyler Falk

Energy Secretary Chu and his British counterpart will announce collaboration on offshore wind farms that stand free of the seabed, cutting costs and allowing operations further out at sea.

6 | April 22, 2012 4:01pm | By Mark Halper

U.S. Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has taken a stance against renewing a tax credit that benefits wind turbine manufacturers. The Obama campaign hopes to make hay of Romney's decision, which...

8 | July 31, 2012 5:39pm | By David Worthington