wind farms – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Tue, 06 Dec 2022 17:01:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Critical juncture: Poland’s government greenlights the country’s first nuclear power plant https://energytransition.org/2022/12/critical-juncture-polands-government-greenlights-the-countrys-first-nuclear-power-plant/ https://energytransition.org/2022/12/critical-juncture-polands-government-greenlights-the-countrys-first-nuclear-power-plant/#respond Tue, 06 Dec 2022 10:00:39 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=27679 The Polish government has taken a first step towards realizing its nuclear energy aspirations – building a reactor with a total capacity of 9 GW by the year 2043. At the beginning of November, an agreement was signed with the American, Pittsburg-based company Westinghouse to build its first nuclear project on the Baltic coast. It marks a significant pivot in the Polish energy transition.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/12/critical-juncture-polands-government-greenlights-the-countrys-first-nuclear-power-plant/feed/ 0 Copenhagen’s Legendary Wind Park Middelgrunden at a Crossroads https://energytransition.org/2021/02/23275/ https://energytransition.org/2021/02/23275/#respond Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:00:23 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23275 The world’s largest wind farm two decades ago may not survive as a co-operative. At least this is what the Danish energy industry says. The co-op’s founders remain defiant – and optimistic. Paul Hockenos has the story. (CC BY-SA 2.0, Jimmy Baikovicius) Copenhagen, Denmark From atop one of the Middelgrunden wind park’s turbines in the western-most waters of the Baltic Sea, one surveys the urban...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/02/23275/feed/ 0 Is Floating Wind Energy the Next Big Thing? https://energytransition.org/2020/06/is-floating-wind-energy-the-next-big-thing/ https://energytransition.org/2020/06/is-floating-wind-energy-the-next-big-thing/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:00:43 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22513 Many experts say that offshore wind must go much deeper into oceans to help hit new climate targets. Massive turbines that float on the sea fit the bill – but the cost is still high. Paul Hockenos has the details. * ( Public Domain) “Floating wind power has enormous potential to be a core technology for reaching the climate goals in Europe and around the world,” says Frank Adam, an expert on wind...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/06/is-floating-wind-energy-the-next-big-thing/feed/ 2 Wind energy is starting to spill off the shore of Trump’s America https://energytransition.org/2020/03/wind-energy-is-starting-to-spill-off-the-shore-of-trumps-america/ https://energytransition.org/2020/03/wind-energy-is-starting-to-spill-off-the-shore-of-trumps-america/#respond Wed, 18 Mar 2020 13:45:45 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=21891 Although Trump keeps pushing lumps of coal and tankers full of freedom gas down the world’s collective throats, his industry-friendly administration hasn’t prevented America’s coal industry from dying or its fracking companies from losing piles of money. Nor has he stopped wind from gaining even more traction. After setting growth records last year, another breakthrough is forecast for 2020 as...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/03/wind-energy-is-starting-to-spill-off-the-shore-of-trumps-america/feed/ 0 How AI and robots will help safeguard our offshore energy infrastructure in the future https://energytransition.org/2019/08/how-ai-and-robots-will-help-safeguard-our-offshore-energy-infrastructure-in-the-future/ https://energytransition.org/2019/08/how-ai-and-robots-will-help-safeguard-our-offshore-energy-infrastructure-in-the-future/#comments Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:00:36 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20527 The modern world depends on the smooth provision of vital services such as energy, transportation, telecommunications, food, water and healthcare. But the systems underpinning these sectors are increasingly complex and interdependent, interacting at a global scale – which makes them susceptible to potentially catastrophic failures when they come under stress. David Flynn and Valentin Robu report...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/08/how-ai-and-robots-will-help-safeguard-our-offshore-energy-infrastructure-in-the-future/feed/ 1 Polish politicians come to terms with climate change https://energytransition.org/2019/08/polish-politicians-come-to-terms-with-climate-change/ https://energytransition.org/2019/08/polish-politicians-come-to-terms-with-climate-change/#respond Tue, 06 Aug 2019 13:20:57 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20383 Recent months have brought a series of signs of change on the horizon of Polish climate politics – some clearer than others. It is negligible how much such change is being forced by external circumstances and how much stems from genuine reflection. The climate crisis and its consequences are now so clear that the most hardened climate sceptics have been silenced. It is too soon to speak of an...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/08/polish-politicians-come-to-terms-with-climate-change/feed/ 0 Poland may miss its 2020 targets for renewable energy – unless offshore wind develops fast https://energytransition.org/2019/06/poland-may-miss-its-2020-targets/ https://energytransition.org/2019/06/poland-may-miss-its-2020-targets/#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2019 13:00:18 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=19931 A summary of the Polish power industry in 2018 gives no apparent reason for optimism. But appearances can be deceiving: there is a flicker of light on the horizon. The only question is whether it is not appearing too late, says Michał Olszewski. The Polish government wants to focus more on the development of offshore wind farms (Photo by Andy Dingley; CC BY-SA 3.0) In Poland...

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