ACP OCRP-3-2024: U.S. Offshore Wind Metocean Conditions
Besides improving safety, understanding metocean conditions can also help optimize the design and maintenance of offshore structures and reduce the risk of environmental damage or…
IEC 61400-1 Ed. 4.0 b:2019: Wind Turbines Design
Wind energy in the United States helps avoid 336 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually—equivalent to the emissions from 73 million cars. Further, wind…
Solar PV Modules – Sustainability Leadership Objectives
The solar industry is flourishing. Comprising nothing more than a modicum of photovoltaic (PV) panels and arrays just a little over a decade ago, the…
Total Wind Power Capacity, According to the U.S. Wind Turbine Database
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has released the U.S. Wind Turbine Database (USWTDB), a useful resource for visualizing the distribution of wind power generation…
Costa Rica is Running Completely on Clean Energy. Could We All Do the Same?
As of early September 2016, Costa Rica has been running completely on renewable energy for over two months. The Central American nation managed to supply…
Solar Impulse: An Exploration of Potential of Clean Energy
On July 27, 2016, Bertrand Piccard successfully touched down Solar Impulse 2 in Abu Dhabi, completing its around-the-world voyage in the same exact spot it…
Corrosion in Geothermal Energy Production
Geothermal energy is a sustainable clean energy source, as it draws upon the heat that is naturally being emitted from the Earth’s core into the…
Coal Job Losses from Energy Trends
Renewable energy has been praised as the solution to so many of the world’s problems, being able to cut down greenhouse gas emissions, lower dependence…
Alternative Wind Turbine Locations
As we discussed in our post on local opposition to wind energy projects, the majority of people in the United States support renewable energy but…