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• How much money RWE gives Caithness communities, over 580,000 pounds a year across 4 sites3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Government pays company to cancel wind farm, 1.22 billion dollars this time, the fifth such deal since March 20263 minute read. 5 sources.
• The Pentagon has frozen 108 wind projects worth 62 billion dollars, and a court ruled the freeze unlawful3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A tax ruling ended an 11 year fight over which country can tax 2 Orsted offshore wind farms in the UK, after Denmark claimed 1.03 billion dollars2 minute read. 5 sources.
• New wind turbine drivetrain without a giant bearing finishes first test, moves toward 22 and 30 megawatt designs3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Nova Scotia opens a second renewable energy procurement round for wind power, offering developers 25% more to finish by 20293 minute read. 5 sources.
• Government approves offshore wind farm power cable despite its own planners recommending refusal, clearing 480 megawatts for Morecambe3 minute read. 5 sources.
• New Zealand wind farm at Dargaville starts generating power, on track for 77 megawatts by the end of 20263 minute read. 5 sources.
• Wind turbine technician jobs must reach 628,000 worldwide by 2030, up from 475,000 today3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Germany offshore wind auction drew 0 bids in 2025, and the new rules replacing it set 2,000 to 4,800 megawatts of tenders a year3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Wind share of United States electricity climbs to 11.37% in 2026, up from 10.86% in 20253 minute read. 5 sources.
• Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, the Virginia offshore wind farm, delivered first power in March 2026 but full completion has slipped to early 20273 minute read. 5 sources.
• Standardizing turbine designs could cut North Sea offshore wind costs by up to 28%, DNV study finds3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Deutsche Windtechnik wins new contract to maintain all 30 turbines at Germany first offshore wind farm3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Vineyard Wind finished construction as the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States, with all 62 turbines installed by March 13, 20263 minute read. 5 sources.
• Revolution Wind completed construction in Rhode Island and Connecticut with all 65 turbines, after 2 federal stop work orders lost in court3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Empire Wind will power 388,000 New York homes, with 60% already built despite a federal stop work order3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A wind turbine costs about 1,700 dollars a kilowatt to build onshore in the United States, and offshore runs more than double3 minute read. 5 sources.
• How much money a wind farm pays a town in Wisconsin, 5,000 dollars a megawatt a year3 minute read. 5 sources.
• How much land wind turbines take up on a farm, and how much stays in production3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Wind farms pay landowners close to 935 million dollars a year in lease payments3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A wind turbine decommissioning bond can run from 20,000 to 44,474 dollars, and the deadline to post one keeps getting earlier3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Community energy funding in Scotland reaches 46 groups with over 5.5 million pounds3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Virginia is set to get its first wind farm by the end of 2026, built to sell all its power to Google3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Pinnacle wind farm grant application window opens for West Virginia nonprofits2 minute read. 5 sources.
• Wind farm community payments in Ireland have stayed at 2 euro per megawatt hour since 2021, and Mayo county council says operators can already pay more3 minute read. 5 sources.
• How much tax money a wind farm brings an Iowa county3 minute read. 5 sources.
• How much farmers get paid for wind turbines in Iowa now totals 100.4 million dollars a year3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Texas landowners get paid 78 million dollars to host turbines as a second wind farm phase advances3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A Nebraska wind farm pays landowners 2,000,000 dollars a year to host 200 turbines3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Federal government opens 50,000,000 dollars in funding for tribes to build energy projects, but never names wind3 minute read. 5 sources.
• How much money Clyde wind farm gives the local community, 1,400,000 pounds across 27 projects for 20263 minute read. 5 sources.
• Wind power costs 36% more than solar on signed United States contracts, the widest gap on record3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Iowa, Kansas and South Dakota each get more than half their electricity from wind2 minute read. 5 sources.
• American wind added 5.1 gigawatts in 2024 while solar added 30, and the 2026 plan widens the gap further3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A wind turbine turns moving air into electricity through 2 jobs, and the average new American machine can power over 1,000 United States households a day3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The United States will retire 235,000 wind turbine blades by 2050, and the biggest recycling plant running today can only process 3,000 a year3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Wind powered ammonia for fertilizer costs 30% to 80% more than the gas made kind, but it cannot spike like gas did in 20223 minute read. 5 sources.
• New York lost 6.5 gigawatts of offshore wind contracts, and 2 of its 5 auctions ended with no awards2 minute read. 5 sources.
• Ohio gave counties the power to ban wind farms, and Richland County voters kept theirs3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Wind turbines are 375% bigger than in 1999, and the largest now go to sea because roads cannot carry them3 minute read. 5 sources.