After two decades of steady growth, annual wind capacity additions have fallen for two consecutive years—and not by an insufficient amount. Wind developers in the United States built half
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Slower wind speeds from the naturally occurring El Niño weather
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Wind farm development, offshore and onshore, has been slowed by many factors, such as parts shortages and difficulty obtaining permits. Those obstacles are among the reasons that wind
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(Bloomberg) -- US wind power slipped last year for the first time in a quarter-century due to weaker-than-normal Midwest breezes, underscoring the challenge of integrating volatile renewable
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Annual US power generation from wind turbines declined in 2023 for the first time since the mid-1990s – here''s why.
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Last year, the average utilization rate, or capacity factor, of the wind turbine fleet fell to an eight-year low of 33.5% (compared with 35.9% in 2022, the all-time high). The 2023 decline in wind
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However, while transmission congestion is a growing problem, it didn''t cause the fall-off in wind generation. Last year''s decrease in wind generation was confined to the upper Midwest,
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The amount of electricity produced by wind farms in the U.S. fell to a 33-month low on Monday, forcing power generators to crank up natural-gas fired plants to keep air conditioners
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The amount of electricity produced by U.S. wind facilities dropped to a 33-month low on July 22, forcing power generators to use natural-gas fired plants to meet electricity demand.
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Slower wind speeds from the naturally occurring El Niño weather phenomenon drove lower generation. Consultancy DNV, which advises on US wind projects, saw a 5 per cent decline in
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According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), US electricity generation from wind turbines decreased for the first time since the mid-1990s in 2023 despite the addition of 6.2
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