While you were sleeping, #windEnergy reached 11% of the National Grid's electricity demand. https://winderful.uk

While you were sleeping, #windEnergy reached 32% of the National Grid's electricity demand. https://winderful.uk

Strandbeest Evolution

Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests are massive, wind-powered kinetic sculptures designed to roam Dutch beaches. Conceived in the late 1980s as a way to kick up sand that would replenish nearby dunes, the beests have grown into a decades-long obsession for the artist and his followers. This Veritasium video charts the development and evolution of the Strandbeest from its original concept through Jansen’s increasingly self-sufficient versions. I found the leg linkage of the Strandbeest especially fascinating. How neat to find a relatively simply proportion of linkages capable of turning a small crank’s motion into a stable walking gait. Anyone else feel like building a miniature Strandbeest now? (Video and image credit: Veritasium)

While you were sleeping, #windEnergy reached 40% of the National Grid's electricity demand. https://winderful.uk

Thanks to Trump, the US floating offshore wind industry is adrift without a lifeboat while other nations surge ahead.

#offshorewind #offshorewindfarms #offshorewindturbines #windenergy #floatingwind #floatingoffshorewind #windindustry #uswindindustry #cleanenergy #greenenergy #gogreen #greenfuture #greeneconomy #renewableenergy

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/11/how-the-us-lost-the-floating-wind-turbine-race/

While you were sleeping, #windEnergy reached 51% of the National Grid's electricity demand. https://winderful.uk

270m-high wind turbine plan generates opposition in Victorian town
By Eugene Boisvert

Residents in the south-west Victorian town of Nelson say building the some of the biggest wind turbines in Australia will harm the look and environment of the picturesque area.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/neoen-kentbruck-wind-turbine-opposition-in-nelson/105031706

270m-high wind turbine plan generates opposition in Victorian town
By Eugene Boisvert

Residents in the south-west Victorian town of Nelson say building the some of the biggest wind turbines in Australia will harm the look and environment of the picturesque area.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/neoen-kentbruck-wind-turbine-opposition-in-nelson/105031706

New floating offshore wind turbine platform is a carbon sink, too.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/09/us-startup-brings-new-floating-offshore-wind-turbine-platform-to-the-world/

While you were sleeping, #windEnergy reached 35% of the National Grid's electricity demand. https://winderful.uk

'Another record' expected as more captive-bred orange-bellied parrots released
By Bec Pridham

Almost 30 of the critically endangered birds have been released from captivity, buoying expectations for a record-breaking winter migration this year.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-10/orange-bellied-parrot-record-breaking-migration-expected/105029354

While you were sleeping, #windEnergy reached 25% of the National Grid's electricity demand. https://winderful.uk

#GolfCourses Use More Land Globally Than #Solar or #WindEnergy

Story by Mihai Andrei, February 25, 2025

"The land use of #RenewableEnergy is often criticized in public and political debates. However, a new study shows that something as frivolous as golf courses use up more land globally than solar or wind energy. Golf courses, which often serve a small number of #AffluentPeople, are also terrible for the #environment and use up a lot of #water and resources.

Competition for space

"The lush greenery you see on golf courses is a well-maintained lie. Golf courses use enormous amounts of water — sometimes in regions already facing shortages. Maintaining that flawless grass also means heavy reliance on #fertilizers and #pesticides, which seep into local waterways, harming# wildlife and #polluting #ecosystems. To make it even worse, golf courses are apparently competing with renewable energy for space.

"Every acre we allocate to one use is an acre less for another. Currently, more than 38,400 golf courses span the globe, occupying vast stretches of valuable land. Surprisingly, researchers from Germany’s Forschungszentrum Jülich found that countries (especially richer countries like the US, the UK, and Canada) dedicate far more land to golf courses than to #SolarFarms or #WindTurbines.

"Let’s put this into perspective. If you take the golf courses in just the top ten golfing countries and convert them into renewable energy, you’d get an extra 842 gigawatts (GW) of solar or 659 GW of wind capacity. And to put that into perspective, that’s more than the entire quantity of renewable energy these countries produce and are forecast to have for a few years.

Replacing golf courses with something more useful isn’t a new idea, it’s already happening in some areas. In Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture, an entire golf course now hosts 260,000 solar panels, generating 125 gigawatt-hours annually. Meanwhile, in South Korea, 'screen golf,' indoor simulated golfing experiences, provide a popular, space-efficient alternative to traditional courses."

Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/general/golf-courses-use-more-land-globally-than-solar-or-wind-energy/ar-AA1zHvIE
#Renewables #RenewablesNow #GolfCourses #WaterIsLife #Rewilding #WindTurbines

Hunt Energy sees the future, and it is long duration energy storage.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/08/fossil-fuelers-bet-10-million-on-long-duration-energy-storage/

While you were sleeping, #windEnergy reached 33% of the National Grid's electricity demand. https://winderful.uk

While you were sleeping, #windEnergy reached 54% of the National Grid's electricity demand. https://winderful.uk

California’s first pilot floating wind array has gained the approval of the US “space force”, clearing one hurdle from its path toward development. #energy #Windfarms #Windenergy https://www.rechargenews.com/wind/california-floating-wind-plan-gains-mission-approval-with-us-space-force-base/2-1-1499623

Windy start of the year