Etiket: wind
Training wind turbine repairers: a dizzying challenge
(Tucumcari) Perched nearly 300 feet above the New Mexico plains, strapped to the top of a wind turbine by nothing more than a safety harness, Terrill Stowe is in his…
Who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind
We must all, of course, deplore this assassination attempt against Mr. Trump today, regardless of our opinion of the man. Violence will always and under all circumstances be… unacceptable! Totally…
Renewable energy: Beijing builds twice as much wind and solar capacity as the rest of the planet
China is consolidating its position as a global leader in renewable energy, building twice as much wind and solar capacity as the rest of the world, according to a study…
Wind, solar… China builds twice as much as the rest of the world, according to a study
China is consolidating its position as a global leader in renewable energy: almost two-thirds of new solar and wind capacity built in 2024 worldwide will be located in China, according…
TES Canada | MRCs feel forgotten by wind development
Two MRCs that were to host the large TES Canada wind farm in Mauricie did not have the opportunity to become partners in the project and receive their share of…
Hydro-Québec wants to build a vast wind farm complex with the Innus of Mashteuiatsh and the Attikameks of Wemotaci
Hydro-Québec intends to set up a large wind energy complex in the northwest of Lac-Saint-Jean that could generate up to 3,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity. To do this, the Crown…
Former headquarters of the CNESST in Quebec | Second wind for an emblematic building
A government building in the Old Capital will avoid the peak of demolitions. Representative of the years of the Quiet Revolution, it will come back to life in the form…
after the legislative elections, “we could fall a long way behind” on wind power, warns the Renewable Energies Union
He recalls that offshore wind power “is more effective than anything else” to “guarantee controlled energy prices”. Published on 06/27/2024 1:53 p.m. Reading time: 2 min The president of the…
TRUE OR FALSE. Is it true that “25% of the time, wind turbines run idle, energy cannot be stored”, as Jordan Bardella states?
The energy produced by wind turbines is actually used, stored or sold on markets. Sales prices depend on consumption and production, but it is very rare that they are negative.…
solar and wind power overtake oil in the share of new energies produced in 2023
For the first time in history, wind and solar combined brought more new energy to the world than any other source, according to an analysis by specialist media Carbon Brief.…
solar and wind power overtake oil in the share of new energies produced in 2023
For the first time in history, wind and solar combined brought more new energy to the world than any other source, according to an analysis by specialist media Carbon Brief.…
Residential development has had the wind in its sails in Quebec in the last 20 years
The solution to tackling the housing crisis does not lie in less regulation to stimulate residential construction, suggests a new study from the Institute for Socioeconomic Research and Information (IRIS).…
Wind production, or cultivating the art of feeling the wind before it turns
Green, renewable, capable of generating appreciable quantities of electricity at increasingly low costs, wind production is gaining importance in the global energy mix. That Quebec decides to enter the dance…
A major change of direction from Hydro-Québec which confirms the interest of wind power here
The news being particularly busy with the conviction of Donald Trump, the announcement on the same day of the takeover of the wind sector by Hydro-Québec was quickly classified as…
Extolling the merits of wind turbines in the Montérégie sector
Hydro-Québec wants to more than triple wind production in the province within 10 years. Its CEO, Michael Sabia, believes that social acceptability is “the key to success” of this ambition.…
In southern Quebec, wind projects divide communities
Hydro-Québec wants to more than triple wind production in the province within ten years. Its CEO, Michael Sabia, believes that social acceptability is “the key to success” of this ambition.…
Municipalities request a generic BAPE on wind power
Faced with the scale of future wind developments in Quebec and the upheavals they may cause, voices are being raised for the establishment of a generic BAPE for the wind…
Cars, wind turbines, heat pumps… How the far right attacks pro-climate measures to gain votes in Europe
As the European elections approach, the far right is attacking climate measures in different countries. This cultural war against a policy accused of being elitist could derail the EU’s ambitions…
A nationalization of wind power… or almost
Imagine the kind of projects. Quebec will see hundreds of wind turbines grow on an area the size of the island of Montreal. Not just once, but every year for…
Hydro-Québec launches into the development of large wind projects
Hydro-Québec no longer wants to be content with the role of buyer for private players in the development of wind energy. Its president and CEO, Michael Sabia, announced Thursday that…