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Europe’s Largest Rare Earth Deposit Found in Swedish Arctic

Europe’s Largest Rare Earth Deposit Found in Swedish Arctic

One of the main challenges of the clean energy transition is sourcing the rare earth minerals needed to build things like electric vehicles (EVs) or wind turbines.  That’s why Swedish mining company LKAB was excited to announce Thursday that it had found more than one million tonnes of rare earth oxides near the Arctic Swedish […]

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    World’s Most Powerful Wind Turbine Installed in Full View of Trump’s Scottish Golf Course

    World’s Most Powerful Wind Turbine Installed in Full View of Trump’s Scottish Golf Course

    The world’s most powerful wind turbine was successfully installed Monday off the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland. This is just the first of 11 turbines that will stand at Vattenfall’s future European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), Scotland’s largest offshore wind test and demonstration facility. Incidentally, the project was at the center of a contentious legal […]

    Wind Generates 100% of Scotland’s Electricity Needs for Entire Day

    Wind Generates 100% of Scotland’s Electricity Needs for Entire Day

    Wind energy had a banner day in Scotland. Thanks to an unseasonably windy Sunday, wind turbines generated more electricity than the country actually needed. Gale-force winds helped provide a record 106% of Scotland’s electricity needs on Aug. 7. Flickr After analyzing data from WeatherEnergy, the environmental group WWF Scotland announced that wind turbines generated more […]

    Wind Energy Threat to Birds Is Overblown

    Wind Energy Threat to Birds Is Overblown

    Wind energy is one of the cleanest, most abundant, sustainable and cost-effective ways to generate electricity. It’s also one of the fastest growing U.S. electricity sources. At the end of 2013, there were enough wind turbines across the country to power 15.5 million typical American homes and cut annual power sector carbon emissions by 4.4 […]