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Florida moves to ban offshore wind over ‘views from the beach’ – report

By Ros Davidson, 8 March 2024

Offshore wind turbines may be banned in state waters off Florida under new legislation. The conservative state has relatively slow wind speeds yet is prone to hurricanes, and does not yet have any offshore wind farms.

Analysis: IRA makes US wind market a world leader for repowering

By Ros Davidson, 20 February 2024

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has made the US’s multi-billion-dollar market for repowering aged wind farms the largest in the world, according to analysts. Windpower Monthly investigates.

Nearly 1GW of wind comes online in US after ‘sluggish’ start to 2023

By Ian Griggs, 7 August 2023

Wind accounted for nearly a fifth of the renewable energy brought online in the second quarter of this year, according to a report by the American Clean Power Association (ACP).

Windpower Intelligence Global Forecast: May 2021

12 May 2021

Below we present our latest global capacity forecasts to 2027.

Latest wind power news in brief

By Staff, 15 April 2021

US forecast to commission 21GW of wind power in 2021

By Andrew McCorkell, 12 February 2021

The US looks set to break last year's record for new wind capacity, but it will need to keep up this pace to meet ambitious state targets, a new report reveals