Onshore wind farms in Scotland have posted a record-level of electricity generation for the start of the year.
The country’s monthly clean energy production exceeded demand, according to a report.
The two 350 MW wind farms are to be completed by 2022. Constructing wind farms without public subsidy means that the facilities can sell their electricity on the wholesale power market.
These cities have large populations, such as Seattle, Vancouver, Oslo, Auckland and Nairobi. The analysis also shows that 43 cities out of 102 have now reached the astounding feat of running on 100 % renewables.
New figures show Europe added record levels of wind power last year.
The Netherland's national railway company, NS, has announced that all of its electric passenger trains are now 100 percent powered by wind energy.
Hornsea Project One is expected to be operational in 2020, and it will produce power for more than one million homes.
France announced a 10-point scheme on Thursday to halve the time it takes to get onshore wind farms up and running and double the amount of electricity generated by turbines by 2023.
Wind power has set a new record in the UK, topping 10GW of output for the first time according to the latest data.
The next goal is for Denmark to reach 50% wind energy by 2020.
Larger wind farms with taller turbines are to be built across rural Scotland, under government's plan to generate half of the country’s energy needs from renewable sources.
Google is officially off-setting 100% of its energy usage with either wind or solar power. The company signed contracts on three wind power plants in recent days.
It appears that Costa Rica just bested its 2015 achievement, having run for 300 days on a mixture of hydro, wind, geothermal, biomass, and solar energy.
According to data released by the Indian government, wind energy generation in the country jumped 35% in Q3 2017 compared to the preceding quarter.
WindEurope says 24.6% of Europe’s power met by sector on 28 October
