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  Waardenburg, Netherlands (AFP) Aug 28, 2026 "It has a right to the wind," says Dutchman Koen van der Kroon, supervising from his vantage point on a dyke as a centuries-old windmill is lifted painstakingly inch-by-inch. The Waardenburg windmill - a rare hexagonal mill still grinding grain today - has graced the banks of the Waal on the Rhine delta for 250 years and is a listed monument in the Netherlands. But a nearby dyke has been raised to protect against flood risks, choking the wind supply to the windmill and threatening to render it ... read more |
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Proba-3 First Science Results Show Slow Solar Wind Moving Three to Four Times Faster Than ExpectedBerlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 17, 2026 ESA's Proba-3 mission has delivered its first science results, revealing that solar wind structures in the Sun's inner corona can travel three to four times faster than scientists previously thought ... more  
Mideast war exposes fragile oil, gas dependencyParis, France (AFP) Mar 3, 2026 As in 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine, the new war in the Middle East is exposing once again how far Europe and others lag in replacing imported fossil fuels with domestic solar and wind power, specialists say. ... more  
Hybrid offshore platforms boost ocean power output and stabilityLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 25, 2026 Combining wind turbines with wave, solar and tidal devices on shared offshore platforms can cut construction costs, enhance platform stability and deliver more reliable power, according to researche ... more  
EU will struggle to secure key raw materials supply, warns reportBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 2, 2026 The European Union must step up its efforts to secure supplies of critical raw materials by 2030 if it wants to break its dependence on foreign countries and meet its climate goals, a watchdog warned on Monday. ... more |
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China added record wind and solar power in 2025, data showsBeijing (AFP) Jan 28, 2026 China added record amounts of wind and solar power capacity in 2025, while polluting coal and gas power also surged, according to data released on Wednesday by its National Energy Administration. ... more  
UK facility scales hydrogen recycling of rare earth magnetsLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 The University of Birmingham has launched a large scale rare earth magnet recycling facility in the West Midlands that aims to reduce the United Kingdom's reliance on imported rare earth metals, all ... more 
UK nets record offshore wind supply in renewables pushLondon (AFP) Jan 14, 2026 Britain announced Wednesday it had secured a record amount of offshore wind power capacity in its latest auction, as the government pushes to meet its ambitious 2030 decarbonisation goals. ... more 
Trump gets wrong country, wrong bird in windmill rantWashington, United States (AFP) Dec 31, 2025 US President Donald Trump has blamed wind turbines for killing iconic American bald eagles in a year's end social media post that hit on one of his pet peeves. ... more |
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Wind-Sculpted Landscapes: Investigating the Martian Megaripple 'Hazyview'Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2025 While much of Perseverance's work focuses on ancient rocks that record Mars' long-lost rivers and lakes, megaripples offer a rare opportunity to examine processes that are still shaping the surface ... more 
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Spies Solar Wind 'U-Turn'Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 Images captured by NASA's Parker Solar Probe as the spacecraft made its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun in December 2024 have now revealed new details about how solar magnetic fields res ... more  
Windswept Kazakh rail hub at the heart of China-Europe tradeDostyk, Kazakhstan (AFP) Dec 12, 2025 Operating a huge cargo lifter, Zhandos Nurmagambetov was stacking containers onto a train before it headed across the steppe of Kazakhstan on a new railway route vital for China-Europe trade. ... more 
S.Africa seeks to save birds from wind turbine risksSwellendam, South Africa (AFP) Oct 23, 2025 Powerful gusts shook an observation post perched on a hill at a wind farm in South Africa as two monitors scanned the landscape through binoculars. ... more |
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Danish wind giant Orsted to cut workforce by a quarterCopenhagen (AFP) Oct 9, 2025 Danish offshore wind energy giant Orsted announced Thursday plans to cut 2,000 jobs, or a quarter of its workforce, by 2027 as its business struggles in the United States. ... more 
Wind driven rovers show promise for low cost Mars missionsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 26, 2025 Recent tests suggest that swarms of spherical tumbleweed rovers could offer an affordable and efficient way to explore Mars. Experiments conducted in a wind tunnel and on natural terrain show that t ... more |
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French-German duo wins mega offshore wind energy project Paris (AFP) Sept 24, 2025 French energy multinational TotalEnergies and German energy group RWE have won a contract to built a large offshore wind energy project with a potential to supply the equivalent of one million households with electricity, the French government said Wednesday. ... more 
Wind giant Orsted to resume US project after court winCopenhagen (AFP) Sept 23, 2025 Shares in Danish wind giant Orsted bounced Tuesday after a US court allowed it to resume work on a project that had been blocked by officials. ... more 
Floating wind power sets sail in Japan's energy shiftGoto, Japan (AFP) Sept 21, 2025 Close to a small fishing port in southwestern Japan, the slim white turbines of the country's first commercial-scale floating wind farm glimmer offshore, months before a key project in Tokyo's green-energy strategy begins. ... more |
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