Independent power producer SolarAfrica Energy has begun construction on its first utility-scale solar installation, located in South Africa's Northern Cape that is set to total 1 GW in capacity when complete.
Incident probes and cleanup at 806-MW Vineyard Wind site near Nantucket Island remain underway nearly 10 days after July 13 giant blade break caused floating debris and fiberglass shards to reach beaches, with speculation a cause may soon be known and optimism the sector will survive this and other setbacks.
On a Saturday morning in the summer of 1966, Vinton Bacon, general superintendent of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Chicago, pulled his car into a service station near his suburban home for gas and an oil check. The attendant found four sticks of dynamite wired to the car’s engine. Only a faulty connection prevented them from exploding.