The government has given planning permission for the construction of a wind farm off the Suffolk coast, that could become the largest in the world.
Swedish flatpack furniture retailer Ikea has bought a wind farm in Illinois as part of its ongoing effort to reduce its energy footprint by 2020.
US energy startup Altaeros is looking to break the world record for the highest wind turbine, by launching one 305m into the air above Fairbanks, Alaska.
Offshore wind farms are an increasingly popular source of green energy, but they may offer a secondary purpose in the US in slowing down hurricanes before they reach land according to new research.
Activists from Liberate Tate took to the Tate Modern in London last week carrying a 54-foot, one-and-a-half tonne wind turbine blade in protest of the environmental damage caused by oil company BP – a major sponsor of the art gallery.