Offshore Wind Turbines Need Rare Earth Metals. Will There Be Enough to Go Around?

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. A Lot of Influencer PR Packages Are Extremely Wasteful For more than a decade, an Australian company called Arafura Rare Earths has been looking for customers willing to buy rare earth metals from a mine under development in the nation’s Northern … Read more

Monster wind turbines floating offshore could be future of wind energy

September 26, 2023 at 6:30 a.m. EDT New technology enables floating wind farms to be installed in deep water, where the wind is stronger and more consistent. (Ole Berg-Rusten/AFP/Getty Images)Comment on this storyComment BERGEN, Norway — The Norwegian prime minister and the country’s crown prince were sweating like everyone else, zipped into their North Sea … Read more