WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish President Karol Nawrocki vetoed a bill meant to ease rules for building onshore wind farms on Thursday, saying that a government decision to bundle it together with a freeze on energy prices amounted to "blackmail".

Puget Sound Energy announced on Tuesday that its Beaver Creek wind farm, a 248-megawatt wind project located on the high plains in Stillwater County, is now fully operational.

The Transportation secretary says the effort is about safety, but some rail experts and the wind industry say there's little evidence for that.

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has announced that its Beaver Creek wind farm, a utility-scale project located in Stillwater County in the US state of Montana, is now fully operational. This marks a significant step in PSE's efforts to expand its renewable energy resources, aligning with Washington State's clean energy laws.

The Interpipe pipe and wheel holding company has shipped almost 250 tons of seamless pipes to a Spanish client for the construction of an offshore wind farm in

The bill Nawrocki vetoed would have made onshore wind installations easier and included incentives for municipalities to expand renewable energy capacity.

Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Exxaro Resources will be spending R5.2-billion on a life-of-mine expansion project at its Matla colliery and R4.7-billion on the development of the 140 MW Karreebosch wind energy project.

Chinese officials have showcased what they claim will be the world's largest solar farm on the Tibetan plateau.

British households and businesses face a £33m bill for switching off wind farms during Storm Floris despite gusts of more than 100mph.

Under the Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms scheme, cables would come ashore near Starr Gate beach, close to Blackpool Airport, before running through the Fylde countryside and then into a battery storage facility in Penwortham.