ABB partners with China’s State Grid to integrate renewables
ABB’s Power Grids business has won several major orders to supply advanced HVDC converter transformers and high-voltage equipment for three 800 kilovolt (kV), ultrahigh-voltage...
Passage of VCEA clears path for offshore wind
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam recently signed the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA), which passed in the state Senate and the House of Delegates in...
Analysis: Wind-energy expansion would have $27B economic impact
Wind, which generates less greenhouse gas emission than burning fossil fuels, is making up an increasing share of the energy production portfolio in the...
Pexapark launches new networking platform to drive future PPA deals
Pexapark, a provider of software and advisory services for clean energy Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), recently launched PexaConnect, a new community platform for businesses...
BOEM, CSA release atlas of U.S. waters submarine canyons
CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA), a marine environmental consulting firm that specializes in multidisciplinary projects concerning potential impacts of activities in coastal and marine...
WindCom North America hires new NOAOM manager
WindCom (Wind Composite Services Group), a wind blade services company serving the international wind-energy community, announced that Bruno Bellote recently joined WindCom Services’ leadership...
New International Partnering Forum dates announced
The Business Network for Offshore Wind recently announced that, out of an abundance of caution for the safety of its attendees, it has decided...
ALLETE Clean Energy purchases 300-MW Oklahoma project
ALLETE Clean Energy has acquired the Caddo wind project in Oklahoma from Apex Clean Energy, including plans to sell energy to three Fortune 500...
Siemens ups stake to 67.1% to spin-off SGRE into Siemens Energy
Siemens has bought out Iberdrola’s 8.1 percent stake in Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) for a total cost of $1.2 billion, potentially ending a...
Pexapark offers free software version used in European PPA deals
Pexapark, a provider of software and advisory services for clean energy Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) recently announced it had launched a free version of...
Americas’ wind installations rise 12% in 2019 to 13.4 GW
The latest data released by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) shows North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean installed 13,427 MW capacity...
Leading offshore conference to launch national job fair
The Business Network for Offshore Wind, a leading non-profit advocate for U.S. offshore wind at the state, federal, and global levels, will host its...
ICUEE names new 2021 chairman, vice chairwoman
ICUEE – The Demo Expo recently announced Dave Hughes, vice president of global sales for McElroy Manufacturing, Inc., has been named 2021 show chairman....
NOIA announces new staff changes
The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) recently hired Richard England and Ashley Parkins. England is the new NOIA vice president of Government Affairs, while...
Allete secures tax equity funding for its two newest wind sites
Allete Clean Energy recently sold Class A passive membership interests in Great American West Wind LLC to JPM Capital Corporation in support of the...
Vestas to become carbon-neutral by 2030
Vestas is excited to announce it will be a carbon-neutral company by no later than 2030 — the first of many initiatives to increase...
Chartwell awarded low emission vessel technology prize
Pioneering next-generation naval architect, Chartwell Marine, and independent technical consultancy, Seaspeed Marine Consulting, have been awarded a prize by the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind...
Equinor cuts floating wind costs by 40% in design revamp
Equinor will use new installation techniques, concrete substructures and a shared mooring design to slice costs at its ground-breaking Hywind Tampen floating wind project...
Ducted Wind Turbines wins grant from Department of Energy
Ducted Wind Turbines, the company formed by Clarkson University Associate Professor of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering Ken Visser and his team has won a...
Wind development in the high seas could unlock offshore potential
The offshore wind industry is making great strides in developing technology. That means projects can be built further from shore, including technological innovations in...
