Virtual LiDAR Model Helps Researchers Plan for Wake Steering Experiment at SWiFT
A team of researchers at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are planning a critical experiment at Sandia’s Scaled...
Adwenâs AD 5-132 Obtains Type Certificate from DNV GL
Adwen recently obtained the type certificate of its AD 5-132 offshore wind turbine awarded by the independent certification body DNV GL. This milestone marks...
A Massive Magnet Will Generate Power at Americaâs First Offshore Wind Farm
Offshore wind farms can tap into a bounty of wind that allows them to work twice as efficiently, but that productivity comes at a...
UMass Amherst Engineers Developing Multi-Line Anchor System for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines
A team of researchers that includes two engineers from the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst is developing a new mooring system for floating offshore...
Sentient Science Chosen for Computational Gearbox Testing of 8-MW Offshore Wind Turbine
Sentient Science recently announced that it has signed an agreement with Adwen, a leading offshore wind turbine manufacturer, to validate the drivetrain for its...
Levenmouth Turbine Offers Unrivalled Opportunity for Renewable Energy Research and Development
Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult recently unveiled its 7-MW demonstration offshore wind turbine in Levenmouth, Scotland, underlining the vital role that the United Kingdom...
Adwenâs AD 5-135 First Turbine to Obtain DNV GL Type Certificate
Adwen’s AD 5-135 turbine has obtained the first type certificate based on the “Guideline for the Certification of Offshore Wind Turbines, Edition 2012” issued...
Enormous Blades Could Lead to More Offshore Wind Energy in the U.S.
A new design for gigantic blades longer than two football fields could help bring offshore 50-MW wind turbines to the United States and the...
Carbon Trust Launches Technology Trial To Create 3-D Wind Maps for Offshore Wind Farms
The Carbon Trust recently announced the start of the world’s largest trial of scanning light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology taking place in Dublin...
Kinewell KLOC Software Brings Economic Value to Offshore Wind Market
Kinewell Energy recently demonstrated that its new software, KLOC, could have saved an operating offshore wind farm approximately $2.5 million had the technology been...
Antaira Releases Industrial 8-Port Gigabit-Managed Switches
Antaira Technologies, a global leading developer and manufacturer of industrial device networking and communication product solutions for harsh environments, recently announced its expansion in...
Key Conditions That Are Conducive to New Innovations in Wind Energy
Twenty years ago, onshore wind was a minor player that only had specific niches for roles such as small-scale off-grid installations. It now generates...
Cyberhawk Celebrates Double Shortlisting for Energy Innovation Awards
Cyberhawk Innovations Ltd. recently announced that it has been recognized as a finalist in the 2016 U.K. Energy Innovation Awards in the categories for...
Sentient Science Takes $17 Million in Venture Funding
Sentient Science, a leading provider of materials science-based life prediction and extension technology, recently announced a significant working capital infusion to add new products...
DNV GL Issues Type Certificate for Siemens New 7-MW Offshore Wind Turbine
DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, recently awarded Siemens Wind Power with final type certification for its...
Renewable Energy Record Achieved at London Array
London Array, the world’s largest operational offshore wind farm, has set a new record for the amount of clean electricity produced by an offshore...
EDF Renewable Energy Agreed To Supply Google with 201 MW of Wind Power
Google, Inc. recently announced that it has signed a deal with EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE), as well as with five other renewable energy...
Turbine Owners Establish Global Peer-to-Peer Platform To Solve O&M Issues
Wind farm owners representing 12 percent of global turbine assets have founded a new peer-to-peer online platform called o2owind International, meaning owner-to-owner, dedicated to...
Siemens To Supply 126 MW to Onshore Wind Power Plants in Scotland
Siemens has been awarded orders for three onshore wind projects in Scotland, supplying up to 50,000 households in South and North Ayrshire and Lockerbie....
Xcel Energy Proposes Option for 100-Percent Renewable Energy
Xcel Energy recently proposed a new program that would allow its Minnesota customers to choose energy generated exclusively from wind and solar resources.
The company...
