GWO forecasts need for safety training
Global Wind Organisation figures point to an urgent need for investment in standardized safety and technical training. The industry-owned non-profit predicts more than 25,000...
Siemens Gamesa upgrades onshore wind platform
Siemens Gamesa has upgraded the rating of its 5.X onshore platform, increasing its power output to 6.6 MW. The new 6.6-155 and 6.6-170 turbines...
ONYX Insight launches pitch bearing monitor
ONYX Insight has launched ecoPITCH, a hardware solution that predicts where and when pitch bearing failures occur in wind turbines.
Pitch bearing faults are difficult...
Russelectric offers system for renewable energy installation
Russelectric, a manufacturer of automatic transfer switches and power control systems, has introduced the Paralleling System for ensuring no interruption of critical loads when...
H2Mare project to produce green H2 on industrial scale
The H2Mare project aims to establish a new type of offshore wind turbine, one that integrates an electrolyzer for direct conversion of electricity to...
ALL Family’s new crane to be largest in fleet
The ALL Family of Companies is a few months away from receiving the largest crane in its fleet.
The Liebherr LR 11000 lattice boom crawler...
Pemamek offers custom welding for offshore platforms
Pemamek LLC specializes in modular customized automated welding systems for large offshore wind-energy platforms. Difficult-to-weld components comprising monopile and floating platform bases can be...
Ampelmann to provide gangway to Chinese renewables market
Ampelmann has signed its first contract in offshore China and will provide the A-type gangway, one of its flagship systems, to Guangdong Safety New...
Maritime Academy trains workers for jobs in clean energy
The Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) is training workers who will build the wind farms that will provide clean energy to the northeast U.S.
“It’s a...
U.K. could become leader in wind-turbine blade recycling
The wind sector offers a huge opportunity for the U.K. to become a global leader in wind turbine blade recycling if a cross-industry approach...
Study: Opportunities abound for U.K. in U.S. offshore wind
The British Consulate-General in Boston, Mass. commissioned a US offshore wind industry analysis and found opportunities available for U.K. companies to enter the growing...
Ampelmann signs 13 contracts in European offshore wind
Dutch offshore wind access company Ampelmann signed 13 contracts in 2021 to provide motion-compensated gangway solutions for personnel and cargo transfer in Europe.
“Securing these...
USA Rare Earth praises magnet manufacturing bill
USA Rare Earth praised the introduction in the House of a bipartisan bill that would boost production of rare earth permanent magnets.
The new legislation...
Siemens Gamesa to expand England blade factory
Siemens Gamesa will expand its offshore blade factory in Hull, England by 41,600 square meters, more than doubling the size of the manufacturing facilities....
Deutsche WindGuard completes wind-farm inspections
Deutsche WindGuard Inspection has completed recurring inspections on 30 wind turbines at the offshore wind farm Global Tech I in the German North Sea,...
Snap-on provides specs for portable plasma cutters
Snap-on Industrial’s portable plasma cutters can cut up to 3/4” thickness on a variety of ferrous, non-ferrous and high-strength materials.
Users can adjust the depth...
Aquaterra completes offshore wind platform design
Aquaterra Energy has completed the engineering design for DeNovo Energy Limited’s Sea Swift offshore platform, a part of development activity in the Gulf of...
Leosphere launches new technology for wind measurement
Leosphere has launched WindCube Complex Terrain Ready, to deliver wind measurement in terrains from moderate to the most complex.
The offering includes Leosphere’s patented Flow...
Gazelle Wind Power raises $4 million for offshore platform
Gazelle Wind Power Limited has raised $4 million toward the development of its hybrid floating offshore wind platform. The investment includes $1.3 million in...
Next decade will see more demand for wind farms
Demand for wind farms will increase over the next decade, according to offshore wind analyst Zac Ward.
In 2020, spending on offshore renewable projects was...
