DNV GL issues study of R&D pathways for supersized blades
DNV GL recently released an in-depth study, commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which examines the challenges associated with...
Wind-energy industry R&D spending to top $36.9 billion by 2028
As the wind-turbine market enters a new era driven by subsidy and tax credit free cost parity, a new generation of wind-energy technology is...
Skyline Renewables acquires additional wind portfolio
Skyline Renewables has purchased a 117-MW wind portfolio from NJR Clean Energy Ventures (CEV), the clean-energy subsidiary of New Jersey Resources.
The U.S. wind farms...
Vestas introduces innovative modular platform
Vestas has been at the frontier of wind energy for 40 years, introducing market-leading wind energy solutions that have driven down the cost of...
Bazefield software manages 23 GW of renewable energy
Bazefield has had strong growth in the wind and solar domain.
Bazefield software manages 23 GW on installations across 23 countries. This includes sites in...
Siemens Gamesa awarded 28-MW order for a Voltalia project
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy recently signed its third contract with Voltalia in Brazil to supply the wind project Ventos da Serra do Mel 2...
Zero-Max tool offers pre-set torque value
The Zero-Max Torq-Tender™ is an enclosed device with no external adjustment features. It has a pre-set torque value and, once installed, cannot be changed....
Sulzer Schmid slashes cost of drone inspections
Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories AG, a Swiss company pioneering next-generation technology for the inspection of wind-turbine rotor blades, recently announced it has launched a...
U.K. wind firms push investment in masts and monitoring
Dulas, a leading renewable energy consultancy, recently announced its wind monitoring division saw an uptick in work from new and existing clients in 2018,...
AMSOIL announces strategic agreement in China
In a public signing ceremony, global wind industry leaders Envision Energy, NGC, CLCP, and AMSOIL recently became strategic partners in the world’s largest renewable...
Clobotics partners with GEV Wind Power on AI-based turbine-blade inspections
Clobotics recently announced its global strategic partnership with GEV Wind Power — one of the largest wind O&M companies from Europe, to deliver AI-based...
Collett delivers blades to Kype Muir wind farm
Using its Nooteboom triple extendable Super Wing Carriers, Collett recently delivered 78 turbine blades (26 turbines in total) destined for Kype Muir Wind Farm.
Collett’s...
Global distributor, sensor maker modernize ice sensors
Wind Cluster ApS, global distributor of wind-turbine components and accessories, together with New Avionics Corp, leading maker of modern optical ice sensors for industry...
Global Wind Service to assemble towers for East Anglia ONE
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has contracted wind-turbine installation and service company Global Wind Service to assemble 102 towers for East Anglia ONE Offshore Wind...
U.S. installs 5.9 GW in fourth quarter of 2018
The U.S. wind sector installed 5.9 GW of new capacity in the fourth quarter of 2018 to bring the total for the year to...
Tillman introduces glove choices for cold weather
Keep Jack Frost from nipping at your fingers with the Tillman 1772 and 1773 high-visibility cold weather gloves. Both the 1772 and 1773 feature...
Training course to explain new corrosion protection for turbines
The new corrosion protection coating, “SikaCor® SW-1000 RepaCor,” developed in a research association, promises a significantly simplified, faster, and more cost-effective on-site repair of...
Lidar lights up wind opportunities for Tilt in Australia
Tilt Renewables, a leading developer, owner, and manager of renewable energy generation assets in Australia and New Zealand, has confirmed the use of wind...
Field measurement campaign begins on wind turbine
Three innovative 20-meter-long rotor blades developed within the context of the SmartBlades2 project will be assessed under natural weather and wind conditions in Boulder,...
Enercon using world’s longest semitrailers from Goldhofer
Enercon, Germany’s leading manufacturer of wind-power plants, has added six Goldhofer “VENTUM” flatbed semitrailers with pendular axles to its heavy-duty vehicle fleet. This innovative...
