A.K. Suda Liftboat Delivered to Owners
A.K. Suda has completed the design of a 320-foot (97.5-meter) truss-legged liftboat. This vessel was recently delivered to its owners. The vessel follows on...
Vestas Receives 100 MW Order in Michigan
Sempra U.S. Gas & Power has ordered 29 V126-3.45 MW turbines from Vestas. The turbines will be deployed at the 100 MW Apple Blossom...
Siemens to Supply 64 Wind Turbines for U.S. Onshore Project
Siemens has received an order to supply, install, and commission 64 onshore wind turbines for the onshore Grant Plains Wind project in Oklahoma for...
Adwen and Winergy Develop the World’s Biggest Gearbox
Adwen and Winergy have developed the biggest gearbox in the world for Adwen’s AD 8-180 offshore wind turbine. With an input torque of close...
Report: Canada Can Reliably Integrate Large Amounts of Wind Energy
Canada can get more than one-third of its electricity from wind energy without compromising grid reliability — and at the same time realize economic...
Wind Investment Grows During the Second Quarter
U.S. wind-industry activity approached record levels in the second quarter as utilities and other purchasers locked in record-low wind costs.
More than 18,200 MW of...
New York Gets Historic Clean-Energy Standard
The New York Public Service Commission recently issued an order requiring 50 percent of New York’s electricity come from renewable, clean energy resources such...
A Temporary Solution
The repair of wind-turbine generators involves transporting damaged components long distances to repair workshops. As the components are often large, this logistical effort results...
SgurrEnergy Gets O&M Contract for Inch Cape Offshore Met Mast
Leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, has secured an operations and maintenance (O&M) contract for the Inch Cape Offshore Met Mast off the coast of...
Maturing the Wind Industry: OEM Aftermarket Support after Midlife
While at my local automobile service shop waiting for my truck to be serviced, I drew some parallels between the well-established automotive industry and...
Antaira Expands with New Ethernet Switches
Antaira Technologies — a global leading developer and manufacturer of industrial device networking and communication product solutions for harsh environment applications — is expanding...
Joint Project to Standardize Floating Turbines
DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, has launched a new joint industry project (JIP) together with 13...
First-Ever UK Built Offshore Turbine Blades Arrive
The first six 80-meter-long blades for the 258 MW Burbo Bank Extension project recently arrived at the MHI Vestas Offshore Wind pre-assembly facility in...
Nordex Secures 243 MW Order for U.S. Wind Farm
The Nordex Group has secured a new, 243 MW wind-turbine order for the United States. The manufacturer has completed an agreement to supply 81...
Siemens Gets Follow-Up Onshore Project in Australia
Siemens has been awarded a contract to supply, install, and commission 32 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 3.2 MW and a rotor...
All-Terrain Crane Erects 14 Turbines at a Mile-High Altitude
The Terex® AC 1000 all-terrain crane recently proved it was virtually predestined to erect large wind turbines in hard-to-reach areas.
Before Austrian crane service provider...
Alliant Energy to Invest $1 Billion in Iowa Wind Project
Iowans will soon see a significant increase in clean, economical wind generation from Alliant Energy.
Alliant Energy CEO Patricia Kampling and Gov. Terry Branstad announced...
Dong Energy to Build Dutch Offshore Wind Farms
Dong Energy will build the Netherlands’ offshore wind farms Borssele 1 and 2, according to the Netherlands’ Minister of Economic Affairs.
Dong Energy won the...
Siemens to Supply 141 Turbines in New Mexico and Texas
Siemens has contracted with Pattern Energy Group LP to deliver, install, and service 141 wind turbines for the Broadview Wind project. Broadview Wind combines...
Wind Saves Ireland 70 Million Euros in 6 Months
Wind energy has saved Ireland about 70 million euros in foreign-energy imports since the beginning of 2016, a six-month period that saw the indigenous...
