MHI Vestas Offshore Wind to Serial Produce 80-Meter Blades for V164-8.0 at UK Facility
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind will serial manufacture the 80m blade for the V164-8.0 MW, the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine on the Isle...
Siemens Awarded Turbine Supply Contracts Totaling 315 MW for Two Wind Projects in Canada
Siemens’ Wind Power and Renewables Division has received two new orders for onshore wind projects in Ontario, Canada. The contracts include the supply, installation...
DOE Promotes Wind Workforce with Interactive Wind Career Map
A robust domestic wind industry requires a well-qualified and trained workforce to design, maintain, and install wind energy projects across the country. As wind...
Siemens Awarded 15-Year Extension on Service and Maintenance Agreement for Washington Wind Farms
Siemens has signed two long-term wind service and maintenance agreements covering 132 SWT-2.3 turbines at two wind projects in Washington state.
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Moventas Plans Wind Service Shop In Minnesota
Moventas, a leading wind gear manufacturer and service provider, has confirmed plans to set up a wind gearbox service workshop in St Paul, Minnesota,...
Offshore Wind Foundations: Research Needs And Innovation Opportunities
“The U.S. offshore wind industry should adopt transformative design solutions for fixed foundations that build infrastructure resilience to domestic hazards, such as hurricanes, while...
Offshore Wind Forecast To Reach 40 GW Globally By 2020
With more countries utilizing offshore wind potential, the global offshore wind power market is expected to increase more than fivefold from 7.1 GW in...
Siemens To Perform Grid Connection And Supply Turbines For Dudgeon Offshore Project In The...
Siemens has received an order for the turnkey delivery of the grid connection for the Dudgeon offshore wind farm. The customers are the Norwegian...
Duke Energy To Build Fifth Phase Of Los Vientos Project In Texas
Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy, recently announced it will build, own and operate a 110 MW wind power project,...
OSHA, National Safety Council Renew Alliance To Address Worker Safety Issues
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and National Safety Council this week renewed their alliance to work together to protect the health and safety...
DOE Funds Four Wind R&D Projects To The Tune Of $4.5 Million
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced $4.5 million for four projects to help increase deployment of innovative wind power technologies by optimizing the...
EDF Renewable Services And Romax Align For Technical And Engineering Services
EDF Renewable Services (EDF RS) and Romax Technology have signed a partnership agreement whereby EDF RS will provide labor specialists for Romax’s technical and...
Hydratech Opens Wind Service And Repair Center In Alabama
Hydratech Industries Wind Power has opened a state-of-the-art service and repair facility in the United States with world-class hydraulic cylinder design and manufacturing experts...
Sandia National Laboratories Project Eyes The Future Wind Blade Manufacturing
Sandia National Laboratories is helping makers of wind turbine blades improve the labor productivity associated with blade fabrication and finishing. This improved productivity makes...
DOE Pushes For Boost In Productivity, Efficiency, And Innovation In Clean Energy Manufacturing
The U.S. Department of Energy in September announced expansions of its Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative in support of the American manufacturing sector and a...
Broadwind Energy Secures $14 Million Tower Order From U.S. Wind Turbine Manufacturer
Broadwind Energy, Inc. recently announced $14 million in new tower orders from a U.S. wind turbine manufacturer. Broadwind will produce these towers in its...
Availon Subsidiary Branches Into Energy Management
Availon recently established Availon Energy Management GmbH (AEM), a subsidiary seeking to complement the company’s existing technical service solutions by offering customer-specific energy management,...
UMaine Celebrates First Anniversary Of Its VolturnUS Floating Wind Turbine With Signing Of Further...
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud welcomed top officials from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to Castine on September 5...
GE Study Outlines Windâs Benefits To Grid Resiliency During Large-Scale Interruption
GE’s Energy Consulting business presented the findings of its frequency response study on wind power and grid resiliency in late August at the CIGRE...
Profile: Havlik Gear – Ontario Company Is Poised To Meet The Drivetrain Needs Of...
Havlik Gear in Cambridge, Ontario is one of several companies competing in the wind energy component market. During the early part of the new...
