O&M Takes Center Stage in Mortensonâs New Wind Energy Study
The wind energy industry looks to be making a major shift, according to data in Mortenson’s new Renewable Energy Leadership Series study, “The 40-Year...
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...
U.S. Wind Power Jobs Hit New Record and Are Up 20 Percent in 2016
American wind power supported a record 88,000 jobs at the start of 2016 — an increase of 20 percent in one year according to...
Vaisala and Pattern Energy Strike Lightning Data Deal
Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement, has signed a three-year contract with Pattern Energy Group Inc., a leading independent power company,...
GE and Deepwater Make Progress on America’s First Offshore Wind Farm
GE recently announced that it has made progress with the assembly of the first part of towers that will be used to support the...
Acciona Windpower and Nordex Complete Merger
Following clearance by the competition authorities, the merger of Nordex Group and Acciona Windpower (AWP), all contractual formalities have been completed. The transaction has...
Company Spotlight: Wanzek Construction, Inc.
With global expenditures for wind turbine operations and maintenance rising due to an increasing number of installations and aging turbines, higher attention is being...
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...
More Than $128 Billion Dollars Invested in U.S. Economy by New Wind Power Projects
Building new wind farms in the U.S. added $13 billion per year on average to the American economy over the past five years, according...
Iron Mountain Agrees To Exchange 30 Percent of U.S. Electricity Use with Renewable Energy
Iron Mountain Incorporated, a storage and information management company, recently announced that it has signed a 15-year wind power purchase agreement (PPA) that will...
Approximately 140 Wind Projects Awarded Turbine Contracts in the Second Half of 2015
A new report from Navigant Research titled “Wind Turbine Order Tracker 1Q16” tracks all publicly announced wind turbine orders with data segmented by region,...
EDF Renewable Energy and BlackRock Close on the Sale of Two Wind Projects in...
EDF Renewable Energy recently closed on a transaction to sell a 50-percent interest in the 250-MW Roosevelt Wind Project and the 49.65-MW Milo Wind...
Vaisala Supplies Data to Endurance for Wind Hedge Transaction
Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement, is providing the long-term wind measurement data required by Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., a provider...
Wind Prospect and Nabla Wind Power Service Launched To Extend Wind Farm Project Life
In response to the changing renewable energy market in the U.K. and the move toward significantly reduced and zero subsidies for onshore wind projects,...
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...
GE is Building America’s First Offshore Wind Farm
New wind farms added more than a quarter of total new power generation capacity in the United States between 2010 and 2014, reaching 75,000...
Xcel Energy Boosts Eastern Panhandle Power Grid
Xcel Energy completed a major high-voltage transmission project in Gray and Wheeler counties in the eastern Texas Panhandle that will help sustain industrial development...
Dong Energy Reaches Agreement with the Crown Estate for Hornsea Zone
Dong Energy has reached an agreement with the Crown Estate, an independent commercial business created by the an Act of Parliament in the United...
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...
