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...
R&D Project Shows Nacelle-Mounted LIDAR Reduces Yaw Misalignment And Improves Turbine Performance
A collaborative research project at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has shown that the Wind Iris nacelle-mounted LIDAR from Avent Lidar Technology...
Dual-Stage Magnetic Filtration Shown As Effective In Reducing Fluid Contamination
In the fast-growing industry of wind power, new technologies for gearboxes, blades, rotors, and other major components are emerging every day but something that...
Maintenance Cost Reduction Achieved Through Comprehensive Fleet Monitoring
Major component repair costs are a real issue for wind farms over five years old. Taking as an example data set of six wind...
BOEM Defines Offshore Areas Off The Coast Of NC
In mid-August, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has defined three Wind Energy Areas offshore North Carolina, which total approximately 307,590 acres, for...
Fishermenâs Energy Signs Department Of Energy Grant
At the end of Steel Pier, with the ocean as a backdrop, Fishermen’s Energy, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, State Senator Jim Whelan, Atlantic City...
Juhl Energy Acquires Two Wind Farms In Iowa
Juhl Energy, Inc. has announced that the company has completed its previously announced acquisition of two operating wind farms in Iowa. The $4 million...
Vestas, EP Global Expand Wind For Prosperity Into Africa
Vestas and EP Global Energy have been working since March on developing a donor-funded wind farm in Jordan to help the country address its...
Study: Price Of Wind In The U.S. At All-Time Low
Wind energy pricing is at an all-time low, according to a new report released by the U.S. Department of Energy and prepared by Lawrence...
