Wind

Gov. Northam Announces Mid-Atlantic Wind Training Alliance to Build Wind Energy Workforce in Virginia

Tuesday, 20 October 2020 REM Gov. Ralph Northam has announced the formation of Virginia’s first offshore and onshore wind workforce training collaborative, the Mid-Atlantic Wind Training Alliance. The program will offer industry ...

1.3GW of new wind could come online this winter in the UK

Tuesday, 20 October 2020 Robin Whitlock Forecasts using Cornwall Insight's Renewables pipeline tracker report shows that a total of 1.3GW of new wind capacity could come online this winter, representing a rise of around 5 percent raising total ...

Wind industry must share data on turbine fires says Firetrace

Monday, 19 October 2020 Robin Whitlock The wind industry is committed to reducing the risk of turbine fires but few companies are willing to share data finds a new report published by supplier of automatic fire suppression systems Firetrace. ...

Nordic Investment Bank provides Ignitis Group with €33.5 million for development of Wind Farm

Friday, 16 October 2020 Robin Whitlock The loan will be used for the development of Pomerania Wind Farm, the first Ignitis Group project of its kind in Poland, which will consist of 29 wind turbines and have a total installed capacity of 94 ...

Borealis Signs Agreement with Sustainable Energy Supplier Eneco

Thursday, 15 October 2020 REM Borealis has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Eneco to source renewable electricity from Mermaid. The agreement entails the purchase and supply of over 1,000 gigawatt hours (GWh) ...

Onyx InSight partners with 8.2 Monitoring to provide monitoring and consultancy services to German wind industry

Thursday, 15 October 2020 Robin Whitlock Provider of predictive maintenance solutions to the wind industry Onyx InSight has partnered with 8.2 Monitoring to provide advanced sensing technology and engineering consultancy services to the wind ...

Iberdrola Takes On the Most Complex Construction of Wind Farms in Spain

Wednesday, 14 October 2020 REM Iberdrola is making progress in Asturias, Spain, on the most comprehensive wind energy infrastructure project currently underway in the country: the construction of three of the four wind farms (Cordel-Vidural, ...

Enlight Acquires Large Wind Energy Project in Sweden

Monday, 12 October 2020 REM Enlight Renewable Energy has completed the transaction to acquire control of a huge wind power generation project in Sweden with a total capacity of 372 MW. The project has obtained the main required ...

Deutsche Windtechnik executes service agreement with Leeward Renewable Energy

Friday, 09 October 2020 Robin Whitlock

A major service contract comprised of 564 WTGs has been signed between affiliates of Leeward Renewable Energy LLC and Deutsche Windtechnik Inc.

World-first robotics technology being developed for wind turbine maintenance

Thursday, 08 October 2020 Robin Whitlock Coinciding with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s recent announcement of plans for offshore wind to power every home in the country by 2030, a British consortium is pioneering new technology to ...