Wind

Penn State Berks Gets Manufacturing PA Initiative Grant to Study Wind Turbines

Friday, 20 May 2022 The latest issue of the Wind Vision Report estimates that wind energy will supply 20% of the country’s electricity in 2030, and 35% in 2050. Increasingly larger wind farms pose a challenge due to the ...

Historic declaration can provide 230 million European households with green electricity

Thursday, 19 May 2022 Robin Whitlock At the North Sea Summit in Esbjerg, Denmark, yesterday (18th May), Heads of Governments from Denmark, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands have taken an enormous step toward reaching the EU’s climate ...

Vestas introduces new V163-4.5 MW wind turbine

Tuesday, 17 May 2022 Robin Whitlock To support the projected growth and increased penetration of renewables in the global energy mix, Vestas is introducing the V163-4.5 MW wind turbine, aimed at improved wind farm performance in medium to ...

Perceptual Robotics and the University of Bristol announce results of Innovate UK data analysis project

Monday, 16 May 2022 Robin Whitlock Perceptual Robotics and the University of Bristol have been collaborating on the Innovate UK Research and Development project which has revealed that robots and artificial intelligence have proven to be ...

Carolina Long Bay lease sale demonstrates momentum of US offshore wind sector

Friday, 13 May 2022 Robin Whitlock A lease sale in the Carolina Long Bay wind energy area will create tens of thousands of high-skilled US jobs, strengthen coastal economies, and deliver vast amounts of reliable, clean energy to America’s ...

MO4’s data analytics and forecasting solution makes debut on North Star’s Dogger Bank bound SOV fleet

Thursday, 12 May 2022 Robin Whitlock MO4 has secured a 10-year contract with North Star for its new propriety digital twin and artificial intelligence (AI) decision support software package, which will be utilised on all four of its service ...

RWE’s Wind Farm El Algodon Alto in Operation in US

Tuesday, 10 May 2022 REM RWE Renewables’ El Algodon Alto, a 200-megawatt (MW) onshore wind farm, located in San Patricio County, Texas, is in operation. The project, located in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) ...

NABTU and Ørsted Agree to Build Offshore Wind Industry with American Labor

Tuesday, 10 May 2022 REM

North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) and Ørsted announced a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) to construct the company’s U.S. offshore wind farms with an American union workforce.

Fred.Olsen 1848 Introduces Floating Foundation for Offshore Wind

Monday, 09 May 2022 REM The main challenge for floating offshore wind to become industrialized and respond to deployment at scale is the ability to manufacture and assemble floating foundations at a volume that is needed for ...

Ørsted Trials Turning Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations into Safe Havens for Corals

Friday, 06 May 2022 REM Ørsted is planning a world-first attempt to support coral reefs by growing corals on offshore wind turbine foundations. Together with Taiwanese partners, the company will test the concept in the tropical ...