Wind

Marine-i Welcomes Government Funding for Floating Offshore Wind Innovation

Wednesday, 26 January 2022 REM Marine-i has welcomed the news that floating offshore wind projects will receive more than £60 million in public and private investment, to develop new technologies that will accelerate development of ...

Key federal staff attend offshore wind educational day

Tuesday, 25 January 2022 Robin Whitlock The Business Network for Offshore Wind provided an introductory offshore wind industry course to staff from 13 federal permitting agencies last week, including staff from BOEM, EPA, US Coast Guard, and ...

UK Government announces more than £31 million funding for floating offshore wind technologies

Tuesday, 25 January 2022 Robin Whitlock Floating offshore wind projects will receive more than £60 million in public and private investment to develop new technologies that will enable turbines to be located in the windiest parts around the ...

MidAmerican Energy Proposes $3.9 billion “Wind PRIME” Renewable Energy Project

Monday, 24 January 2022 REM MidAmerican Energy is planning for a $3.9 billion renewable energy project in Iowa, including wind and solar generation, and the exploration of new technologies to advance the company’s transition to ...

India

GE Renewable Energy to install turbines at Rajkot wind farm in Gujarat, India

Friday, 21 January 2022 Robin Whitlock GE Renewable Energy last week announced an order from Continuum Trinethra Renewables Pvt Ltd (a subsidiary of Continuum Green Energy) to supply, install and commission 37 units of its 2.7-132 onshore wind ...

US Department of Interior approves South Fork offshore wind farm

Thursday, 20 January 2022 Robin Whitlock

The US Department of Interior has given final permitting approval to the South Fork wind project, making it the second US offshore wind project authorised to begin construction.

Contracts for Empire Wind 2 and Beacon Wind Projects are Finalized

Wednesday, 19 January 2022 REM NY Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the finalization of contracts between the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and Empire Wind Offshore LLC and Beacon Wind LLC, each ...

BV to deliver independent certification to the first floating wind project in the Celtic Sea

Wednesday, 19 January 2022 Robin Whitlock Testing, inspection and certification company Bureau Veritas (BV) has been selected to undertake the project certification of Erebus, the first offshore windfarm in the Celtic Sea, which is the area of ...

Houghton International Gives Enercon Wind Turbine New Lease of Life

Tuesday, 18 January 2022 REM In 2021, electro mechanical engineering specialist Houghton International carried out the repair and rewind of a 850kW direct drive wind turbine generator. The Enercon E48 wind turbine had been erected ...

Spain

Siemens Gamesa supplies 5.X turbines to Spanish wind farm

Tuesday, 18 January 2022 Robin Whitlock The 94 MW Iglesias wind farm in Burgos in the north of Spain will be the first onshore wind farm in Spain to feature SGRE’s 5.X platform turbines, the most powerful wind turbines currently available ...