Wind

LM Wind Power has announced the signing of an agreement to develop a 71.8 metre blade for Chinese company Envision Energy.

Amazon’s largest wind farm, located in Snyder, Texas, is now in operation. The wind farm is projected to add more than 1,000,000 MWh of clean energy to the grid each year. 

Hywind Scotland, the world’s first floating wind farm, has begun delivering electricity to the Scottish grid.  Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, officiated at the opening.

Blade access and repair company Altitec has revealed that two of its technicians were working on a turbine tower in Mexico when last month’s 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck.

Certification body DNV GL has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Taiwanese stakeholders to collaborate on offshore wind testing and certification.

Engineers at Brunel University in the United Kingdom are developing a digital platform for wind farms that increases efficiency and cuts costs.

Researchers from the Carnegie Institution for Science say there is considerable opportunity for generating wind power in the open ocean, particularly the North Atlantic.