Wind

DEME Group launches new offshore installation vessel ‘Orion’ in China

Thursday, 22 November 2018 Robin Whitlock

DEME Group has launched its next generation, giant new offshore installation vessel ‘Orion’ in a ceremony at the COSCO Qidong shipyard in China on 21^st November.

LOC Renewables facilitates discussion on risk reduction in cable laying

Wednesday, 21 November 2018 Robin Whitlock Marine and engineering consultancy LOC Renewables recently brought together a group of leading cable designers, underwriters and installers to discuss new approaches to reducing risk in the cable lay arena. ...

India

Improved monsoon winds help Indian power producers

Monday, 19 November 2018 Robin Whitlock

After a prolonged period of decline, the 2018 monsoon season has brought significantly higher than average wind speeds across India, according to wind speed maps published last week by Vaisala.

Vail Resorts Announces Long-Term Wind Energy Contract

Friday, 16 November 2018 Dan McCue Vail Resorts has signed a long-term wind energy contract to purchase the equivalent amount of electricity needed to power 100 percent of its estimated FY 2019 North American operations by 2020. Additionally, the ...

Aquanis awarded $3.5 million funding from US DOE for improvements in wind technology

Friday, 16 November 2018 Robin Whitlock Aquanis has announced today that it was awarded $3.5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy(ARPA-E), which will be used to develop ...

Tesla and BP Test Battery Storage at South Dakota Wind Farm

Thursday, 15 November 2018 Dan McCue A Tesla high-storage battery has been installed at BP’s Titan 1 Wind Project in Miller, South Dakota, part of a pilot program aimed at testing how effectively wind energy can be stored for later use. ...

Royal Caribbean Partners With Southern Power on Sustainability Initiative

Wednesday, 14 November 2018 REM Royal Caribbean Cruises has signed an agreement with Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, for Southern Power’s 200-MW Reading Wind Facility. This initiative, which will offset up to 12 percent ...

Australia

Vestas wins largest project in Victoria’s Renewable Energy Auction

Wednesday, 14 November 2018 Robin Whitlock Vestas has received its first Australian order for the largest turbine in its product line, the V150-4.2 MW, from long-term customer Tilt Renewables for the 336 MW Dundonnell Wind Farm in the Australian ...

China

China maintains top position in A Word About Wind's 2018 Emerging Markets index

Tuesday, 13 November 2018 Robin Whitlock China is at the top of the list in the 2018 Emerging Markets Attractiveness Index report published by wind industry intelligence service A Word About Wind, which provides insight and analysis into the ...

LM Wind Power Inaugurates New Technology Center Americas Facility Near New Orleans

Thursday, 08 November 2018 Dan McCue LM Wind Power, a unit of GE Renewable Energy, inaugurated its new Technology Center Americas facility on November 8. The facility will develop and test new techniques for designing and building wind turbine ...