Wind

ALLETE Acquires Montana Wind Farm Project

Friday, 16 March 2018 Dan McCue ALLETE Clean Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ALLETE Inc. will construct, own and operate an 80 MW wind energy facility near Great Falls, Montana, that will supply electricity to NorthWestern Energy ...

France

Siemens Gamesa to supply 104 MW of onshore wind in France

Thursday, 15 March 2018 Robin Whitlock

Siemens Gamesa has been selected to supply, transport and install eleven SWT-3.2-113 turbines (35.2 MW) for Innovent's Éplessier project in Hauts de France.

GE Signs Deal with Fina Enerji for Potential Wind Projects in Turkey

Wednesday, 14 March 2018 Dan McCue

GE Renewable Energy and Fina Enerji have signed an agreement to work on as many as eight wind projects in Turkey providing up to 410 MW of power by December 31st, 2020.

Innogy Acquires Italian Wind Farm

Tuesday, 13 March 2018 REM Germany’s innogy and Italian developer Imprese e Sviluppo have signed an agreement to acquire all shares in the Deliceto onshore wind farm. The 23 MW project based in the Apulia region has been in operation ...

Castrol and Romax launch Onyx Insight predictive maintenance system

Monday, 12 March 2018 Robin Whitlock Global lubricant manufacturer Castrol has joined with Romax Technology to develop Onyx InSight, a new predictive maintenance system that combines data analytics and engineering expertise to deliver more ...

Hexion Unveils New Products at JEC World 2018

Friday, 09 March 2018 Dan McCue Hexion Inc., headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, has introduced a tackifying spray system as well as new epoxy bonding paste and resin repair kits for use in rotor blade maintenance. The company claims the ...

Australian wind industry report aims to establish new standard of excellence for community engagement

Wednesday, 07 March 2018 Robin Whitlock A new research report published by the Australian Clean Energy Council provides a diverse range of ideas in an attempt to set a new standard of excellence for community engagement across the country’s ...

Kohler Invests in Wind Power

Tuesday, 06 March 2018 Dan McCue

Wisconsin-based Kohler has signed a 15-year agreement to purchase 100 MW of wind power per year from the Diamond Vista wind farm.

Vaisala expands its Global Remote Sensing support network

Tuesday, 06 March 2018 Robin Whitlock

Vaisala has signed a succession of new regional partnerships in response to rising demand for its Triton Wind Profiler system.

Intelligent Rotor Blades to be Tested in US

Monday, 05 March 2018 Dan McCue The Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES and its partners have developed a rotor blade with bend-twist coupling able to make more efficient use of large fluctuations in wind strength. More ...