Wind

Siemens Gamesa and CrossWind partner up at Hollandse Kust Noord offshore project

Thursday, 11 February 2021 Robin Whitlock Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) and CrossWind have executed the contract to deliver the turbines for the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm, including the supply of 69 SG 11.0-200 DD ...

New training programme aids US businesses entry into offshore wind market

Thursday, 11 February 2021 Robin Whitlock The Business Network for Offshore Wind has launched a virtual training course designed to help US-based businesses expand into the growing offshore wind industry – an industry that has received focused ...

Japan

Onyx Insight signs two-year predictive maintenance contract for Japan’s largest wind farm owner

Wednesday, 10 February 2021 Robin Whitlock

Data analytics company Onyx InSight has been selected by Eurus to monitor and analyse the health and performance of 33 wind turbines at two wind farms in Japan.

GE Awarded DOE Grant to Research 3-D Printing of Wind Turbine Blades

Tuesday, 09 February 2021 REM GE Research, GE Renewable Energy, and LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy business were recently selected by the Department of Energy to research the design and manufacture of 3-D printed wind turbine ...

Horns Rev 2 Offshore Wind Farm in Denmark Topped 10 Billion kWh

Friday, 05 February 2021 REM Since inauguration of Ørsted's offshore wind farm Horns Rev 2 in 2009, the 91 wind turbines at the 35 km2-sized wind farm have generated enough wind power to cover 3 % of the total Danish power consumption. Horns ...

Amazon’s First Operational Wind Farm in Ireland Comes Online

Thursday, 04 February 2021 REM

Amazon’s first operational wind farm in Ireland has come online and is now delivering clean energy to the country’s electricity grid.

BOEM to resume review of Vineyard Wind

Thursday, 04 February 2021 Robin Whitlock In support of the Biden administration’s goal to address climate change and promote offshore renewable energy production, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced it intends to resume ...

Cornell University’s Global ‘Wind Atlas’ Propels Renewable Energy

Wednesday, 03 February 2021 REM Cornell wind energy scientists have released a new global wind atlas – a digital compendium filled with documented extreme wind speeds for all parts of the world – to help engineers select the turbines ...

Energy and finance heavyweights launch IPP to rejuvenate older European wind farms

Wednesday, 03 February 2021 Robin Whitlock Combining more than 100 years’ experience in energy, green finance and M&A across its senior team, NeXtWind has launched its strategy today aiming to become Europe’s next major green independent ...

Magnora Enters Partnership to Establish Floating Wind Company

Tuesday, 02 February 2021 REM Renewable energy company Magnora ASA has entered into an agreement with an undisclosed global offshore energy technology and service company to establish a joint floating wind company called Magnora Floating ...