Wind

Atlas Copco Provides Power Supply for Installation of World's First 16MW Wind Turbine

Monday, 12 February 2024 REM Atlas Copco has supplied a QES 60 power generator for the successful installation of the world's first 16-megawatt offshore wind turbine, in southeast China's Fujian Province. Atlas Copco's partner in ...

Stony Brook Univ. Included in Another $4M in Grants for Offshore Wind Training

Monday, 12 February 2024 Beth Anton New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the second round of nearly $4 million in Offshore Wind Training Institute grants awarded for workforce development, supporting programs at Stony Brook ...

Biodiversity gain for proposed Thurso wind farm

Monday, 12 February 2024 Robin Whitlock British renewable energy company RES has submitted a new Biodiversity Enhancement Management Plan (BEMP) to accompany its planning application for the five-turbine Cairnmore Hill Wind Farm proposal aimed ...

Opinion Poll Shows U.S. Coastal Residents Support Offshore Wind Development

Friday, 09 February 2024 REM The majority of U.S. coastal county residents support offshore wind development, according to a new poll released Feb. 7 by Climate Nexus and Turn Forward. Majorities say offshore wind is good for U.S. ...

U.S. DOE Establishing Center of Excellence to Accelerate Domestic Offshore Wind Industry

Friday, 09 February 2024 Beth Anton The U.S. Department of Energy announced it is investing $4.75 million to establish a national center of excellence to accelerate reliable and equitable offshore wind energy deployment.The Academic Center ...

DNV updates standard used for marine operations for offshore wind and subsea cables

Thursday, 08 February 2024 Robin Whitlock Independent energy expert and assurance provider DNV has published a substantial revision to its ‘go-to standard’, DNV-ST-N001, which is used for the design and planning of marine operations for the ...

GEV Wind Power launches specialist UK & Ireland onshore division Blade Team

Thursday, 08 February 2024 Robin Whitlock

Wind turbine blade repair and maintenance experts GEV Wind Power have added to its services with the launch of a new division called Blade Team.

Scout Signs VPPA with AdventHealth for Texas Wind Farm

Monday, 05 February 2024 REM Scout Clean Energy, a Colorado based renewable energy developer-owner-operator, has signed a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) with AdventHealth for a 90-megawatt portion of Scout's Heart of Texas ...

Germany

North Star breaks into European offshore wind market with new hybrid-electric SOV

Thursday, 01 February 2024 Robin Whitlock North Star has secured a contract with energy utility giant EnBW to deliver a new hybrid-electric service operations vessel (SOV) on a decade-long minimum charter to service the He Dreiht wind farm off ...

Japan

GE Vernova, Kandenko and Cosmo Eco Power to develop onshore wind farm in Fukushima, Japan

Wednesday, 31 January 2024 Robin Whitlock GE Vernova’s onshore wind business has announced it has been selected by Abukuma South Wind Power LLC as the supplier for the Abukuma South Wind Farm in the area of Iwaki-city and Hirono-town, Fukushima ...