Wind

Vineyard wind Wants To Transform Salem Harbor Into Offshore wind Port

Wednesday, 06 October 2021 REM Vineyard wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables, a subsidiary of AVANGRID, Inc., and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), announced that the company has entered into an agreement with the ...

The Netherlands

GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X prototype starts operating at 14 MW

Wednesday, 06 October 2021 Robin Whitlock GE Renewable Energy has announced that its Haliade-X prototype in Rotterdam has started operating at 14 MW, enabling the company to become the first industry player to operate a turbine at this power output. ...

Australia

Meridian Energy Australia and Onyx Insight digitally upgrade Australian wind farm

Wednesday, 06 October 2021 Robin Whitlock Renewable energy company Meridian Energy Australia (MEA) and predictive data analytics company Onyx Insight have installed 35 ecoCMS condition monitoring units across MEA’s 70 MW Mount Millar wind farm ...

Maine Wants Small-Scale Floating Offshore wind Research Site

Monday, 04 October 2021 REM The Maine Governor’s Energy Office has submitted an application to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to lease a 15.2-square-mile area nearly 30 miles offshore in the Gulf of Maine for the nation’s ...

Global wind Service Ready for Phase II of EUDP Project CORTIR

Friday, 01 October 2021 REM Earlier this week a group of 26 companies from the wind industry, including Global wind Service, kicked off phase II of the EUDP project: CORTIR.Phase II of the CORTIR project will focus on structural ...

Vestas wins orders in Brazil and Italy

Friday, 01 October 2021 Robin Whitlock

wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has signed an agreement with Casa dos Ventos for a 189 MW wind project in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil and has also won a repowering contract in Sicily, Italy.

NREL identifies new method for moving large wind turbine blades across country

Thursday, 30 September 2021 Robin Whitlock Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have determined how to transport massive wind turbine blades to parts of the country at a lower cost ...

EDF Renewables Ireland Confirms Onshore Development Pipeline of Nearly 1GW

Wednesday, 29 September 2021 REM EDF Renewables is announcing that its onshore development pipeline in Ireland has now grown to almost 1GW, enough to power up to 600,000* homes. The number of projects has expanded rapidly over the past ...

Briggs Marine acquires its first Crew Transfer Vessel

Wednesday, 29 September 2021 Robin Whitlock

Marine and environmental services provider Briggs Marine has taken possession of the Forth Engineer, a Damen FCS 2610 fast crew supply vessel, bringing its wholly owned fleet to a total of 40.

Onyx Insight Looks at how wind Industry Measures Power

Wednesday, 29 September 2021 Robin Whitlock As key markets increasingly move towards a merchant environment, successful renewable energy operators will need to be responsive to pricing mechanisms and tailor their operations to improve profitability, ...