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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

South Africa

Emerging South African wind sector will need to invest in blade repair

Thursday, 08 November 2018 Robin Whitlock Leading wind turbine rotor blade inspection and repair specialist Altitec has highlighted the need for South Africa to expand its pool of blade repair technicians to support operations and maintenance ...

iSpin Technology Monitors the Turbine Performance at Vattenfall’s EOWDC

Wednesday, 07 November 2018 REM Since Vattenfal’s commissioning of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre earlier this year, the Swedish energy group has been measuring important wind parameters with ROMO iSpin technology to ...

South Africa

Vestas wins order for South African Oyster Bay project

Wednesday, 07 November 2018 Robin Whitlock

Enel Green Power has awarded Vestas an order for the 148 MW South African Oyster Bay project, marking a positive re-start of the South African wind market.

DNV GL Certifies Ingeteam’s 2MW DFIG Converter

Tuesday, 06 November 2018 REM Spanish company, Ingeteam, has received DNV GL’s certification for its Ingecon®Wind stator-equipped 2MW DFIG converter. With this latest achievement, Ingeteam completes the range of its products covered ...

Seven US states to double their wind power as development picks up finds latest AWEA report

Friday, 02 November 2018 Robin Whitlock Seven states in the US will soon build enough wind turbines to more than double their clean energy generation capacity, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) US Wind Industry Third Quarter ...