Summit recognizes role for wind-farm operations to support a greening grid
Untapped opportunities for Canada’s expanding wind-energy industry to enhance grid reliability and add value for consumers in the shift to a low-carbon future were...
Siemens Gamesa to develop offshore supply chain in Taiwan
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy intensifies its activities in the preparation for the offshore business in Taiwan. After a first agreement with Taiwan International Ports...
LOC Renewables signs on to deliver offshore wind cabling expertise in Taiwan
LOC Renewables, through its specialist naval architectural design and engineering team, Longitude Engineering, has been contracted to undertake a month-long feasibility study on behalf...
Improving safety and efficiency
Pressure from wind owners to shift from availability driven operational models to performance optimized strategies has never been stronger. The trick, however, is being...
Report: Untapped energy in U.S. wind fleet could power 1.1M homes
The U.S. wind fleet could produce an estimated 12 TWh more energy — enough untapped energy to power roughly 1.1 million homes — according...
GE Renewable Energy Hits 60 GW of Global Onshore Wind Installed Capacity
GE Renewable Energy recently announced it has more than 60,000 MW of onshore wind turbines installed across the globe. This significant milestone was passed...
Avangrid Renewables Signs PPAs With Google
Avangrid Renewables recently announced that it has signed its first major wind contracts with Google for 196 MW of new South Dakota wind power.
The...
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Appoints CEOs For The Americas Region
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has announced the consolidation of its North America and Latin America regions. This move allows the company to obtain greater...
NRG Systems and Lasser Eólica Partner To Offer Lattice Tower
U.S.-based NRG Systems recently announced Lasser Eólica has joined its global network of service partners and dealers. Based in Spain, Lasser Eólica engineers, installs,...
Senate Tax Reform Bill Would Keep Promise To U.S. Wind Workers
The proposed Senate tax reform bill honors the 2015 bipartisan phase-out terms for the wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC). The PTC has been...
Record Low Bid For 24/7 Block At Chile Tender
Verano Capital, an American project developer headquartered in Santiago, recently announced the 47 MW solar project it initially developed was selected in Chile’s latest...
ROMO Wind AG Is Named In The 2017 Global Cleantech 100 Ones to Watch...
The Cleantech Group (CTG) recently announced that ROMO Wind AG was named in the 2017 Global Cleantech 100 Ones to Watch list.
The GCT100 Ones...
Wind Industry Points To Expanded Role For Renewable Energy In Ontario
Glenn Thibeault, Ontario’s Minister of Energy, recently released the updated Long-Term Energy Plan (LTEP), Delivering Fairness and Choice. As part of this plan, the...
Siemens Gamesa To Repower Two Texas Wind Farms
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been selected by NextEra Energy Resources to repower two wind farms in Texas. The newly repowered wind farms...
ZF Wind Power Puts Wind Energy In Motion
Merging ZF’s extensive experience in developing innovative designs with advanced digital technology, results in a modular gearbox solution approach for geared wind turbines.
With more...
DNV GL: A Cleaner, More Electrified World Is Within Reach By 2050
DNV GL recently published its first Energy Transition Outlook (ETO): Renewables, Power and Energy Use. The industry implication report is part of DNV GL’s...
American Wind Companies Pledge $1 Million For Post-Harvey Recovery
Companies in the American wind-energy industry recently announced they will donate $1 million to Hurricane Harvey repair and rebuilding as keystone partners of Habitat...
Gearbox Express Signs Framework Agreement With Eickhoff Bochum
Gearbox Express (GBX), the only independent company in North America focused on providing down-tower, multi-brand wind gearbox remanufacturing services, recently announced it has signed...
Siemens Gamesa Names New Chief Cyber Security Officer
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has appointed Alan Feeley as its new chief cyber security officer. In addition to his current responsibilities as chief information...
Acciona Acquires Additional Stake in Ontario Wind Farm
Acciona Energy, a leading global operator of renewable energy projects, announced that Acciona Energy International (AEI), through its Canadian subsidiary, has acquired 50 percent...
