Fred. Olsen Windcarrier wins first contract in Taiwan
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier recently was awarded a contract with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) for the transport and installation of wind turbines on the...
Lee Maynard named new Terex Cranes global sales director
Lee Maynard recently became the new tower cranes global sales director at Terex Cranes. Maynard was previously the Terex Cranes director of sales for...
AMETEK Spectro Scientific expands its software platform
AMETEK Spectro Scientific, one of the world’s largest suppliers of oil, fuel, and processed-water analysis instrumentation and software, expanded its cloud-based TruVu 360™ Enterprise...
Vestas expands 4 MW platform for sites with extreme weather
As part of its efforts to offer innovative solutions to meet customer needs, Vestas is introducing the V136-4.2 MW Extreme Climate wind turbine. This...
Deutsche WindGuard accredited for calibrating Lidar
Deutsche WindGuard Consulting GmbH is now accredited according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 for the calibration of nacelle-mounted Lidars. The calibration laboratory can now...
MSA launches new full-body harness lines
MSA recently announced the launch of the new V-SERIES full body harness line for fall protection: V-FLEX™, V-FIT™, and V-FORM™. Each is designed for...
The iSpin technology products available in Japan now
Hokutaku Ltd. and Romo Wind AG recently announced their exclusive partnership for the distribution of iSpin technology-based products and services in Japan. Hokutaku Ltd....
Iberwind partners with ONYX InSight to upgrade V90 fleet
Iberwind and ONYX InSight recently announced hardware and software upgrades to Iberwind’s Vestas V90 3-MW fleet to power predictive maintenance practices and boost profitability...
Gearbox Express partners with Invenergy Services
Gearbox Express (GBX), North America’s largest independent remanufacturer of gearbox assemblies and main shafts for the wind-turbine industry, recently announced a partnership with Invenergy...
President proposes $193.4 million for BOEM in 2020
President Donald Trump recently proposed a $193.4 million fiscal year 2020 budget for BOEM to safely and responsibly manage offshore energy and mineral resources.
The...
Ardian acquires wind farm from OX2
Ardian, a world-leading private investment house, recently announced a 300 million euro investment to build a wind farm in Åndberg/Härjedalen, Sweden. Ardian acquired the...
DNV GL issues study of R&D pathways for supersized blades
DNV GL recently released an in-depth study, commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which examines the challenges associated with...
Wind-energy industry R&D spending to top $36.9 billion by 2028
As the wind-turbine market enters a new era driven by subsidy and tax credit free cost parity, a new generation of wind-energy technology is...
Skyline Renewables acquires additional wind portfolio
Skyline Renewables has purchased a 117-MW wind portfolio from NJR Clean Energy Ventures (CEV), the clean-energy subsidiary of New Jersey Resources.
The U.S. wind farms...
Vestas introduces innovative modular platform
Vestas has been at the frontier of wind energy for 40 years, introducing market-leading wind energy solutions that have driven down the cost of...
Bazefield software manages 23 GW of renewable energy
Bazefield has had strong growth in the wind and solar domain.
Bazefield software manages 23 GW on installations across 23 countries. This includes sites in...
Siemens Gamesa awarded 28-MW order for a Voltalia project
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy recently signed its third contract with Voltalia in Brazil to supply the wind project Ventos da Serra do Mel 2...
Zero-Max tool offers pre-set torque value
The Zero-Max Torq-Tender™ is an enclosed device with no external adjustment features. It has a pre-set torque value and, once installed, cannot be changed....
Sulzer Schmid slashes cost of drone inspections
Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories AG, a Swiss company pioneering next-generation technology for the inspection of wind-turbine rotor blades, recently announced it has launched a...
U.K. wind firms push investment in masts and monitoring
Dulas, a leading renewable energy consultancy, recently announced its wind monitoring division saw an uptick in work from new and existing clients in 2018,...