Siemens Gamesa signs second order for 201 MW in Russia
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has secured a second order in Russia from Enel Russia, one of the country’s independent power producers (IPP), for...
Siemens Gamesa to supply its new wind turbine in Mexico
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy made a big step forward in strengthening its product portfolio by signing the first contract featuring SG 4.5-145 wind turbines...
Vestas receives largest order to date in India
Leveraging Vestas’ experience from more than 4 GW of turnkey projects across the globe, Vestas has received an order for a 252-MW Engineering, Procurement...
Cherbourg blade factory reaches 2018 hiring target
Cherbourg blade factory recently completed its 2018 recruitment plan at its offshore wind turbine blade manufacturing site in Cherbourg, France.
The site counts more than...
Seacat takes lead in offshore wind vessel monitoring
Offshore energy support vessel (OESV) operator, Seacat Services, has installed an advanced remote monitoring system across its fleet of 14 class-certified catamarans. The BareFLEET...
Fengate, Longroad Energy Partners to build Maine project
Fengate Asset Management (“Fengate”) and Longroad Energy Partners, LLC (“LEP”) recently announced a co-development and financing partnership to develop and construct the 72.6 MW...
Boskalis wins contract for Ostwind 2 grid connections
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been awarded a sizable export cable installation contract for the Ostwind 2 offshore grid connection.
The contract was awarded...
Bat Deterrent System reduces fatalities by 54% at Texas facility
NRG Systems, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of smart technologies for a range of wind, solar, and meteorological applications, has announced that a trial...
Vaisala launches ability to identify lightning
Vaisala, the global leader in environmental and industrial measurement, including comprehensive lightning data, has developed the capability to distinguish cloud-to-ground lightning strokes that contain...
Siemens Gamesa, Aalborg University to lead R&D project
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) and Aalborg University (AAU) in Denmark will lead the new i4Offshore research and development project focused on significantly reducing...
ZF Wind Power Technology CEO steps down
After more than eight years, Jan Willem Ruinemans is leaving ZF in March 2019. Ruinemans leaves the company at his own request in mutual...
New tech investments to boost growing global market
Wind turbines are set to become even bigger and better in an effort to maintain consistent downward trends of Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE),...
ArcVera Renewables hires industry expert Gordon Randall
ArcVera Renewables (ArcVera), an international consulting and technical services company specializing in wind and solar energy, recently announced the appointment of Gordon Randall as...
More than 680 GW of new wind power planned over next decade
More than 680 GW of new wind-power capacity will come online globally over the 10-year outlook, according to new research by Wood Mackenzie Power...
Vestas wins 294-MW order in South African auction
Vestas’ global partner Enel Green Power has awarded Vestas a 294-MW order of V136-4.2 MW turbines, delivered in 4.2 MW Power Optimized Mode, for...
Ingeteam opens high-tech facility for turbine components
Ingeteam, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion and turbine control equipment, recently announced it opened a new facility in the vicinity of Chennai,...
BladeFactory project: Quicker production, higher quality result
Together with 14 project partners, Fraunhofer IWES, in the role of coordinator, recently launched the BladeFactory project. The research project, which has been funded...
Siemens Gamesa awarded order for Kansas project
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy will supply 48 SG 3.4-132 and 14 SWT-2.3-108 wind turbines for Southern Power’s latest wind project — the 198.5-MW Reading...
Dropped objects remain a neglected hazard in offshore
Dropsafe, a global provider of dropped objects prevention technology for the energy and resources markets, has reported on the risk posed by dropped objects...
Altitec: South Africa needs to invest in blade repair capacity
Altitec, a leading turbine rotor blade inspection and repair specialist, recently highlighted the need for South Africa to expand its pool of blade repair...
