DNV GL Issues Type Certificate for Siemens New 7-MW Offshore Wind Turbine
DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, recently awarded Siemens Wind Power with final type certification for its...
Renewable Energy Record Achieved at London Array
London Array, the world’s largest operational offshore wind farm, has set a new record for the amount of clean electricity produced by an offshore...
Gamesa Agrees To Supply 30 MW to Michigan Wind Farm
Gamesa has recently signed a contract with Heritage Sustainable Energy to supply 30 MW as part of the second phase of the Big Turtle...
Nordex to Deliver First N100/3300 Delta Turbines to Ireland
Nordex recently obtained a new order for the construction of a 35-MW wind farm in Ireland. The company will be installing a total of...
Vest-Fiber Expands Employment in Missouri
Denmark-based Vest-Fiber recently announced an expansion of its employment in the United States due to the strength of its wind turbine industry. Headquartered in...
Vestas Inaugurates Hub and Nacelle Factory in Brazil
As part of its local production strategy, Vestas has inaugurated its hub and nacelle factory in Aquiraz, Brazil, at a ceremony attended by the...
Acciona Energy Renews U.S. Investments with 93-MW Texas Wind Farm
Acciona Energy began construction work on the 93-MW San Roman Wind Farm, which is located near the southeast coast of Texas. It is the...
Pattern Energy Completes 150-MW Amazon Wind Farm in Indiana
Pattern Energy Group Inc. recently announced that construction has been completed for the 150-MW Amazon Wind Farm Fowler Ridge in Benton County, Indiana, and...
Invenergy Announces Start of Commercial Operation for Prairie Breeze II Wind Energy Center
Invenergy Wind LLC recently announced the completion of construction and the start of commercial operation of its Prairie Breeze II Wind Energy Center in...
Condition Monitoring: Working with O&Ms on Their Terms
A recent report by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) indicates that 2015 truly was a banner year for the industry as wind accounted...
Massachusetts Clean Energy Industry Grows by Double Digits for Fourth Year
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) Interim CEO Stephen Pike recently announced the results of the 2015 Massachusetts Clean Energy Industry Report, which found that...
ZF Acquires Industrial Gears and Wind Turbine Gearbox Segment from Bosch Rexroth
ZF has officially taken over the industrial gears and wind turbine gearbox business from Bosch Rexroth AG. Approximately 1,200 employees at the Witten, Beijing,...
Gamesa and CFE Sign Agreement for Wind Energy Projects in Mexico
Gamesa and the Mexican Electricity Board (the CFE for its acronym in Spanish) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the fostering of...
Pilot Hill Wind Project Closes Financing from GE and MetLife
EDF Renewable Energy’s 175-MW Pilot Hill wind project located in Kankakee and Iroquois counties in Illinois has closed structured equity financing from GE Energy...
Schneider Selects Vaisala as Global Wind Forecasting Partner
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and automation, has signed a long-term international wind energy forecasting agreement with Vaisala, a global leader...
Romax Wins IWEF Technical Consultant of the Year
Romax Technology was recently acknowledged as Technical Consultant of the Year through an award at the Indian Wind Energy Forum held in New Delhi...
Recover Lost Energy Output with Blade Cleaning
Wind farm owners spend a great deal of time figuring out how to produce more power, make more money, lower their expenses, and achieve...
Condition Monitoring Failure Is Not an Option
One question that stands out in the wind industry is if we can revisit time-tested fundamentals and practices already proven successful in other industries...
EDF Renewable Energy Agreed To Supply Google with 201 MW of Wind Power
Google, Inc. recently announced that it has signed a deal with EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE), as well as with five other renewable energy...
Turbine Owners Establish Global Peer-to-Peer Platform To Solve O&M Issues
Wind farm owners representing 12 percent of global turbine assets have founded a new peer-to-peer online platform called o2owind International, meaning owner-to-owner, dedicated to...
