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Predictive Maintenance Methodology Streamlines Operations

Operations and maintenance (O&M) of wind turbines is estimated at 21 to 24 percent of the total cost of energy from wind. As turbines...

Real-Time Monitoring of Bearing Conditions Emerges

At Hannover 2013, SKF unveiled a new and innovative technology that promised to revolutionise the way in which engineers use and interface with bearings....

Norvento’s nED100 Reaches Milestone for Medium-Scale Wind

Medium-scale wind turbine manufacturer Norvento has completed the TÜV SÜD design evaluation process for its nED100 100kW turbine. In doing so it has set...

Blade Dynamics Awarded Funding for Offshore Blade Development

Blade Dynamics announces today the award of Process Technology Innovation Funding under the GROW:OffshoreWind program for a £1m Advanced Blade Tip development project, due...

2015 Turbine Directory

GE Energy 1 River Rd Schenectady, NY 12345   (518) 385-2211   www.ge-energy.com/wind   @GErenewables   gepowerandwater GE Chosen to Supply Turbines for Wind Project in Poland GE announced that it will...

Electrical Acceptance Testing for Wind Energy Sites

The wind industry in North America is booming. Yes, it always seems like it’s on a roller coaster, but 2015 looks to be the...

BASF Receives Type Certification for Offshore Grout

MasterFlow 9500 from Master Builders Solutions by BASF is the first product of its kind to receive a DNV GL (Det Norske Veritas Germanischer...

NREL’s SOWFA Wind Farm Simulation Software Offers Holistic View of All Turbines on a...

Wind energy is blowing away skeptics — it’s so close to achieving cost parity with fossil fuels that just a little extra efficiency is...

Ecotech Releases Ebooks for the Renewable Energy Workforce

Ecotech Institute has announced the release of two free comprehensive e-book guides to starting a wind or solar energy career. These guides cover everything...

Yahoo! and OwnEnergy Enter 15-year Power Purchase Agreement for Kansas Wind Energy Project

OwnEnergy, a national leader in the development of mid-sized wind farms, announced that it has entered into a long-term Power Purchase Agreement with Yahoo!,...

European Offshore Wind Power: A World Leader

Wind turbines have been turning in European seas since 1991, when the first offshore turbines were grid connected off the coast of Denmark. That...

Report: U.S. Offshore Wind Market Gaining Traction

The Energy Department has released a report showing progress for the U.S. offshore wind energy market over the past year, including two projects that...

Research Buoys To Gather Vital Data At Offshore Demo Sites

Two massive, 20,000-pound buoys decked out with the latest in meteorological and oceanographic equipment will enable more accurate predictions of the power-producing potential of...

DNV GL And Partners Issue Recommended Practice For Offshore HVDC Projects

DNV GL, together with STRI (the Swedish Transmission Research Institute) and ten industry players developed a methodology for technology qualification of offshore HVDC technologies...

Avoiding An Ill Wind

After a lackluster 2013 for wind power development, the wind market is once again growing. According to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance report, installations...

EDF EN Canada Aligns With McLeod Lake Indian Band For Three Possible Wind Farms...

Representatives from EDF EN Canada Inc., a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, and McLeod Lake Indian Band (MLIB) today jointly signed a Memorandum of...

Preserving Electrical Safety

The 2015 edition of NFPA 70E is due for publication in October, and with it will be many changes that will affect wind farm...

Electrically Conductive Paste Provides Life Cycle Cost Savings For Turbine Electrical Connections

Drive down a country road in many states, and you’re likely to see a wind farm on a distant ridge-top sporting a dozen or...

Staying at the Top of Their Game

The wind energy industry is the tip of the spear when it comes to fulfilling the societal needs for renewable energy. Wind energy has...

As job growth lags in rural America, some communities see wind energy development as...

To many in rural communities, clean energy means a clean slate. Here it’s no secret that environmental considerations take a back seat to the...