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Vineyard Wind Selects Geoquip Marine for Geotechnical Surveys

Vineyard Wind has partnered with Geoquip Marine to begin geotechnical surveys of the 501 North Federal Lease Area.  The site will be the eventual...

Recycling of Wind Turbine Blades Presents Industry Challenge

Today, around 85% to 90% of wind turbines’ total mass can be recycled. But wind turbine blades present specific challenges. Made from complex composite...

AEP Receives Approvals To Acquire North Central Wind Projects

American Electric Power (AEP) has received approvals to enable the company to acquire the entire planned 1,485 MW of Oklahoma-based wind generation from the...

Connecticut Positioned to Close on Offshore Wind Deal

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) says the two largest energy utilities in the state, Eversource Energy and United Illuminating (UI),...

IEA: Largest Drop in Global Energy Investment Ever

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the largest drop in global energy investment in history, with spending expected to plunge in every major sector this...

ArcVera’s Wind Energy Team Adds New Member

ArcVera Renewables, a provider of consulting and technical services for wind, solar and storage projects, has added Ron Nierenberg to its wind energy team.   Nierenberg...

Saipem Signs Frame Agreement with Equinor

Saipem has signed a two-year frame agreement with Equinor covering engineering services worldwide. The agreement encompasses feasibility and conceptual studies, detailed engineering, and related follow-on...

Hai Long 2 Offshore Wind Project to Use SGRE Turbines

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) and Hai Long Offshore Wind say the new SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine is intended to be used...

Siting Board Approves Ohio’s First Offshore Wind Facility

The Ohio Power Siting Board has approved and adopted the stipulation and recommendation between Icebreaker Wind Inc., staff and other parties and has directed...

LOC Awarded Survey Contract for Offshore Wind Farm

LOC has been awarded a contract to provide marine warranty survey services (MWS) for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in...

Smarter Grid Solutions Touts DER Connection Software

Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS), a clean energy software firm, has developed five methods that could double the capacity available for solar panels, wind turbines...

UL’s DEWI-OCC Achieves Reaccreditation from DAkkS

UL, a global safety science company, says the DEWI Offshore and Certification Center GmbH (DEWI-OCC), an independent certification body within UL, has achieved reaccreditation...

CanWEA, CanSIA Form the Canadian Renewable Energy Association

The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) and the Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA) have partnered to form the Canadian Renewable Energy Association and have...

Frost & Sullivan: Energy Storage to Rebound Despite COVID-19

Despite the current COVID-19 pandemic, the medium-term future for the global energy storage industry remains bright.  Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, Outlook for the Global...

Goldwind Sells Penonome I Wind Project

Goldwind Americas, a wind turbine technology and energy solutions provider, has sold its 55 MW Penonomé I Wind Project to AES Panamá S.R.L., Panama's...

Missouri Wind Farm Begins Commercial Operation

Tenaska Clear Creek Energy Center, a 242 MW wind farm in northwest Missouri, has achieved commercial operation. Located north of Maryville in Nodaway County, Tenaska...

Siemens Gamesa Launches New Turbine Technology

Siemens Gamesa has launched the SG 14-222 DD offshore direct-drive wind turbine. With a 14 MW capacity, reaching up to 15 MW using the company’s...

Turbine Manufacturer Expands its Nacelle Assembly Facility

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has planned to expand its nacelle assembly facility in Taichung to form a regional offshore wind nacelle industrial hub together...

Brattle Group Details State of New England’s Offshore Transmission

The Brattle Group has detailed onshore electric grid cost savings of over $1 billion and significantly reduced environmental impacts in adopting a multi-user, planned...

Ontario Divisional Court Grants EDPR’s Judicial Review Application

EDP Renewables Canada Ltd. (EDPR) says the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Divisional Court) has granted EDPR’s judicial review application in Nation Rise Wind...

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