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Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, Rutgers University Install Wind LiDAR

The Rutgers University Center for Ocean Observing Leadership (RUCOOL) and the Rutgers University Marine Field Station (RUMFS) have collaborated with Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind...

NKT Awarded Cable Supply, Installation Contracts

NKT has been awarded its largest order ever - over €1 billion - by TenneT and TransnetBW. The contracts comprise the supply and installation...

Dominion Completes Virginia Offshore Pilot Project

Dominion Energy has successfully completed the two turbine, 12 MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot project 27 miles off Virginia Beach.  The first offshore...

The MIMRee Project Reports Progress in Autonomous Turbine Inspections

The Multi-Platform Inspection, Maintenance and Repair in Extreme Environments (MIMRee) project has reported progress in its end-to-end autonomous inspection and repair demonstration project for...

Iberdrola Acquires Majority Stake in Eight Swedish Wind Projects

Iberdrola has agreed to a deal to take majority acquisitions in projects with renewables company Svea Vind Offshore AB (SVO) for the future development...

Icebreaker Wind Appeals OPSB’s Ruling

The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) ignored the evidence and acted contrary to state law when it disregarded the findings of its own technical...

Amazon Launches Fund to Support Sustainable Technologies

Amazon has launched The Climate Pledge Fund to support the development of sustainable technologies and services that will enable Amazon and other companies to...

Pure Safety Group Introduces the Guardian Retractable HLL

Pure Safety Group, a company dedicated exclusively to fall protection for workers at height, has introduced the Guardian Retractable HLL (horizontal lifeline). Available July...

Reading Wind Facility Achieves Commercial Operation

Southern Power, a U.S. wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Company, says the 200 MW Reading Wind Facility in Osage and Lyon counties,...

innogy Orders Turbines for the Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has conditionally received an order for 100 units of its new SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine for innogy’s 1.4...

Enel Green Power Starts Expansion of Cimarron Bend Wind Farm

Enel Green Power has started construction of the 199 MW expansion of the Cimarron Bend wind farm in Clark County, Kan.  The expansion, consisting of...

Taaleri SolarWind II Fund Acquires Equity in Texas Wind Farm

The Taaleri SolarWind II fund has, together with AIP, Ilmarinen and Akuo Energy, acquired 93% of the equity in the Escalade wind farm in...

How Drones Help Simplify Wind Turbine Site Development

Wind is a sustainable and renewable energy source, so we will continue to see more and more wind turbines dotting our landscape as we...

Governor Murphy Plans to Develop New Jersey Wind Port

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has unveiled plans to develop the New Jersey Wind Port, a first-in-the-nation infrastructure investment that will provide a location...

System Seals Creates New Grease-Pumping Seal For Wind Turbines

System Seals Inc., a research-based seal manufacturer focused on optimizing main bearing performance, has created a new grease-pumping seal that reduces maintenance and costs...

Shanghai Electric Commissions China’s First 8 MW Offshore Wind Turbine

Shanghai Electric, a manufacturer and supplier of power generation and industrial equipment, has commissioned China's first 8 MW offshore wind turbine, which is now...

27,000 Clean Energy Workers File Unemployment Claims in May

More than 620,000 U.S. clean clean energy workers have lost their jobs since March after 27,000 new workers filed unemployment claims in May, according...

California Dreaming? Offshore Wind on the West Coast

Offshore wind energy development is in its infancy in the United States compared to Europe. The nation’s first operational project came online in 2016...

Pattern Energy Completes Acquisition of Clines Corners

Pattern Energy Group LP, a developer and operator of wind, solar, transmission and energy storage projects, has completed the acquisition of the Clines Corners...

Copenhagen Infrastructure Reaches First Close on Infrastructure Investment

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a Danish fund management company that specializes in investing in the energy infrastructure sector, has reached a €1.5 billion first...

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