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Spirit AeroSystems Powers Kansas Aircraft Factory

Spirit AeroSystems says Kansas public utility regulators cleared a path for the company's complete conversion to renewable wind-generated electricity for its 12.8 million square-foot...

Aker Solutions, Cognite Awarded Digital Offshore Grant

Aker Solutions and Cognite have been awarded a $2 million grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for a project called NextWind Real Time...

Offshore Wind Industry Needs 77,000 Trained Workers by 2024

The offshore wind industry will need over 77,000 trained on-site workers to fulfill 2020-2024 market forecasts in North America, China, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, and...

American Voters Favor Offshore Wind

Over 80% of the nation’s voters favor offshore wind energy. Widespread support comes from both major political parties and every demographic group across the country,...

Focus on Renewable Energy Creates Growth Prospects for Wind Turbine Materials

Expanding at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.9%, the wind turbine materials market is likely to almost double, reaching $19.57 billion by...

Orsted Completes Sage Draw Wind Project

Ørsted has completed its Sage Draw Wind project, a 338 MW wind farm located between Garza and Lynn counties in Texas.  The 120-wind turbine project...

innogy Moving Forward with Third Offshore Wind Farm

innogy SE has made the final investment decision for the construction of the 342 MW Kaskasi offshore wind farm, set to be built 35...

NY Legislation Creates New Siting Process for Renewables

New legislation in New York will speed up the siting and construction of clean energy projects to combat climate change and help the state’s...

Capital Power Acquires Buckthorn Wind, Receives Tax Equity Financing

Capital Power Corp. has successfully completed the acquisition of Buckthorn Wind from private investors.  Buckthorn Wind is a 100.5 MW wind facility that is located...

BayWa r.e. Wind Secures Financing for Amadeus Wind Farm

BayWa r.e. Wind LLC, a global developer, service supplier, distributor and energy solutions provider, has secured a tax equity commitment from a consortium led...

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Names New Service CEO for the Americas

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has named Juan Gutierrez as CEO of its Americas region service business. Gutierrez succeeds Darnell Walker, who will stay with the...

Olympus Scientific Cloud Version 3.0 Now Available

Olympus has released Olympus Scientific Cloud (OSC) version 3.0 – a platform that gives Olympus inspection and analytical devices additional tools and features for...

GWEC: Record Capacity of New Offshore Wind Installed in 2019

The latest data released by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) shows that the global offshore wind industry added 6.1 GW of offshore wind...

TEPCO, Orsted Establish Joint Venture for Offshore Wind

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. (TEPCO), the largest power company in Japan, and Ørsted A/S, an offshore wind developer, have agreed to establish...

South Dakota PUC Approves Permit for Crowned Ridge Wind II

The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved a construction permit for the Crowned Ridge Wind II Project, a 301 MW wind energy...

Greenbacker Acquires To-Be-Constructed Wind Project in Maine

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Co. LLC has purchased the rights to a 15.3 MW to-be-constructed wind project - RoxWind - developed by Palmer Management Corp....

GRL: At the Foundation of Offshore Wind Success

Offshore wind turbine foundations are installed in challenging construction environments, where the reliability of test measurements is essential due to project time and cost...

Voelker Sensors Offers Oil Advantage to Wind Power Sector

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Voelker Sensors Inc. says its proprietary Oil Advantage tool - a sensor that continuously monitors oil wear, additive depletion, temperature, and...

Business Network for Offshore Wind Postpones IPF

Responding cautiously to the ongoing COVID-19/coronavirus situation, the Business Network for Offshore Wind has postponed its annual International Partnering Forum (IPF) event, from April...

TenneT, EIB Partner on Offshore Wind Energy

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €250 million loan agreement with TenneT Holding B.V., a high-voltage grid operator.   The financing will be used...

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