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Vestas Produces Massive Blade Prototype At Colorado Plant
Vestas introduced a 57.5-meter blade prototype for its V117-3.3 MW wind turbines. The blades, about 189 feet in length, are the longest ever...
Report: Remote Sensing Critical In Pre-Construction Wind Assessment Campaigns
While met towers are the backbone of the wind industry and serve a range of wind forecasting needs, the value proposition for using...
Marmen Moves Into Its First U.S.-Based Manufacturing Plant
Canada-based wind tower manufacturer Marmen will move into a 150,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Brandon, S.D., with plans to employ approximately 250 workers in...
BLM Issues Right-Of-Way Grant For Terra-Gen Subsidiary
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has issued a right-of-way grant to Alta Windpower Development, a subsidiary of Terra-Gen Power, to construct, operate,...
UMaine Deploys Floating LIDAR Technology
The University of Maine's (UMaine) Advanced Structures and Composites Center unveiled a buoy-based floating LIDAR system to collect deepwater offshore hub height wind...
AMSC Update: Copyright Infringement Hearing In Sinovel Case Scheduled For May 29
AMSC says that China's Supreme People's Court has scheduled a hearing for May 29 to review the jurisdiction of AMSC's software copyright infringement...
PG&E, Energy Commission Unveil Storage Project
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) and the California Energy Commission have unveiled a battery energy storage system pilot project to better balance...
Clean Line’s Grain Belt Express Lines To Deliver Wind Energy Eastward
Clean Line Energy Partners says its Grain Belt Express subsidiary has received public-utility status from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) and will...
ENEL Increases Ownership Stake In Chisholm View, Prairie Rose Wind Farms
ENEL Green Power North America (EGP-NA) signed an agreement to purchase, from a GE Capital subsidiary, an additional 26% of the company operating...
Sec. Moniz: ‘We Need To Continue Our Focus On Wind’
New Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz reiterated the Obama administration's 'all-of-the-above' approach to energy policy. During his first public comments, he gave special mention...
CanWEA Envisions 5 GW Of Wind In Alberta
The province of Alberta can generate 5 GW of wind power by 2025, says the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) in WindVision 2025:...
Wind Consortium Deploys Nacelle-Mounted LIDAR At Offshore Site In Irish Sea
A wind consortium says it has successfully deployed a power curve measurement procedure that analyzes power output in constantly changing conditions. The procedure...
Juhl Energy Expands Into Canada; Acquires Two Projects In New Brunswick
Pipestone, Minn.-based Juhl Energy has acquired two Terravis Wind projects, located in western New Brunswick, Canada. According to Juhl Energy, the projects are...
Report: First-Quarter Wind Installations Lowest Since 2006
The first quarter of 2013 was the wind industry's worst first quarter since 2006, with the industry installing only 384 MW over the...
N.C. Gov. McCrory Signs Wind Permitting Law
Gov. Pat McCrory, R-N.C., signed legislation that creates a regulatory framework to site, build and operate wind projects in the state. The law,...
U.S. Senate Confirms Moniz As New Energy Secretary
By a unanimous vote on May 16, the U.S. Senate confirmed Ernest Moniz as the new secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy...
Siemens To Examine Ocotillo Rotor Blade Crash; Curtails B53 Blade Types Globally
Siemens has confirmed that a B53 rotor blade on a SWT-2.3-108 wind turbine broke off near the blade root and fell to the...
LIDAR Provider Captures Simultaneous Upwind, Downwind Measurements
Zephir - the makers of the ZephIR LIDAR measurement system - says it has successfully captured simultaneous upwind and downwind measurements from a...
Siemens Blade Crashes At Ocotillo Wind Farm
NAW has learned that a blade belonging to a Siemens SWT-2.3-108 wind turbine came crashing to the ground at the 265 MW Ocotillo...
As U.S. DOJ Investigates, Duke Works Adaptive Management Plan
Duke Energy Renewables has confirmed that it is a subject of a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) preliminary investigation resulting from the incidental...