NREL Updates OpenOA Software for Wind Plant Performance, Layout
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released version 2.3 of its Open Operational Assessment (OpenOA) software.
This latest release includes an improved operational data...
GE Debuts Lifespan Wind Asset Management Platform
GE has launched Lifespan, a new digital product portfolio enabling customers to improve renewable asset performance and operations across their fleets. The Lifespan suite...
Edison Chouest Signs Service Operations Vessel Deal for Empire Wind Farms
Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp, has awarded a long-term service operations vessel charter agreement to U.S. marine transportation provider,...
BladeBUG Tests Show It Halves Turbine Blade Inspection Time
In just 35 minutes, the BladeBUG advanced robot can be deployed to inspect areas of concern on a turbine blade – up to half...
Perceptual Robotics Set to Inspect, Analyze Blades for Enel Turbine Fleet
Perceptual Robotics has signed a major contract with Enel Green Power to process future inspections' blade data from across its entire fleet of wind...
PEAK Wind Takes Over O&M Services for Blue Cloud Wind Farm
PEAK Wind recently secured a five-year asset management agreement, with extension options, providing operations and asset management (O&M) services for the Blue Cloud wind...
Port of Thorsminde Selected as O&M Base for Thor Wind Farm
RWE has selected the Port of Thorsminde from which to carry out the operations and maintenance of its Thor Offshore Wind Farm. Both companies...
HeliService Provides Helicopter Support for Offshore Wind Operations
HeliService International Inc. has been awarded the contract for helicopter crew change operations for Ørsted and Eversource’s joint venture wind projects in the Northeast.
The...
Maersk Contracts with Kirby to Provide Barge Support for Offshore Wind Projects
Kirby Corp. has signed a commercial agreement for its wholly owned subsidiary, Kirby Offshore Wind, to provide barge transportation services for offshore wind towers...
ACP Releases Energy Transition Framework to Benefit Workers, Communities
The American Clean Power Association (ACP), on behalf of its over 700 member companies, has released its Energy Transition for All initiative – an...
