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AVANGRID Assumes O&M Responsibilities for Vineyard Wind 1 Project
AVANGRID Inc. has finalized an agreement to assume responsibility as the operations and maintenance services provider for Vineyard Wind 1, the first commercial-scale offshore...
Orsted Inaugurates New Offshore Wind Operations, Maintenance Hub
Ørsted has opened the Ørsted Taiwan Offshore Wind Farms Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Hub. Located at the Port of Taichung, the O&M hub is...
Eickhoff Begins Using KenzFigee Up-Tower Crane for Wind Turbine Gearboxes
KenzFigee has delivered its latest generation Heli-Hook up-tower crane for gearbox component exchanges to Eickhoff. The crane will be used to exchange gearbox components...
Seaway 7 Adds New Heavy Transport Vessel to Offshore Wind Support Fleet
Seaway 7 has taken delivery of a new semisubmersible heavy transport vessel (HTV). The company entered into a bareboat contract with United Faith for...
St. Johns Ship Building Begins Production on CTV for Vineyard Wind Service
St. Johns Ship Building has begun building the first Incat Crowther 30 Crew Transport Vessel (CTV) built in compliance with Jones Act regulations in...
Mass. Grants Millions to Nine Organizations for Offshore Wind Workforce Development
The Baker-Polito administration is giving $3.8 million in grant funding through the Offshore Wind Works Program to nine Massachusetts organizations.
The program, which is administered...
Inspection2 Acquisition Expands DroneBase Aerial Inspection Capabilities
Intelligent imaging company DroneBase has acquired Inspection2, a provider of AI-enabled aerial inspections.
This is DroneBase's second acquisition in less than 12 months. In December...
Sulzer Schmid Releases New Wind Turbine Damage Progression Module
Sulzer Schmid, a Swiss company focused on UAV technology for wind rotor blade inspection, has launched its latest 3DX Damage Progression module designed to...
Constellation Clearsight, Voliro Utilize Drones for Energy Infrastructure Inspections
Energy inspection company Constellation Clearsight has signed long-term agreement with Voliro AG, a technology provider that specializes in developing advanced airborne robots for critical...
Vestas Pilot Program Studies Use of Hydrogen-Powered CTVs for Offshore Operations
In collaboration with long-term supplier Windcat Workboats, Vestas is launching a pilot program to explore how a hydrogen-powered crew transfer vessel (CTV) can help...
Orsted, DSV Trial Drone Transport Use for Offshore Wind Farm Operations
Ørsted and transport and logistics company DSV are testing long-distance drone transport of spare parts and tools in the Kattegat, off the shores of...
SSE Renewables Secures Approval for Arklow Bank Offshore Wind O&M Facility
The Arklow Bank Wind Park Phase 2 offshore wind project has reached another key milestone with planning permission granted for the development of an...
Babcock Acquires Renewable Concepts’ Assets to Augment Wind Support Services
A subsidiary of Babcock Power Renewables LLC has entered into a conclusive agreement to purchase substantially all of the assets of Renewable Concepts Inc....
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...