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Acciona And Sentient Science Commit To Improved Wind Turbine Performance
Acciona Energia has reached an agreement with industrial software firm Sentient Science to extend the working life of the manufacturer’s global wind turbine fleet.
The...
ExxonMobil Reveals New Turbine Grease To Enhance Performance
ExxonMobil, a fuels and lubricants supplier, has introduced a new synthetic turbine grease that the company says can protect pitch, yaw and generator bearings from...
Siemens Releases Two Wind Energy Product Announcements
Turbine supplier Siemens has released two product announcements that it says will aid in wind energy reliability and efficiency. In its first announcement, it...
Senvion Unveils Wind Turbine With 3.6 MW Power Upgrade
Senvion, a global manufacturer of both onshore and offshore wind turbines, has introduced a new turbine variant suitable for sites with medium wind speeds...
Hawaii Deploys Utility-Scale Battery System As Part Of Larger Renewables Goal
Hawaiian Electric Co. has placed into service its first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS), a 1 MW battery located at the Campbell Industrial...
Flywheel Energy Storage System Addresses Wind Power Volatility
Germany-based STORNETIC has unveiled an energy storage solution designed specifically to balance output fluctuations of wind power plants over the long term.
According to the...
LEEDco Goes Local For Lake Erie Offshore Project Interconnection
Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDco), developer of the Project Icebreaker offshore wind project in Lake Erie, has selected Cleveland-based Middough Inc. to provide...
Nordex Turns To Aviation Giant To Bring Drones To Wind
The Nordex Group has formed a partnership with Lufthansa Aerial Services (LAS) for unmanned aircraft system (UAS)-supported inspections of wind turbines.
According to Nordex, an...
ABB To Update Quebec Grid, Boost Renewables Integration
ABB, a global technology company in power and automation, has won orders worth over $85 million from Canadian utility Hydro-Quebec to upgrade its 800...
DONG, SmartWind Radar Project Represents ‘Paradigm Shift’ In Measuring Wind
DONG Energy and SmartWind Technologies have installed an advanced radar system on the Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm, situated off England’s east coast.
The companies,...
Grid Project With U.S., Canada Utilities To Advance Distributed Energy Integration
Toronto-based Opus One Solutions says it is leading a $16.4 million project aimed at driving the development of technology to improve the integration of...
Fugro Unit To Reduce Vessel Downtime At Offshore Wind Projects
Dutch company Fugro says it is using a new track base unit fitted to its FCV remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) for cable lay touchdown...
Palfinger Deploys Blade Inspection, Repair System For Thomton Bank
Palfinger Marine says it has received its first order for its new blade inspection and repair system from Senvion Gmbh to be used at...
Manitowoc Crane Boosts Assembly Efficiency For Texas Wind Project
Manitowoc Co. Inc., a global manufacturer of cranes and lift solutions with manufacturing, distribution and service facilities, says Mortenson Construction is using the Manitowoc...
Powin Energy To Build 2 MW Energy Storage System For Grid Support
Powin Energy, a manufacturer and developer of scalable energy storage systems for commercial and utility customers, has been selected by Southern California Edison to build...
U.K. Companies Collaborate On New Swath Workboats
Ad Hoc Marine Designs is now working with Aluminium Marine Consultants (AMC) to offer several uniquely designed Swath workboats for the offshore wind industry.
According...
Ingeteam Launches Fixed-To-Variable Speed Wind Power Conversion System
Ingeteam, a Spain-based provider of wind and solar power products and services, has launched its solution called INGECON WIND FIX2VAR SPEED, a new autonomous power conversion...
Emerging UAS Industry To Help Young U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Forge Ahead
In addition to operations and maintenance and pre-construction surveying, drones can be used to help detect listed species, such as the North Atlantic right whale, around offshore wind sites.
Slater Technology Fund Provides $200,000 For Enhanced Turbine Tech
The Slater Technology Fund says it has committed $200,000 to Aquanis, a North Kingstown, R.I.-based start-up developing a device that promises to improve efficiency...
Hitachi To Roll Out Two 5.2 MW Offshore Turbines
Tokyo-based Hitachi Ltd. has developed a 5.2 MW offshore wind turbine, the HTW5.2-136, designed to increase output in light-wind regions that have annual average...