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GE Launches Digital Wind Farm Solution, New Turbine Hardware For Indian Market
GE has launched its Digital Wind Farm solution in India. The wind energy ecosystem leverages big data and analytics and pairs a turbine with...
Smarter Grid Solutions To Demo Active Network Management With NREL
Smarter Grid Solutions says it is deploying a fully operational active network management (ANM) system in North America as part of its ongoing work...
Vaisala, Pattern Energy Strike Lightning Data Deal
Vaisala has signed a three-year contract with Pattern Energy to supply access to historical and real-time lightning data for 10 wind farms in North...
Statoil, Scottish Partners Launch Battery Storage Project For Offshore Wind
Under a new memorandum of understanding (MOU), the Scottish government, the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and Scottish Enterprise are developing Batwind, a battery...
Researchers Aim To Connect Floating Turbines With Multi-Line Anchor System
A team of researchers is developing a mooring system that uses an integrated network of anchors and lines to hold floating offshore wind turbines...
AMSC And BASF Partner To Develop Low-Cost Superconductor Wire
AMSC and BASF Corp. have entered into a set of agreements to jointly develop an advanced, low-cost manufacturing process for second-generation (2G), high-temperature superconductor...
Adwen’s 8 MW Unit To Go Through Computational Gearbox Testing
Adwen, a 50/50 joint venture between AREVA and Gamesa, has chosen Buffalo, N.Y.-based Sentient Science for computational gearbox testing of its 8 MW offshore...
TPI Expands Gamesa Supply Agreement, Will Open Second Mexico Blade Plant
Scottsdale, Ariz.-based TPI Composites Inc. has announced plans to open a second turbine blade manufacturing facility in Juarez, Mexico, as well as expanded its...
Folding Blade Design Could Allow For 50 MW Turbines
A new design for gigantic wind turbine blades longer than two football fields could help bring offshore 50 MW wind turbines to the U.S....
Drone Offers Glimpse Of Turbine Construction At Nova Scotia Wind Farm
Atlantic AerialworX, a commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) company based in Nova Scotia, has used a drone to show the construction process of a...
Westar Energy Secures Contract For Turbine Inspections Via Drone
International aerospace company Strat Aero PLC says it has been awarded a contract with Kansas-based utility Westar Energy to provide wind turbine inspection services...
Oregon Company Looks To Cut Concrete 75% With Turbine Foundation
An Oregon start-up is developing a new wind turbine foundation system that it says could cut the amount of concrete used by 75%.
RUTE Foundation...
Siemens Nets Final Type Certification For 7 MW Offshore Wind Turbine
Siemens says the development of its 7 MW offshore wind turbine has reached its last stage, as the SWT-7.0-154 has successfully passed final type...
Researchers Aim To Make Wind Turbines Recyclable
Researchers with the DreamWind project are working to develop a chemical substance that will make it possible to separate composite materials from each other....
GE Rolls Out 6 MW Unit From French Offshore Wind Factory
GE Power Conversion says it has completed manufacturing the first serial permanent magnet generator (PMG) at GE’s offshore wind factory in Saint-Nazaire, France.
According to...
How Can Turbine Rotor Blades Produce Electricity Even More Efficiently?
Through its three-year “Smart Blades” research project, the Research Alliance for Wind Energy (FVWE) says it has developed new concepts for making wind turbine...
Suzlon Gets Type Certification For S111-2.1 MW Turbine
Suzlon Group says it has completed type testing and certification of its S111 turbine for 50 Hz and 60 Hz variants.
According to Suzlon, this...
Suzlon Opens Up Blade Science Center In Denmark
Suzlon Group has opened its new blade science center, located in Vejle, Denmark. The center will focus on developing turbine blades and control systems,...
Envision Energy’s New Colorado Center Focuses On Turbine Blade Design
China-based smart energy solutions provider Envision Energy says it has made a significant investment in research and development in the U.S. with the establishment...
DNV GL Certifies Siemens’ 7 MW Offshore Wind Turbine
DNV GL has awarded Siemens final type certification for its SWT-7.0-154 offshore wind turbine, confirming full IEC-61400-22 compliance ahead of schedule.
DNV GL says the...