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North Dakota College Installs Wind Technician Training Tower
North Dakota’s Bismarck State College (BSC) has completed a new tower that will provide wind technician training and education for students and industry partners.
The...
Siemens’ Newest Onshore Turbine Earns DNV GL Certification
Siemens’ SWT-3.6-130 onshore wind turbine has been type-certified by DNV GL. According to the companies, the certification confirms that the new turbine complies with...
GE Teams With Pittsburgh Start-Up To Enhance Digital Wind Farm Service
Pittsburgh-based start-up kWantera and GE Renewable Energy have announced a technology alliance in which kWantera’s energy trading solution will complement GE’s Digital Wind Farm offering.
GE...
Prysmian To Launch New 600 kV Cable Solution For Power Transmission
Prysmian Group, an energy and telecom cable systems company, says it has finished development and testing of its new P-Laser 600 kV cable system...
SgurrControl Validates ATLAS Solution To Extend Wind Turbine Life Span
SgurrControl, part of Wood Group’s clean energy business, says it has completed the two-year testing and validation of its patented Advanced Turbine Load Alleviation...
New Pitch Control Slip Ring Enhances Wind Turbine Reliability
Moog Components Group Ltd., a division of Moog Inc. and a worldwide designer, manufacturer and integrator of precision control components and systems, has introduced...
DOE: The Falling Prices And Climbing Deployment Of Clean Technologies
A recent DOE report highlighting the accelerated deployment of clean energy technologies, including wind turbines, states that land-based wind accounted for 41% of all new capacity brought online in 2015.
Two New Turbines Join GE’s 3 MW Onshore Wind Portfolio
Through its renewable energy business, GE has introduced two up-rated versions of its 3 MW onshore wind platform: the 3.6-137 and 3.8-130 models.
The wind...
SheerWind Brings Wind Funnel Technology To South Dakota
Through a new licensing agreement with Mark Luke Wind Energy LLC, Minnesota-based SheerWind’s wind power generating systems will now be marketed and deployed in...
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...