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Recycling of Wind Turbine Blades Presents Industry Challenge
Today, around 85% to 90% of wind turbines’ total mass can be recycled. But wind turbine blades present specific challenges. Made from complex composite...
AEP Receives Approvals To Acquire North Central Wind Projects
American Electric Power (AEP) has received approvals to enable the company to acquire the entire planned 1,485 MW of Oklahoma-based wind generation from the...
GWEC: Wind Turbine Industry Continues Consolidation Pattern
In 2019, 22,893 wind turbines produced by 33 suppliers were installed globally and accounted for over 63 GW of capacity, a new supply-side record...
Connecticut Positioned to Close on Offshore Wind Deal
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) says the two largest energy utilities in the state, Eversource Energy and United Illuminating (UI),...
Atlantic Wind Transfers Secures CTV Contract
Atlantic Wind Transfers, based out of Quonset Point, R.I., has secured its second long-term O&M crew transfer vessel (CTV) contract in the U.S. to...
IEA: Largest Drop in Global Energy Investment Ever
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the largest drop in global energy investment in history, with spending expected to plunge in every major sector this...
ArcVera’s Wind Energy Team Adds New Member
ArcVera Renewables, a provider of consulting and technical services for wind, solar and storage projects, has added Ron Nierenberg to its wind energy team.
Nierenberg...
Saipem Signs Frame Agreement with Equinor
Saipem has signed a two-year frame agreement with Equinor covering engineering services worldwide.
The agreement encompasses feasibility and conceptual studies, detailed engineering, and related follow-on...
Hai Long 2 Offshore Wind Project to Use SGRE Turbines
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) and Hai Long Offshore Wind say the new SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine is intended to be used...
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project Selects Turbine Model
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has entered into an agreement to conditionally supply SG 14-222 direct-drive offshore wind turbines to the 2,640 MW Dominion Energy...
Siting Board Approves Ohio’s First Offshore Wind Facility
The Ohio Power Siting Board has approved and adopted the stipulation and recommendation between Icebreaker Wind Inc., staff and other parties and has directed...
Irish Ministers Unveil Offshore Wind Projects
Ireland’s Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Damien English, and Ireland’s Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton, have unveiled seven offshore...
LOC Awarded Survey Contract for Offshore Wind Farm
LOC has been awarded a contract to provide marine warranty survey services (MWS) for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in...
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy Names New Onshore CEO
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has named Shannon Sturgil CEO of its North America region onshore business, effective June 1. He will be based out...
Enel Green Power Connects Three North American Wind Farms
Enel, through its U.S. renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, has begun operating a 50 MW expansion of the High Lonesome wind farm...
Southern Power Acquires West Virginia Wind Facility
Southern Power, a U.S. wholesale energy provider and a subsidiary of Southern Company, has acquired its 13th wind project - the 56 MW Beech...
Smarter Grid Solutions Touts DER Connection Software
Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS), a clean energy software firm, has developed five methods that could double the capacity available for solar panels, wind turbines...
EPRI Addresses Wind Turbine Blade Recycling
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), in collaboration with the American Composite Manufacturers Association (ACMA), has addressed scientific questions related to recycling millions of...
CanWEA, CanSIA Form the Canadian Renewable Energy Association
The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) and the Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA) have partnered to form the Canadian Renewable Energy Association and have...
Frost & Sullivan: Energy Storage to Rebound Despite COVID-19
Despite the current COVID-19 pandemic, the medium-term future for the global energy storage industry remains bright.
Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, Outlook for the Global...