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DNV GL Develops Best Practice For Improved Wind Turbine Design
DNV GL, an independent energy experts and renewables certification body, has launched a Joint Industry Project (JIP) with global partners to develop a new best...
Canada Mining Companies Increasingly Looking At Renewables Options
Canada’s new carbon pricing proposal is pushing mining leaders to consider renewable energy options as a way of further reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and stabilizing...
Vermont Green Line Gets Local OK For Wind Transmission Project
Vermont Green Line Devco LLC (VGLD) and the Town of New Haven, Vt., have reached an agreement on a proposed high-voltage, direct-current (HVDC) transmission...
Federal Grant Enables University Of Illinois To Study Turbine Efficiency
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently granted $500,000 to the Coordinated Science Laboratory (CSL) of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for a project...
Navigant: Supergrid Development A Complicated Matter
As global demand for electricity continues to grow, and as concerns over climate change mount, the importance of meeting power needs while reducing costs...
Iberdrola Goes With Navantia For More Offshore Substation Work
Iberdrola has awarded Cadiz, Spain-based Navantia Puerto Real a contract worth nearly EUR 65 million to build the substation for the 714 MW East...
Cubico Awarded 540 MW Of Renewables Via Mexico PPAs
Cubico Sustainable Investments, a global renewable energy company with an installed gross capacity of approximately 2 GW, says it has won power purchase agreements...
Moog’s Pitch Control System Nearly Triples Wind Turbine Reliability
The Industrial Group of Moog Inc., which designs and manufactures high-performance pitch solutions for wind turbines, says it has launched its next-generation pitch technology...
Companies Fulfill Maintenance Contract At 630 MW Offshore Wind Farm
Barrier Group businesses, specialist coatings provider Barrier Ltd., and rope access company UK Total Solutions have collaborated to complete a major remedial painting and...
Consultancy Announces Financial Close On EUR 1.1B Offshore Wind Farm
Mott MacDonald, a global engineering, management and development consultancy, says that the 309 MW Rentel offshore wind farm, located approximately 40 kilometers from the...
NTR Adds 64 MW To Onshore Wind Portfolio
NTR, which invests in and manages infrastructure assets, says it has added a further 64 MW to its onshore wind portfolio with the acquisition...
Schaeffler’s Spherical Roller Bearings Enhance Wind Turbine Efficiency
Schaeffler, a global integrated automotive and industrial supplier, has optimized its spherical roller bearings for rotor main bearing supports in order to increase the...
With New Milestone Reached, Paris Agreement To Take Effect Soon
The European Union has formally joined the Paris Agreement, which has now surpassed an emissions threshold needed to make the climate deal official.
With the...
Reports Show U.S. Renewables Rapidly Beating Out Nuclear
Nuclear power is rapidly losing the race with renewable energy sources in the U.S., according to the SUN DAY Campaign, which cites two new...
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...
Companies Join Forces For Offshore Wind Transmission Work
ABB and Aibel have announced a strategic partnership in which the two will collaborate on the design, engineering and optimization of offshore wind connections.
ABB...
ScottishPower Renewables Gets Weather-Monitoring Boost For Wind Portfolio
ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) has selected the Met Office’s VisualEyes software to provide site-specific weather forecast information for its portfolio of wind farms in the...
PSEG Shutting Two N.J. Coal Plants, Looking At Renewables
Diversified energy company Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) will be retiring two New Jersey coal plants next year. In turn, New Jersey's energy will...
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...
EDF Grabs 252 MW Of Wind In Mexican Auction
EDF EN Mexico, a subsidiary of the EDF Energies Nouvelles Group, has won the 252 MW Gunaa Sicaru wind project in Mexico’s second long-term...