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Drone Education Joins Wind Curriculum At Northern Maine Community College
Now federally licensed to fly unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), a wind power technology instructor is bringing drone education to his students at Northern Maine...
Report: Renewables, Not Natural Gas, Should Replace Coal In New Mexico
Though the legislative effort to strengthen New Mexico’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) did not pass earlier this year, a new analysis by the Union...
DNV GL Offers Testing-Based Verification Of Li-ion Battery Lifetimes
DNV GL has introduced Battery XT, which the global energy advisory and certification company says is a testing-based lifetime verification tool for lithium-ion batteries.
According...
Tradewind’s Rattlesnake Creek Wind To Power Facebook Data Center
Kansas-based Tradewind Energy is partnering with Facebook and the Omaha Public Power District in Nebraska on the Rattlesnake Creek Wind Project in Dixon County,...
Danish Wind Services Company Inks Bearkat Texas Deal
Denmark-based wind turbine installation and services company Global Wind Service (GWS) has been contracted by KranWind LLC to work on the Bearkat I wind...
Siemens Gamesa Announces Significant Executive Shake-Up
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has announced a number of new appointments and resignations among its executive management team.
Miguel Angel Lopez will be the...
CAISO Touts Strong Q3 For Western Energy Imbalance Market
The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) says benefits from the western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) “remained strong” during the third quarter of 2017 (Q3’17).
The...
Substation Upgrade To Benefit West Virginia Wind Farm
Mon Power, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., is upgrading a transmission substation near Thomas, W.Va., to help connect a new wind farm to the...
Aqualis Offshore Snags Deals For New Jersey, Massachusetts Projects
London-headquartered Aqualis Offshore Ltd., a sister company of Offshore Wind Consultants Ltd. (OWC), has been awarded a contract to provide geotechnical site investigation supervision services at the Ocean Wind project off the coast of New Jersey.
Vestas, Windlab Partner For Wind, Solar And Storage Hybrid Plant
Vestas and Australian renewables company Windlab Ltd. have announced the final details of a utility-scale project integrating wind, solar and storage.
Developed by Windlab with...
Unpacking The New Wind IEC Standard: What Does It Mean For Remote Sensing?
The wind industry is still familiarizing itself with new IEC guidelines and what they signal about where remote sensing stands today.
Virginia And London Companies Link Up For U.S. Offshore Wind
London-based BVG Associates (BVGA) and Virginia-based Renewable Energy Resources International have announced a new partnership dedicated to advancing U.S. offshore wind.
Andy Geissbuehler, managing partner...
Amazon Wind Farm Texas Now Operational In Scurry County
Amazon Wind Farm Texas is now up and running near Snyder, Texas. Built, owned and operated by Lincoln Clean Energy (LCE), the 253 MW...
GE Adds Emergency Medical Center At Pakistan Wind Farm
GE Renewable Energy and Sapphire Wind Power Co. Ltd. (SWPCL) recently installed an emergency medical center within the premises of the 52.8 MW Sapphire...
LM Wind Launches 75.1-Meter Blade For Goldwind Offshore Platform
LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy business, has announced the launch of the company's longest blade in China: the LM 75.1 P, tailor-made...
Apple, GE Partnership Enables Predix Wind Turbine Monitoring On iOS
Apple and GE have announced a new partnership that will bring predictive data and analytics from Predix, GE’s industrial Internet of Things (IoT) platform,...
World’s First Floating Offshore Wind Farm Now Producing Power
Hywind Scotland, touted as the first floating wind farm in the world, has started delivering electricity to the Scottish grid. Today, the first minister...
Vestas Brings V120-2.0/2.2 MW Platform To China
In response to customer demand for a turbine for low and ultra-low wind conditions, Vestas has officially introduced the V120-2.0/2.2 MW turbine to the...
TerraForm Power Yieldco Officially Merges With Brookfield
Renewables yieldco TerraForm Power (TERP) has completed a divorce from its former sponsor, SunEdison, after closing the previously announced merger and sponsorship deal with...
Two Coal Plants Closing In Central Texas; Will Wind Overtake Coal In The State?
According to research from the Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, wind energy capacity could soon exceed coal capacity in Texas.