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DOE WETO Offers Funding to Solve U.S. Wind Energy Challenges
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) has released a $28 million funding opportunity to lower costs and address barriers...
RWE Collaborates with Baltic Sea Partners on Offshore Wind Personnel Growth
RWE has joined forces with Lithuanian educational institutions to accelerate the development of offshore wind energy in the Baltic Sea, based on education, research...
Vaisala Upgrades WindCube Lidar with Additional Wind Resource Capabilities
Vaisala, a weather, environmental and industrial measurement company, has enhanced its WindCube lidar by adding new design features, measurement capabilities, and service and support...
New Jersey Increases Offshore Wind Workforce Skills Through Grant Program
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) has started accepting applications for a competitive grant program that will help New Jerseyans, particularly those in...
Tender for Utsira Nord Offshore Wind Development Scheduled for Q1 2023
The Norwegian government is further developing offshore wind power in Norway and aims to tender the first phase of Sørlige Nordsjø II and Utsira...
BOEM, NOAA Collaborate to Alleviate Offshore Wind Impacts on Fisheries
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries are addressing potential impacts of offshore wind energy...
TransWest Express Chooses Siemens Energy for HVDC Technology
TransWest Express LLC has selected Siemens Energy Inc. to supply the high-voltage direct current transmission technology for the TransWest Express Transmission Project (TWE Project).
The...
Apex Clean Energy Signs 50 MW PPA with Rivian for Illinois Wind Farm
Rivian and Apex Clean Energy have signed a power purchase agreement for 50 MW of electricity from the proposed Goose Creek Wind farm in...
CrossWind Brings in KBR for Hollandse Kust Energy Storage Engineering
KBR has earned a contract to provide engineering services for an offshore energy storage project for CrossWind, a joint venture between Shell and Eneco,...
RWE Acquires Western Power Offshore Developments
RWE has acquired 100% of Irish company Western Power Offshore Developments Ltd, which is in the early stages of developing the East Celtic Wind...
Pattern Energy Chooses Armistead as Next CEO
Pattern Energy Group LP has hired Hunter Armistead as CEO of the company, in succession to Michael Garland. Armistead is presently the company's chief...
IWES, Nordex Group Develop Test Bench for Wind Turbine Grid Integration
The increase in electricity generated from renewable energy has a major impact on the electrical grid. Wind turbine generators feed the electricity into the...
RWE Installs Wind Turbines on Sea Dike for First Time
For the first time, wind turbines are now running on a sea dike. In Eemshaven, within the Dutch province of Groningen, RWE has erected...
Two New Tenders Issued for Bottom-Fixed Offshore Wind Farms
Having just opened its first offshore wind farm (St. Nazaire, 480 MW), France has launched tenders for two new ones. They’re bottom-fixed and will...
Leading Light Wind Gains Access to BNOW Supply Chain Connect Database
The Business Network for Offshore Wind (BNOW) has partnered with Leading Light Wind, an American-led offshore wind project in the New York Bight, to...
N.J. BPU Releases Third Offshore Wind Solicitation Draft
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has released the draft solicitation guidance document (SGD) for its third offshore wind solicitation. The third...
Construction Begins on 339-Mile Express Transmission Line Between NYC and Canada
Construction has started on the 339-mile Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission line being developed by Transmission Developers Inc. It will deliver reliable clean energy...
BAR Technologies Designs Offshore Support Workboat for U.S. Wind Developers
BAR Technologies’ low-emission CTV design, the BARTech 30, will be available for its first U.S. offshore wind projects in 2024, following quotes at several...
Eolus, Simply Blue Group Developing Four Floating Offshore Wind Projects
The SeaSapphire joint venture has started early development of four commercial-scale floating offshore wind parks in the Baltic Sea. Two projects will be in...
NREL Studies Offer Wind Energy Industry Workforce Insights, Solutions
To meet U.S. goals of a 100% carbon-free electric grid by 2035, the wind energy workforce must keep pace with industry growth. This means...