Wind

Hexion Unveils New Products at JEC World 2018

Friday, 09 March 2018 Dan McCue Hexion Inc., headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, has introduced a tackifying spray system as well as new epoxy bonding paste and resin repair kits for use in rotor blade maintenance. The company claims the ...

Australian wind industry report aims to establish new standard of excellence for community engagement

Wednesday, 07 March 2018 Robin Whitlock A new research report published by the Australian Clean Energy Council provides a diverse range of ideas in an attempt to set a new standard of excellence for community engagement across the country’s ...

Kohler Invests in Wind Power

Tuesday, 06 March 2018 Dan McCue

Wisconsin-based Kohler has signed a 15-year agreement to purchase 100 MW of wind power per year from the Diamond Vista wind farm.

Vaisala expands its Global Remote Sensing support network

Tuesday, 06 March 2018 Robin Whitlock

Vaisala has signed a succession of new regional partnerships in response to rising demand for its Triton Wind Profiler system.

Intelligent Rotor Blades to be Tested in US

Monday, 05 March 2018 Dan McCue The Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES and its partners have developed a rotor blade with bend-twist coupling able to make more efficient use of large fluctuations in wind strength. More ...

Port of Lowestoft awarded £10 million worth of contracts for offshore wind

Thursday, 01 March 2018 Robin Whitlock ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) and Associated British Ports (ABP) have awarded contracts worth around £10 million to the Port of Lowestoft for development work supporting East Anglia One offshore windfarm. ...

GE Says It's Building World’s Most Powerful Offshore Wind Turbine

Thursday, 01 March 2018 Dan McCue

GE Renewable Energy on Thursday unveiled plans to develop an offshore wind turbine, the Haliade-X, that it says will be the largest and most powerful turbine in the world.

Rhode Island Convention Center Authority Signs Wind Deal

Tuesday, 27 February 2018 REM Rhode Island-based Green Development has entered into a a large-scale net metering credit agreement with the Rhode Island Convention Center Authority, under which. RICCA will purchase, at a discounted ...

Turkey

Siemens Gamesa signs agreement for up to 1 GW of wind power in Turkey

Tuesday, 27 February 2018 Robin Whitlock

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy will supply 1 GW of wind power in Turkey as part of a consortium that won capacity in the country’s first wind power auction in August 2017.

Vestas maintains global lead in onshore wind finds BNEF report

Monday, 26 February 2018 REM The latest report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) has found that Vestas maintained the top slot for global onshore wind in 2017, with 7.7 GW of turbines representing a market share of 16 percent. ...