By WPED Staff Abaris Training Resources, a composite materials training institute, will resume classes on June 1st, 2020 at its Reno, Nevada location after being closed since mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. “The Abaris team is excited to be getting back to work and will start with two of the most popular courses: ‘Composite…
By WPED Contributor The use of rope-based descent (RBD) systems for emergency evacuation in the wind energy sector could be reduced given the encouraging market response to Evacuator, a fireproof, rapid descent system capable of getting single and multiple crew members working at heights of up to 300 m to safety in an emergency situation….
By WPED Staff Investor-owned utility American Electric Power (AEP) is moving forward on 1,485 MW of planned wind projects in Oklahoma. AEP will invest approximately $2 billion in this new renewable energy to serve its Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) and Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) customers. North Central includes three wind generation facilities…
By WPED Staff Atlantic Wind Transfers of Quonset Point, Rhode Island has secured its second long-term operations and maintenance (O&M) Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) contract in the United States to provide offshore marine support services for the Siemens Gamesa offshore wind turbines to be installed for the first offshore wind project in U.S. federal waters….
By WPED Staff The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) issued a conditioned certificate providing Icebreaker Windpower an opportunity to move forward with the construction of six wind turbines in Lake Erie. If constructed, this demonstration project will be the first freshwater offshore wind farm in North America. The Icebreaker Wind project is planned to be…
By WPED Staff DXC Technology has introduced its Corporate Incident Response (CIR) application for ServiceNow to enable organizations like the Nordex Group, one of the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturers, to quickly and proactively identify, address and manage important non-IT corporate incidents, such as those related to facilities, physical security, and environment, health and safety….
By WPED Staff Enel Green Power North America has begun operating a 50-MW expansion of the High Lonesome wind farm in Upton and Crockett Counties, in Texas, increasing the largest operational wind project in the Group’s global renewable portfolio to 500 MW. The company also connected its 105-MW Riverview and 29.4-MW Castle Rock Ridge II…
By WPED Staff Southern Power, a wholesale energy provider and a subsidiary of Southern Company, acquired the 56-MW Beech Ridge II Wind Facility from Invenergy, a developer, owner and operator of sustainable energy solutions. “We are pleased to announce the acquisition of our 13th wind project,” said Southern Power CEO Mark Lantrip. “This project marks…
By Billy Ludt Tenaska Clear Creek Energy Center, a 242-MW wind farm in Northwest Missouri, achieved commercial operation on May 4. Located north of Maryville in Nodaway County, Tenaska Clear Creek is comprised of 111 Vestas turbines across approximately 31,000 acres. “This project was a team effort that involved not just Tenaska but also a…
By WPED Staff Vessel designer Chartwell Marine has partnered with naval architects BAR Technologies to support delivery of the latest generation of offshore wind crew transfer vessels (CTVs). The partnership will forward the development of new vessel designs ranging from 30-meter CTVs through to 60-meter service accommodation and transfer vessels (SATVs), making use of BAR’s…
By Billy Ludt Avangrid Renewables has started construction on the La Joya Wind Farm in Torrance County, located about 10 miles west of the Village of Encino on 35,000 acres of state trust land. When completed, the project will consist of 111 turbines and have a total generating capacity of 306 MW. The portion sited…
By WPED Staff Following double digital growth year-on-year, every indicator is signalling offshore wind will be a dominant force in hitting net zero by 2050. However, crisis points are the ultimate test. Join New Energy Update by Reuters Events’ latest interactive webinar “Adapting and Overcoming Disruption: Offshore Wind Amid COVID-19” providing a market update on…
By WPED Staff EDF Renewables and Alliant Energy’s 200 MW Golden Plains Wind Project started commercial operation on March 27 and is delivering clean electricity to Iowa customers. Located in Winnebago and Kossuth counties in north-central Iowa, Golden Plains injected millions of dollars into the economy and employed hundreds of workers at the peak of…
By WPED Contributor By Subhankar Pal, research and innovation executive, Altran 2016 was pretty momentous. Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election and the UK voted to leave the European Union. Spotlight won best film at the Academy Awards and Stranger Things debuted on Netflix. There was nothing strange about a concept called digital twins…
By WPED Staff The wind off the U.S. coasts could be used to generate more than double the combined electricity capacity of all the nation’s electric power plants, reports have suggested. But building wind turbines offshore is expensive, requiring parts to be transported at least 30 miles off land. Purdue University engineers are conducting research…