Windpower Engineering & Development

Workers employed by or contracting with the world’s leading wind energy companies increasingly follow a single, global training standard. New figures from Global Wind Organisation (GWO), a non-profit body owned by leading turbine manufacturers and owners, reveal a 26% increase in the amount of training courses delivered using to its standards. GWO aligns the basic…

If this headline holds true, U.S. offshore wind developers are bound to benefit from their patience and perseverance. After the trial and errors of Cape Wind (remember the proposed wind project off the shores of Cape Cod that hit permitting setbacks?), and the small victory of the five-turbine Block Island Wind Farm, offshore progress in…