Windpower Engineering & Development

The National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium announced selection of 12 projects for contract negotiation, completing its first solicitation for offshore wind research and development technology projects. The 12 awards totaling $10.3 million will support a variety of research areas, including comprehensive U.S. supply chain analyses, studying the impacts of offshore wind on the…

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. Evacuator can mean…