Mammoet, an engineered heavy lift and transport services provider, has secured contracts for two offshore wind projects in the United States, both of which begin construction in 2023. Together, the two contracts cover a range of port scopes, including the load-in, load-out, handling and temporary storage of XXL monopiles, plus the pre-assembly of turbines in…
Leading Light Wind invests in workforce development for New York offshore wind
Leading Light Wind, an American-led offshore wind project in the New York Bight, announced three initiatives to establish Staten Island as hub for the American offshore wind industry. The first is a $900,000 partnership with CUNY College of Staten Island to develop the next generation of offshore wind workforce; an Offshore Wind Scholars Program to…
ONYX Insight and Nearthlab unveil whole turbine predictive maintenance partnership
ONYX Insight, a global provider of predictive maintenance solutions (PdM), and Nearthlab, an autonomous drone solution company, have entered into partnership to deliver a whole turbine predictive maintenance solution for wind farm operators. The industry is currently seeking to make operations more efficient amidst the backdrop of a labor, resource, and inflation-challenged environment. Together ONYX…
Peregrine to redevelop 80-MW Iowa wind farm in operation since 2001
Peregrine Energy Solutions, an integrated multi-technology clean energy platform with a focus on utility-scale energy storage, will operate, redevelop and expand the assets of Old Gold Energy Center (formerly known as Top of Iowa I), an 80-MW operating wind asset in northern Iowa. The assets were acquired by Peregrine through a partnership with a global…
Two new offshore wind ports proposed by AE1 for New York Harbor
Attentive Energy One (AE1), a joint venture of TotalEnergies and Rise Light & Power, today announced plans for two offshore wind port facilities in New York Harbor generating $400 million in economic activity in the state. In connection with the 1,400-MW proposal, which AE1 submitted to NYSERDA in January 2023, the project has entered into…
Krebs & Riedel releases new solution for grinding large gears for wind turbines
As wind turbines get bigger and more powerful, the industry continues to try to reduce production costs. This requires production methods that can produce gears cost-effectively and in high quality, even with complex flank modifications. Gear sizes in wind power typically range from 800 to 4,000 mm, with some gears even reaching a diameter of…
DNV studies offshore wind potential off coast of Maine
DNV has completed a series of reports for Maine’s Governor’s Energy Office for the Maine Offshore Wind Initiative. The initiative was launched in June 2019 to outline a clear roadmap to develop floating offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine, while ensuring balance with Maine’s maritime industries and environment. Maine has abundant coastline and some…
WindESCo successfully completes wind industry’s first major wake steering installation
WindESCo has announced the successful installation of its Swarm technology across Longroad Energy’s Milford I & II wind plants in Utah, featuring a combined capacity of 306 MW. The commissioning of Swarm at Milford marks the wind industry’s first full-scale implementation of commercial wake steering and collective control technology. Wakes at the wind farms create…
Northstar Marine Services adds vessels to support US offshore wind development
Northstar Marine Services, marine transportation and support services provider, acquired the 265-ft anchor-handling OSV, the Northstar Navigator, and the 208-foot purpose-built spill response vessel, the Northstar Responder. These vessels will be used to support upcoming offshore wind work and a wide variety of other marine projects in the northeast United States. With more than 12,000…
Biden Administration opens Gulf of Mexico to offshore wind leases
In another step by the Biden-Harris administration to grow America’s clean energy economy, the Department of the Interior today is proposing the first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico. The announcement is part of the Administration’s latest actions to expand offshore wind opportunities to more regions of the country, building on investments in the…
TDI-Brooks to perform geo sampling off East Coast for offshore wind lease area
Research company TDI-Brooks has been awarded a geophysical, geotechnical and benthic sampling survey campaign to study seabed conditions within offshore wind project lease area and potential export cable corridors off the U.S. East Coast. The data collected will help determine safe and responsible project design and engineering along with identifying potential geohazards and benthic habitats.…
Clean Energy Services launches wind tech training program
In response to an acute shortage of trained technicians to meet the growth in renewable energy, renewable energy companies have come together to form a renewable training program in Houston that is designed specifically for veterans and others seeking a career in the energy transition. Clean Energy Services, a provider of O&M services for the…
First Keystone spiral-welded wind tower installed with GE turbine
Keystone Tower Systems and GE Renewable Energy just announced a major milestone in the development of tapered spiral welding with the installation of the first commercial spiral-welded wind tower on a 2.8MW GE turbine. The installation is the result of a multi-year collaboration between Keystone and GE to design and produce spiral-welded towers for GE…
Siemens Gamesa intends to build offshore nacelle facility at Port of Coeymans, New York
Siemens Gamesa intends to build a major offshore nacelle manufacturing facility in New York, subject to the company’s wind turbines being selected by New York authorities in the state’s third offshore wind solicitation. The planned facility will be located at the Port of Coeymans. It would create up to approximately 420 direct jobs, support a…
DOE sets aside $30 million to lower cost of wind turbine manufacturing
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $30 million funding opportunity to advance the cost-effective domestic manufacturing of materials, including lightweight composites, that allow wind turbines to produce power more efficiently. Because wind energy is the largest source of renewable power in the United States and one of the most affordable sources of energy…
February 2023 Issue: We Can Better Maximize the Potential of Wind Portfolios
Windpower Engineering & Development is a growing wind-power resource targeting professionals involved in all aspects of a wind farm’s lifecycle, including developers, engineers, technicians, manufacturers and researchers that work to site, build, maintain, repair and optimize wind-related components, software and projects. The goal at Windpower Engineering & Development is to educate and expand the knowledge…
Rope Robotics finds its wind turbine blade repairs pay off in six months
After over 18 months in operation, having repaired over 150 rain-damaged onshore wind turbine blades on three continents, the patented robot from Denmark’s Rope Robotics has demonstrated return on investment for turbine owners within just six months. Compared to manual alternatives, the robot can repair the blade around four-times faster at half the cost. An…
Emerson launches Ovation Green software solutions
Emerson has combined its comprehensive power expertise and renewable energy capabilities into the Ovation Green portfolio to help power generation companies meet the needs of customers navigating the transition to green energy generation and storage. By uniting the recently acquired Mita-Teknik software and technology with its own Ovation automation platform, deep renewable energy knowledge base, cybersecurity solutions and remote…
Leading Light Wind submits New York offshore wind bid for 2.1 GW of power
Offshore wind development company Leading Light Wind has submitted its bid for an offshore wind power contract to the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). New York’s third competitive offshore wind solicitation includes a $500 million investment in offshore wind ports, manufacturing, and supply chain infrastructure. Leading Light Wind proposes delivering up…
Offshore Wind Innovation Hub is open and accepting applicants
The Offshore Wind Innovation Hub (OWIH) is open for business and announced its first call for applications. The Brooklyn, New York-based Hub was founded in mid-2022 to identify and help develop promising start-ups to drive new innovations in the offshore wind industry. The three-year initiative is backed by Equinor and bp, partners developing the Empire…