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American Electric Power’s 998-MW Traverse Wind Energy Center, the single-largest wind farm built at one time in North America, is now providing clean energy to customers in Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. Developed by Invenergy, Traverse is expected to generate 3.8 million MWh annually for AEP’s Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) and Southwestern Electric Power…

Dutch subsea cable company WIND plans to establish a new cable storage yard in Rhode Island to serve the U.S. offshore wind industry. The cable storage yard at ProvPort in Providence, Rhode Island, should be fully operational by the beginning of Q3 2022. The main cable storage yard will be set up in Providence, with…

UL and ONYX Insight are collaborating on an expanded life evaluation program, using UL’s wind forecasting and structural assessment with ONYX Insight’s O&M expertise and predictive technology to help operators enhance performance and clean energy generation from their maturing assets. More than 15% of wind projects will reach approximately two decades of operation in 2022.…

Nexans has won a contract with Ørsted and Eversource to install and protect the export cable link for the Revolution Wind Farm. The project will connect the wind farm to the onshore grid and help Connecticut and Rhode Island states achieve ongoing commitments to develop offshore wind. This will be Nexans’ first cable installation project…

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved a $10.5 million grant for renovations at the Port of Humboldt Bay to support offshore wind activities in an area designated for development on the north coast. Once renovated, the new Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind Heavy Lift Marine Terminal will be capable of handling large heavy cargo vessels, offshore…

K2 Management has collaborated with Emerson’s business Mita-Teknik to launch P50 Booster, a tool aimed at helping wind and solar project owners and operators enhance operations and maintenance strategies. The solution, which is based on Emerson’s multi-brand renewable SCADA system, supports over 750 different turbine types, and provides analytical, predictive maintenance and forecasting tools to…

The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed legislation to advance offshore wind and clean energy that will require independent procurement of transmission for offshore wind. An Act Advancing Offshore Wind and Clean Energy (H.4515) requires the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources to procure transmission for 2,400 MW of offshore wind. This approach will enable the offshore…

Danish machining company CNC Onsite has developed a patented method for repairing, not replacing, yaw rings on wind turbines on site. The process doesn’t require disassembly on the turbine rotor and nacelle necessary for replacing yaw rings. The teeth on yaw rings can wear down over time, and they’re necessary components for power production. “This…

Vaisala’s Helideck Monitoring System (HMS) revision now complies with the updated CAP437 standards for offshore helicopter landing areas issued by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). With its recent enhancements, the system exceeds the standard in delivering accurate, real-time, secure, and easily shareable weather data to ensure optimal operations for takeoffs and landings without compromising…

The Department of the Interior today announced the results of the nation’s highest-grossing competitive offshore energy lease sale in history, including oil and gas lease sales, with the New York Bight offshore wind sale. Today’s lease sale offered six lease areas totaling over 488,000 acres in the New York Bight for potential wind energy development…

Pattern Energy held a grand opening for its Western Spirit Wind power facilities in Central New Mexico. The four wind projects located in Guadalupe, Lincoln and Torrance Counties total more than 1,050 MW, enough to provide power to 900,000 Americans annually. “This project is doing it all: creating good-paying jobs, providing clean power to New…

Leeward Renewable Energy has successfully completed the construction of its two Aragonne projects, which included repowering its existing Aragonne Wind project and the construction of the new Aragonne Mesa Wind project. Located in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, the projects will provide 200 MW of wind power generation over a 20-year period to Arizona Public Service…

Engineering consulting group COWI has been contracted by Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and BP, to deliver turnkey design for the wind turbine foundations for Empire Wind 1 and 2 off the coast of Long Island, New York With an anticipated generation capacity of more than 2 GW of renewable power, the…

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…

Megger has enhanced its KC series of test leads used with wind turbines. KC-C test leads are lightweight, making them safe for use at extreme heights, and are designed to work with Megger’s DLRO2 low resistance hand-held ohmmeter long test lead mode to measure the resistance of the lightning protection circuit of wind turbines. These…

Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories AG has released its latest drone solution, 3DX Smart Pilot, specifically developed for complex site geographies that require quick, highly portable turbine blade inspection solutions. “The compact design of 3DX SmartPilot makes it particularly well-suited for inspections of wind farms operating in very remote locations but also for ad-hoc inspections. It’s…

The South Fork Wind offshore project has officially begun construction after a “groundbreaking” today attended by Sec. of the Interior Deb Haaland and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. The first offshore wind project for New York and the second commercial-scale offshore project approved in federal waters in the United States, South Fork will have a…

Sempra Infrastructure started operations on Phase II of its Energía Sierra Juàrez (ESJ) wind farm in Tecate, Baja California. ESJ, the first cross-border renewable energy project between Mexico and the United States, now provides 263 MW of zero-carbon electricity to the California electricity market. “The expansion of our ESJ wind farm demonstrates our efforts to…

Reuters Events has released details on its Global Energy Transition 2022 event this June. The two-day, New York-based event aims to unite chief executive officers and senior stakeholders from the energy, industrial and government spheres to help global businesses turn their net-zero emissions ambitions into tangible actions. Last year, the Global Energy Transition event featured…

Ørsted and Eversource have selected two regional vessel operators that will partner with Rhode Island shipyards to build crew transfer vessels (CTVs) serving the offshore wind companies’ Northeast wind farms. Joint venture partners Ørsted and Eversource will charter five new offshore wind CTVs from New York-based WindServe Marine and Massachusetts-based American Offshore Services (AOS). WindServe…