The first operational wind turbine at South Fork Wind successfully delivered clean power to Long Island, New York, making it the first offshore wind farm in federal waters to begin “powering up” in the United States. Two turbines have been installed with one operational sited approximately 35 miles off Montauk with all 12 turbines expected…
Siemens Gamesa unveils wind turbine tower made with sustainable steel
Siemens Gamesa has unveiled a wind turbine tower made of more sustainable steel. Towers consist of approximately 80% steel plates, and the new GreenerTower will ensure a CO2 reduction of at least 63% in the tower steel plates compared to conventional steel. Siemens Gamesa’s new thorough qualification process will verify that only a maximum of…
Keystone Tower Systems begins production on first spiral-welded wind towers in Texas
Keystone Tower Systems has begun commercial production of the first utility-scale spiral-welded towers at its new factory in Pampa, Texas. The factory currently has 40 employees with plans for further hiring. The first tower will be delivered this summer to a project in Texas. Keystone Tower Systems has invested more than 10 years into developing tapered…
New York planned location for country’s first offshore wind tower support manufacturer
Offshore wind tower manufacturing venture Marmen Welcon arranged a partnership with Smulders, a European steel construction company, to manufacture transition pieces for the U.S. offshore wind market. The facility will be located at the Port of Albany in New York and will manufacture the support structures for offshore wind towers. It is expected to be…
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions’ 182-MW Texas wind project reaches commercial operation
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions commenced commercial operation of its 182-MW Maryneal Windpower project in Nolan County, Texas. In 2019, cellular service Sprint signed a 12-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) for 173.3 MW of the wind generated by the project, which will reduce parent company T-Mobile’s carbon production by 9%. “Projects like Maryneal Windpower play…
Southern Power enters Washington wind market with 136-MW farm
Southern Power, a U.S. wholesale energy provider and a subsidiary of Southern Company, announced that the 136-MW Skookumchuck Wind Facility in Lewis and Thurston Counties, Washington, is now operational. This project, Southern Power’s 12th wind facility, is Southern Power’s first wind facility in the state and contributes to the company’s growing renewable fleet of clean…
GE Renewable Energy is experimenting with 3D-printed turbine bases for taller towers
GE Renewable Energy, COBOD and LafargeHolcim announced today that they will partner to co-develop wind turbines with optimized 3D-printed concrete bases, reaching record heights up to 200 meters. The three partners will undertake a multi-year collaboration to develop this innovative solution, which will increase renewable energy production while lowering the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE)…
PEMA unveils new wind tower flange fitting welding station
The new PEMA Flange Fitting Station aims to provide fast, safe and accurate flange fitting and welding to wind tower and tower foundation sections. Flange fitting is possible without flipping shells to a horizontal fitting table for flange fitting and then back to the original position for welding, which can be challenging for crane operators…
Broadwind Energy wins new U.S. tower orders
Broadwind Energy announced $35 million of new wind-turbine tower orders for production at the company’s Manitowoc, WI and Abilene, TX facilities. The order is from an undisclosed customer. “Wind energy installation forecasts are notably higher over the next two years; as the industry continues to capture the benefits of the production tax credit. We are…
Vineyard Wind selects Sif for offshore monopiles
Vineyard Wind has selected Dutch company, Sif, to fabricate the turbine foundations for the Vineyard wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts. The 800-MW offshore project will feature 81 MHI Vestas V164-9.5MW turbines. Sif’s scope of work for the project will include manufacturing the monopiles, storing them at its MV2 facility in Rotterdam, and delivering…
New Equalizer flange tools offer easier wind-turbine tower assembly
Enerpac announces the Equalizer portfolio of tools for easier wind-turbine flange assembly and maintenance. The Equalizer tools provide a safe, cost-effective, and simple solution for flange alignment, flange spreading and flange pulling applications. The flange alignment tools can be used to resolve bolt-hole rotational or lateral misalignment that can occur within flange joints inside turbine…
Siemens Gamesa reaches 1 GW of SG 4.5-145 turbines sold
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has been awarded another order by EDF Renewables to supply 30 SG 4.5-145 and 36 SG 2.7-129 wind turbines for the 232-MW Milligan wind project, located in Milligan County, Nebraska. This project marks 1 GW of SG 4.5-145 wind turbines sold worldwide. The contract also includes a service and maintenance agreement…
Enerpac introduces new electric tensioning pumps for wind-turbine assembly
Enerpac announces the ZUTP-S Series electric tensioning pumps for wind-power applications. The tensioning pump provides reliable power and precision for critical bolting joints in the assembly of wind turbines. The ZUTP-S Series features a pendant-operated solenoid valve, which is ideal for multiple bolt tensioning applications and allows for single-person operation. The operator can pressurize and…
Meet Keystone Engineering’s twisted jacket, an offshore wind-turbine foundation
Keystone Engineering’s Offshore Renewables Division has developed a patented design called the Inward Battered Guide Structure, or “Twisted Jacket” foundation. This innovative offshore foundation reduces both cost and risk compared to traditional offshore foundations. The company says its experience in fabrication, construction, and installing offshore structures provides a big advantage in the design stage of…
LiftWerx partners with Siemens Gamesa to develop high-capacity, uptower lifting device
LiftWerx announced that it has partnered with Siemens Gamesa to develop what’s currently the world’s highest capacity, uptower lifting device. Rated at a lifting capacity of 75 tonnes, the RotorHook is designed to lower and lift a fully assembled wind-turbine rotor and main shaft. The device will eliminate the need to use a large conventional crane,…
The first wind turbine towers roll off the line Thailand
The Max Bögl Wind AG is building 90 concrete towers for the Korat Wind Farm using the local workforce, local materials and German know-how.
Say hello to Nabrawind Technologies and its ideas for wind turbine scaling
Nabrawind has developed two solutions to break logistic and installation barriers of the two most important components (both in size and cost) of the wind turbine generator: the self-erecting tower Nabralift and the joint of modular blades Nabrajoint.
Nabrawind Technologies begins installation of one of the tallest wind turbine towers in the world
The 160-meter tower is the tallest in the world outside of Germany.
Nabralift allows building tall towers (100m and more) without tall cranes
Nabralift breaks all the tower logistic barriers for any hub height. It is a game-changer technology for onshore Wind Farms located within islands or on mountainous onshore sites.
ENERCON concludes strategic partnership with Lagerwey
German wind turbine manufacturer ENERCON signed an agreement to acquire shares in Dutch wind turbine manufacturer Lagerwey.