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Siemens Gamesa has upgraded its next-generation onshore wind platform increasing power output to 6.6 MW. The new SG 6.6-155 and SG 6.6-170 turbines will now offer higher individual power, with hopes to deliver a lower Levelized Cost of Energy (LCoE) for customers. Both turbines can now offer greater annual energy production made possible in part…

American Electric Power‘s 287-MW Maverick Wind Energy Center in north-central Oklahoma has begun commercial operation. Located southwest of Enid, Oklahoma, Maverick is one of three wind projects that compose the North Central Energy Facilities, which will provide 1,485 MW of clean energy to customers of AEP’s Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) and Southwestern Electric…

ONYX Insight has launched a new hardware solution that predicts where and when costly pitch bearing failures occur in wind turbines. This type of failure is a significant problem in the wind industry. Pitch bearings connect the rotor hub to the blades and experience high loading during the life of a turbine. There are many…

The first phase of construction is underway at EEW-AOS monopile manufacturing facility that will include a 110,100 sq-ft monopile welding plant, located at the Port of Paulsboro Marine Terminal in Gloucester County, New Jersey. This offshore wind manufacturing facility will be the largest in the U.S. and will be able to build 400-foot long, 2,500-ton…

Offshore planners and operators can now take advantage of a new tool that supports the safe and efficient execution of operations on offshore energy assets. DHI launched Metocean Risk Ops, a workability assessment application that offers access to weather window and downtime analyses to support the operation and maintenance of offshore wind farms, installations and…

Siemens Gamesa has released the RecyclableBlade, the world’s first recyclable wind turbine blades ready for commercial use offshore. With this technology, separation of the materials in the blade is possible at the end of its lifetime, enabling recycling into new applications. The first six 81-m long RecyclableBlades have been produced at the Siemens Gamesa blade…

United Way of Long Island received $250,000 from Bank of America to pilot a new workforce development program ‘Power Up Wind, Solar & Renewables.’ The training will lay the foundation and create a pathway for participants to secure careers in the renewable energy industry. It will simultaneously advance economic mobility, as well as help shape…

Pemamek LLC, North American subsidiary of Finland-based Pemamek Ltd., specializes in modular customized proven automated welding systems for large offshore wind energy platforms, and its products and services are available to the emerging North American offshore wind market. Difficult-to-weld components comprising monopile and floating platform bases can be joined by combining a customized selection of…

RWE Renewables has started commercial operation on its 125 MW onshore Cassadaga Wind Farm located in Chautauqua County, New York. The system is powered by 27 Nordex and 10 Siemens Gamesa turbines and has the capacity to provide clean energy for more than 37,000 households. Cassadaga is RWE’s 29th onshore wind farm in the U.S.…

Offshore wind joint development partners Ørsted and Eversource are planning the construction of the first American-built offshore wind substation, which will be deployed at the developers’ South Fork Wind project serving New York’s Long Island. Kiewit Offshore Services will design and build the substation for the 132-MW South Fork Wind project — New York’s first…

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…

Forecasts for offshore wind installation on the East Coast of the United States point to an immediate need for investment in standardized safety and technical training, says the Global Wind Organisation (GWO), the industry-owned non-profit responsible for wind technician training standards. GWO has forecast that over 25,000 people will require basic entry-level standard training to…

The Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public input on a commercial-scale wind energy facility that is proposed to be constructed on BLM-managed public land in southern Idaho, approximately 25 miles northeast of Twin Falls. The Lava Ridge Wind Energy Project has the potential to generate 1,000…

Danish wind turbine tool company R&D has developed a new product, Bolt-Check, that can measure bolt tension two-times faster than traditional methods, claims the company. Bolted joints on wind turbines need to withstand higher centrifugal and bending forces, as well as stresses and vibrations. Incorrect bolt tension in wind turbines is a common complication that…

Danish company Hans Aa Group has developed a new cover solution to protect site-stored wind turbine towers. The Easy, Reusable, Inflatable Cover (ERIC) replaces heavy steel constructions, covered with a tarp, that are generally used to protect wind turbine towers. ERIC is lightweight for easy handling and made to fit the tower escalators to avoid…

Wind energy producer EDP Renewables North America brought its 180-MW Wildcat Creek Wind Farm to commercial operations and is producing energy in Cooke County, Texas. Wildcat Creek Wind marks EDPR NA’s fifth operating wind farm in Texas and is the company’s second project — in addition to Reloj del Sol Wind Farm in Zapata County…

Alaska’s largest wind farm has incorporated Emerson‘s automated management software. Eva Creek Wind, a nearly 25-MW wind facility came online in Nenana in 2013. Golden Valley Electric Association contracted Emerson’s services to simplify the management of Eva Creek, providing equipment diagnostics and analytics for forecasting and dispatch. It incorporates Emerson’s Ovation automation platform and OSI…

Leosphere, a Vaisala company, has launched its complete WindCube Complex Terrain Ready offering. The offering includes the company’s integrated Flow Complexity Recognition (FCR) software — currently used in moderately complex terrain — and the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) correction method to deliver accurate and trusted wind measurement in any environment, from moderate to the most complex…

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) gave the approval to prepare an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) for Kitty Hawk North, the first offshore project within the company’s Kitty Hawk Wind Energy Area (WEA). “Kitty Hawk can transform the energy mix of Virginia and North Carolina while delivering a triple-win for the environment, coastal…

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…