Farmingdale State College (FSC) of Farmingdale, New York, received nearly $900K in funding for three proposals advancing offshore wind technology training and education at the school, as part of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s announcement of $4 million in grants awarded by the Offshore Wind Training Institute (OWTI). The FSC awards represent three of 10 proposals that…

GE Vernova, the company’s portfolio of General Electric’s energy businesses, will invest $50 million at its Schenectady, New York, facility and hire approximately 200 new full-time employees including skilled union operators, manufacturing engineers and front line leadership to establish a new manufacturing assembly line for its onshore wind business. The site will assemble three key…

ZF is a global technology company supplying gear systems for vehicles and industrial technology. ZF Wind Power designs modular gearbox platforms and produces complete powertrains for wind turbines. Sivakumar Jayapal, Chief Service Officer at ZF Wind Power, talks with Windpower Engineering & Development about its new interactive service Thrive. Below is an excerpt of ZF’s…

ONYX Insight has launched a new condition monitoring system, ecoCMS Flex, which allows operators to upgrade their legacy CMS (conditioning monitoring services) systems affordably with rapid plug-in technology. This CMS will modernize older systems in an easy-to-install manner. With legacy systems often utilizing aging approaches to capturing data or lacking the technology to recognize potential…

By Sloan Freeman, Director of Hydrospatial Solutions at Geodynamics,  an NV5 company In April 2023, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed the Promoting Offshore Wind Energy Resources (POWER) Act, enacting the state’s new 8.5-GW offshore wind target while highlighting the local workforce development and domestic supply chain features of the bill. This was just the latest…

By Anthony Allard, Head of North America, Hitachi Energy The debate around the progress of the clean energy transition has often centered on generation, specifically, whether we can produce enough wind and solar power to displace fossil fuels. This is a valid concern, but equally critical is the need to make sure that we have…

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) released a report on the U.S. offshore wind market, revealing a rapidly growing pipeline of projects across 32 leases totaling 51,377 MW of expected capacity – enough electricity to power the equivalent of more than 20 million homes. Additionally, offshore wind project development, construction and operations are expected to…

Richardson Electronics announced its new ULTRAPEM line, a series of ultracapacitor-based modules that replace lead acid batteries within various wind turbine platforms using electric pitch systems. These new products add to the company’s portfolio of patented energy storage solutions. The new ultracapacitor-based energy storage series consists of pitch energy modules that operate at greater than…

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…

Established supplier to the oil and gas sector, Balmoral has adapted and transitioned several of its proven buoyancy and protection solutions for use in the fixed and floating offshore wind sector. Products such as buoyancy, cable protection, bend limiting devices and crossover solutions have been readily accepted by the wind sector that is keen to…

The progress of industry pushes ever forward, and those technological breakthroughs are marked by named eras. Globally, manufacturers believe they’re currently experiencing the fourth industrial revolution, dubbed Industry 4.0. The wind industry is also participating, and Valery Godinez, VP of engineering and product development at MISTRAS Group, is here to discuss what that means exactly.…

Clir Renewables has announced the launch of Clir Insight for Asset Development, a new product that leverages 200 GW of data to improve technology selection and operation, and ensure mitigation of risk. In an increasingly competitive market, developers are faced with a dynamic risk profile, considerable practical challenges, and uncertainty for successful execution of renewables…

R&D Test Systems, a Danish wind turbine test system supplier, has received a follow-up order from ZF Wind Power to develop and deliver a new end-of-line test bench needed to verify the system functionality on manufactured powertrains, including the gearbox, generator and main bearing arrangement, prior to shipping to the OEMs. The test rig, which…

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…

Michigan’s largest wind park, Meridian Wind, is now operational. Spanning three townships across Midland and Saginaw counties, the 225-MW wind park has 77 wind turbines and generates enough clean energy to power more than 78,000 homes. DTE Energy managed all aspects of Meridian Wind’s development, from land acquisition and permitting through construction, and will assume…

By Ivan Mednikov and Ivor Shaw, Stantec With recent pro-renewables legislation passing in both the United States and Canada that encourage energy storage adoption, the North American wind industry enters a new era. This intermittent energy resource can now more easily be supplemented by energy storage to provide a dispatchable electricity solution. This makes wind…

Madison Gas and Electric‘s (MGE) newest wind farm is fully operational and delivering renewable energy to the grid. MGE partnered with Wisconsin Public Service (WPS), a subsidiary of WEC Energy Group, on the 92-MW Red Barn Wind Farm. MGE owns 9.1 MW of the wind farm in the Grant County towns of Clifton and Wingville.…

Construction is underway for an expansion to the world’s largest manufacturing plant for wind turbine towers, a project designed to double production and lead to the hiring of at least 850 new employees. CS Wind executives welcomed Colorado Gov. Jared Polis for a groundbreaking Tuesday at the plant in Pueblo, where dozens of project partners,…

What to consider to optimize your assets and decrease downtime By Tom Hall, Head of Condition Monitoring Services, SkySpecs The wind industry has been growing rapidly in recent years, and as a result, the need for effective maintenance strategies has become more important than ever. One of the most critical components of a wind turbine…

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…