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Envision Energy, a supplier of smart energy solutions, has announced the establishment of its Global Blade Innovation Center in Boulder, Colorado. This marks another significant investment in R&D by Envision in the United States. “Envision’s R&D centers are cultivating talent and facilitating collaboration with the best professionals in the world,” said Felix Zhang, Envision Energy’s Executive Director.…

Vestas has acquired UpWind Solutions and its subsidiaries, a leading independent service provider in North America. With about 310 employees, UpWind Solutions currently services wind-power plants in nine U.S. states with a total capacity of more than 3 GW. The wind-power plants under UpWind’s service represent a diverse customer base and include turbines from a…

GEV Wind Power’s first set of onshore trials for its innovative blade-maintenance Habitat have been successfully completed, presenting a major milestone for the company. The Habitat enables technicians to conduct essential repairs on remote wind turbines while remaining sheltered from the elements. It also provides O&M companies a greater scope throughout the year to schedule repairs because…

This article presents the main advantages of a rotor blade extension, which is a proven product that enables a performance increase for wind turbines, and thus its energy production. This system was developed by Energiekontor in partnership with fk-wind (Institute for Wind Energy at the University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven), and is the best way to increase the…

This article comes from Sandia National Labs Wind & Water Power News and is reposted with permission. A new wind turbine blade has been designed at Sandia National Laboratories for the National Rotor Testbed (NRT) project and for future experiments at the Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) facility with a specific focus on scaled wakes.…

The American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA) and the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) have entered into a unique partnership. The two organizations will work together to support membership development and promote the overall composites industry. ACMA is a provider of composites industry educational resources and is currently the world’s largest trade group, representing…

Adwen, a joint venture between AREVA and Gamesa, recently appointed a consortium for designing and preparing a detailed implantation scheme of the two offshore wind factories it plans to build in France. These facilities will produce the nacelles and blades for the 8-MW turbines to be installed in three future projects: Baie de Saint-Brieuc (2020),…

  A year on from launching its revolutionary blade maintenance habitat at Renewable UK, GEV Wind Power’s cost-saving innovation has secured its UK patent. It has also achieved certification (IPX5) for the waterproofness of its Habitat’s seal from SGS BASEEFA. Returning to Renewable UK 2015 in early October (Stand No 142), GEV Wind Power, one of Europe’s…

Santhosh Chandrabalan | Development Leader | 3M Technical Business To maximize wind-farm efficiency and related investment returns, the wind industry is paying increasing attention to the wear and tear of turbine blades. From high winds and rain to damaging hail and salt spray, turbine blades face a wide variety of weather and environmental challenges. Exposure to these…

Gamesa’s Bladeshiel anti-icing system was chosen as one of the best 100 ideas of the year, according to the journal Actualidad Económica. The magazine highlights that this system is the result of three years of research into the use of new raw materials in wind energy, specifically the application of nano-materials in the development of coatings. The…

UpWind Solutions, Inc., North America’s most comprehensive independent operations and maintenance (O&M) service provider for wind energy, adds blade inspections using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to their services by partnering with SkySpecs. The partnership will revolutionize the way wind turbines are inspected, by delivering high quality images for reports, improving safety and reducing inspection costs.…

Wind turbines deliver environmentally friendly electricity. Yet the fiber-reinforced plastics often used in very large rotor blades are almost impossible to recycle. Not so with steel blades: since these are composed of steel, their re-cyclability exceeds 90%. Plus they cost significantly less than comparable plastic blades. Wind turbines feed eco-friendly power into the grid. To…

Bloomberg New Energy Finance has announced its selection of the 2015 New Energy Pioneers, which are recognized as game-changing innovators who are revolutionizing the energy sector. The diverse group (listed in full below) represents a broad range of industries including advanced transportation, bioenergy, energy storage, solar, and wind power. The 10 winners were recognized on…

GEV Wind Power will be exhibiting its cutting-edge advancements in turbine blade maintenance at EWEA Offshore in Copenhagen on March 10-12, 2015. The company’s innovative Habitat represents a major milestone in the maintenance of remote wind turbines, enabling engineers to complete essential works in a weather-protected environment. With the simultaneous launch of a camera-based blade…

Greensolver, an independent wind and solar farm asset manager, recently launched its wind turbine blade inspection service, which provides developers, investors, and utilities a cost-effective way to rapidly assess and monitor the condition of their equipment. The launch of the service marks a milestone in the evolution of the operations and maintenance market and, for…

Denmark-based LM Wind Power will deliver its 61.5-m blades for the 48 REpower 6M-type wind turbines which will be installed as part of phase II and III of the Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Farm off the Belgian coas

Onatrio will see its first blade factory as part of a plan to meet a wind turbine manufacturer and transmission company’s demand.