The Offshore Wind Innovation Hub (OWIH) is open for business and announced its first call for applications. The Brooklyn, New York-based Hub was founded in mid-2022 to identify and help develop promising start-ups to drive new innovations in the offshore wind industry. The three-year initiative is backed by Equinor and bp, partners developing the Empire…

Renewable energy will grow more quickly than forecast and provide around 15% of world power generation by 2035, oil company BP said.

UpWind Solutions, a comprehensive operations and maintenance (O&M) service provider, has installed vortex generator  (VG) technology on turbines at six of BP Wind’s wholly-owned U.S. wind farms:  Titan 1, in South Dakota; Edom Hills in California, Flat  Ridge 1 in Kansas; and Trinity Hills, Silver Star 1 and Sherbino 2 in Texas.  When several hundred…

UpWind Solutions, a leading third party provider of asset management  (O&M) with 2.5+ GW in its fleet, say they have signed O&M agreements for the Trinity Hills, Sherbino 2, and Silver Star 1 wind farms in Texas, and the Flat Ridge 1 wind farm in Kansas. The wind farms are owned by wholly-owned subsidiaries of…

Situated along the slopes of the Haleakala volcano in Maui, Hawaii, a wind farm with eight Siemens turbines will generate enough electricity to power thousands of homes. More than 200 guests attended the Feb. 22 dedication ceremony, which included traditional Hawaiian chants and prayers. “Auwahi Wind Farm is critically important,” U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz said.…

Emerging economies such as China, India, Russia, and Brazil are expected to dominate world energy growth over the next twenty years, while improvements in energy efficiency measures are set to accelerate, according to BP’s latest projection of energy trends the BP Energy Outlook 2030.