Invenergy Wind announced the completion of construction and the start of commercial operation of its Prairie Breeze II Wind Energy Center in Antelope and Boone Counties, Nebraska. The facility officially began operating in mid-December, 2015. Prairie Breeze II is located near the town of Elgin, approximately 100 miles northwest of the city of Lincoln. The…
ACCIONA Windpower opens Brazil-based wind service center
ACCIONA Windpower the ACCIONA Group subsidiary that designs and manufactures wind turbines, has created a Wind Power Service Center in the city of Mossoró. It will service wind farms located in northeast Brazil, where the company has signed contracts for the supply of 264 turbines totaling 792 MW overall capacity. The center, located in one…
Fall protection and safety training for wind-turbine technicians
Along with being one of the top turbine manufacturers, Siemens is also strongly committed to safety in the wind industry. In 2013, the company opened a 40,000-square-foot Wind Service Training Center in Orlando, Florida. It is one of four wind-training centers that Siemens operates globally. In this WindTalk podcast Billy Watts, the CEO for Siemens’…
GE to build wind education center in China
GE announced that it will build a new wind education center in Shenyang, China. The approximately 500-square-meter facility will be built on the same campus as GE’s current manufacturing operation in Shenyang. Located in the largest city of Liaoning Province, the new education center will offer a variety of training courses intended for GE field…