Siemens has been awarded orders for three onshore wind projects in Scotland, supplying up to 50,000 households in South and North Ayrshire and Lockerbie. The contracts also include long-term service and maintenance. For the Dersalloch wind farm in the South Ayrshire region Siemens will construct, install, and commission 23 units of its D3 direct-drive wind…

Wind farm owners representing 12% of global turbine assets have founded a new peer-to-peer online platform called o2o Wind, dedicated to the exchange of knowledge and experience on O&M issues. The o2o Wind forum is the first initiative of its kind aimed at fostering wind farm O&M best practice through a collaborative approach. Wind energy giants such…

Vestas has upgraded the company’s 3-MW turbine platform to enhance performance and meet customer requirements. The upgrade will increase power production and lower the cost of energy. It also serves to boost performance in all Vestas’ wind classes and will increase annual energy production by up to 12% depending on site-specific conditions. The upgrade’s most significant changes include: Larger…

Nor-Cal Controls Energy Solutions has released a new product that will reduce maintenance and costs for wind-project owners and operators. The WindBridge signal converter is an innovative smart device configured to allow newer technology sensors to integrate seamlessly into an existing wind-turbine control platform, no matter the age, type, or communication characteristics of the Controller/ PLC. Nor-Cal…

The shared nacelle technology and design allows Vestas to offer their 3.45-megawatt (MW) power mode across the company’s entire 3-MW platform. The power mode will now be available on the V105-3.3 MW, V112-3.3 MW, V117-3.3 MW, and V126-3.3 MW turbines. “By staying focused on making our wind turbine operations more efficient, we can increase energy…

China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited announced that its Super Compact Drive (SCD) offshore wind turbine prototype, with a 6.5-megawatt (MW) platform, began trial operation in March. The SCD prototype can be expanded and developed to a series of wind turbine generators (WTGs), with capacity ranging from 5.0 MW to 7.0 MW. The commercial…

A 750-meter-long floating wind farm with living space could harness energy from places too deep and seabed conditions too difficult for bottom-mounted wind development. Hexicon, a Swedish design and engineering company, says its wind-farm design will use a centralized turret mooring system that lets a platform and its turbines automatically align to the wind. The…