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.…

DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, has awarded Siemens Wind Power with final Type Certification for its new 7-MW offshore wind turbine SWT-7.0-154, confirming full IEC-61400-22 compliance ahead of schedule. The new award-winning Siemens model delivers nearly 10% more energy production than its predecessor under offshore wind conditions, while…

GE Renewable Energy has announced that it secured 1.4-GW of firm and unconditional wind turbine supply orders in the month of December. The agreements call for GE’s wind technology to supply more than 20 new wind projects across seven different countries. Approximately half of the planned 1.4 GW is scheduled to be installed outside the…

German-based wind-farm operator, BayWa r.e., has chosen Breeze software system for wind-farm management. This marks Breeze’s largest installation of a German wind portfolio to date. “We have done a thorough evaluation of a number of wind-farm management systems and found Breeze to be the most capable system according to our needs. The people from Breeze…

Broadwind Energy announced $8 million in new wind-tower orders from a U.S. turbine manufacturer. The towers will be produced in Broadwind’s Manitowoc, Wisconsin facility for 2016 delivery. The company strongly credits the renewal of the Production Tax Credits (PTC) for the new contract. “The production tax credit that was passed just a few weeks ago…

The ADS is a radar-activated obstruction lighting system designed to turn blinking lights atop wind turbines and tall towers on or off, based on the presence or absence of aircraft in the vicinity.

Moventas announced that low-speed planetary stage gears and bearings in the Siemens 2.3-MW wind turbines can now be repaired up-tower. Much like the ability to repair the GE 1.5-MW (as recently announced by Moventas), this new up-tower repair capability for the Siemens 2.3 turbine promises to save wind-farm owners significant downtime and expense. Gearboxes that…

TPI Composites, a global supplier of wind turbine blades, has signed a multi-year supply agreement with Vestas Wind Systems A/S. Vestas will provide blades for the V126 wind turbine from TPI’s recently announced second factory in Izmir, Turkey. The factory will be located on a 10-hectare, 30,000 m2 site with the ability to expand in the…

Honeywell’s new Miller DuraSeal Self-retracting Lifeline (SRL) is designed to provide greater reliability and safety in the harshest environments, including for offshore wind-power sites. The DuraSeal SRL offers patent-pending sealed technology that prevents contaminants from entering the mechanism, earning the design an IP69K certification — the industry’s highest sealed technology rating. The seal ensures that the…

Nordex installed the first N131/3300 turbine in Germany, four months after the unveiling of the up-graded model. The low-wind turbine was especially designed for inland sites. The first was installed ahead of schedule at the Krampfer Wind Farm in Brandenburg for project developer, VOSS Energy GmbH. Originally six turbines were planned for this site with a delivery date…

Vestas has received an unconditional order for 34 V136-3.45 MW turbines for the 117 MW Metsälä wind power project, which will be Finland’s largest onshore project. The order affirms the high expectations for the V136-3.45 MW turbine, which was launched in September 2015. The V136-3.45 MW has been well-received after its launch, particularly in the low-wind segment.…

Long-term Vestas customer Hanas Group has placed an order for 25 V110-2.0 MW turbines for a wind park in Western China. Turbine delivery and commissioning are expected in the second half of 2016. The order for the Wanglejing Sunjialou Wind Farm in western China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region includes a two-year Active Output Management (AOM)…

Suzlon Group, a global turbine manufacturer, announced that its innovative S97-HT DFIG 2.1-MW wind turbine has achieved 35% PLF over the last 12 months. The prototype with Suzlon’s All-Steel Hybrid Tower, was commissioned on June 9th, 2014 in India. The S97-HT DFIG is currently the world’s tallest steel hybrid tower at 120 meters in height.…

Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, continues to make strides in the Indian market, having signed its first contract with Tata Power, one of the nation’s leading developers and independent power producers (IPP), for the construction of a 100-MW wind farm on a turnkey basis. Under the terms of the contract signed with…

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has introduced a new 1400 frame size synchronous generator to expand its proven AMS platform. Covering the power range from 60 to 85 MVA at voltages from 3 to 15 kV, the new 4-pole generators enable higher unit powers and more economical genset designs. Advances in manufacturing technology…

Siemens has won the contract with Norwegian company, Statoil, to supply floating offshore wind turbines for a pilot project off the coast of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire. Siemens is set to supply five of its SWT-6.0-154 direct-drive offshore wind turbines for the 30-MW Hywind Scotland Project, which will be the largest floating wind farm in the world. This…

SheerWind is nearing completion of its 200-kW INVELOX pilot project for Army National Guard-Michigan and is breaking ground for another in Florida for Tampa Electric. INVELOX is a multi-patented system that captures, accelerates, and harvests wind power through a funnel and converts it into electrical power. It is the first single wind tower capable of powering multiple…

DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, awarded component certification to Spanish technology company Ingeteam for its new frequency converter at the annual European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) Conference in Paris this week. The DFM 3000 Ingecon Wind converter offers operational flexibility, energy management benefits, and compliance with technical…

Vestas has received a U.S. order from project developer, EDF Renewable Energy, for the supply of turbines to a currently undisclosed wind project. The agreement is for the supply of 51 V100-2.0 MW turbines and 30 V117-3.3 MW turbines, totaling 201 MW. It includes supply and commissioning of the wind turbines, as well as a three-year Active…

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…