The Offshore Renewable Workgroup of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is seeing an increasing number of relevant offshore guidance documents, and has recently gained IMCA a seat at the UK HSE GB ‘Offshore Wind Industry Leaders Workshop’ this November. “There is no doubt that the Offshore Renewables Workgroup, under the dynamic chairmanship of Alan…
NREL researchers advance wind energy systems engineering
In recent years, researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have been making progress in multiple avenues of wind systems engineering. This includes the study of how to integrate wind energy engineering and cost models across wind plants, finding the important interactions between various subsystems to achieve a better understanding of how to improve…
AWEA Wind Power Supply Chain Workshop – Opening Session
8:00am – Jeff Anthony, Dir of Business Development, AWEA- providing State of the Windpower Energy Industry… – 5,155 MW installed in ’10 – 3,195 MW of that installed in Q4 which has been a historical trend for Wind. – USA has 40,180 MW installed as of 12/31/10. +15% – 5,600 MW currently under construction in…
Advancing Wind Power in Illinois Conference
The Illinois Wind Working Group (IWWG) will host the fourth annual Advancing Wind Power in Illinois Conference, July 15-16, 2010, at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria. The two-day conference will cover aspects of wind energy including large wind farms, community wind and small wind. Sessions will include wind assessment methods, economic development, sizing and…
Building the Wind Supply Chain: The Next Steps Workshop
The Illinois Wind Working Group (IWWG) will host a “Building the Wind Turbine Supply Chain: The Next Steps Workshop” on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. This workshop is hosted by Illinois State University’s Center for Renewable Energy and the Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center.…