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Gwynt y Mor wind farm already making the grade
Sep 03, 2014 (UPI)
German energy company RWE said Wednesday half of the turbines at what will be the second-largest offshore wind farm are operational. More than half of the 160 t...
Scottish marine power a testament of unity, London says
Aug 22, 2014 (UPI)
A $16.5 million investment in what may be the largest tidal array shows how Scotland and the British government can work together, a British official said. The ...
Real 20 per cent Renewable Energy Target would decimate industry
Aug 22, 2014 (SPX)
A new paper released by the Clean Energy Council shows that cutting the Renewable Energy Target to a so-called 'real' 20 per cent figure would reduce the amount...
Scottish government approves build of Iberdrola wind farm
Aug 21, 2014 (UPI)
Spanish energy company Iberdrola said it received consent from the Scottish government to build 23 wind turbines at a site near the country's western coast. Thr...
U.S. Wind Inc. wins rights to wind energy offshore Maryland
Aug 20, 2014 (UPI)
Acreage off the Maryland coast could generate enough energy for 300,000 homes in a program from Texas energy company U.S. Wind Inc., the U.S. government said. T...
Bidding starts for wind energy offshore Maryland
Aug 19, 2014 (UPI)
An auction for acreage off the coast of Maryland reserved for wind energy got under way Tuesday, the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said. BOEM opened bi...
Juwi Will Build 50-Megawatt Wind Farm in Uruguay
Aug 15, 2014 (SPX)
juwi has announced that it has sold the project rights for one of the largest wind farms in the company's history and its first in South America, and has retain...
Commercial wind projects reviewed offshore North Carolina
Aug 12, 2014 (UPI)
The federal U.S. government said it outlined three areas off the coast of North Carolina as potential sites for commercial wind energy development. The Bureau o...
Moventas Exceed high torque density 3 MW gearbox to be piloted
Aug 12, 2014 (SPX)
Acciona Windpower has agreed with Moventas on prototype as well as serial deliveries of a 3 MW wind gearbox product based on Moventas's new Exceed series of hig...
Japan's Marubeni gets capital for Westernmost Rough wind project
Aug 11, 2014 (UPI)
Japanese energy company Marubeni Corp. said Monday it secured the financing necessary to support development of a 210-megawatt wind farm off the British coast. ...
Victoria tweaks Wind Farm Planning Rules
Aug 06, 2014 (SPX)
A Victorian Government decision to allow modest changes to approved wind farms will effectively reduce red tape for business and make the state more attractive ...
Fires are a major cause of wind farm failure
Jul 23, 2014 (SPX)
Fire is the second leading cause of accidents in wind turbines, after blade failure, according to new research. Wind farming is one of the leading industries in...
DNV GL Increase Quality Of Rotor Blades Made In China
Jul 18, 2014 (SPX)
DNV GL and the wind turbine blade manufacturer Sinoma signed a partnership agreement for certification of Sinoma's products to improve the reliability and quali...
Spinning Spur II Wind Project in Texas Becomes Operational
Jul 16, 2014 (SPX)
EDF Renewable Energy has announced that the 161-megawatt (MW) Spinning Spur II Wind Project in Texas has reached commercial operation (COD). The company further...
New study uses blizzard to measure wind turbine airflow
Jul 14, 2014 (SPX)
A first-of-its-kind study by researchers at the University of Minnesota (UMN) using snow during a Minnesota blizzard is giving researchers new insight into the ...
SeaRoc makes first maintenance visit to Dogger Bank met masts
Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)
SeaRoc Group has successfully completed the first major maintenance visit to Forewind's Dogger Bank meteorological (met) masts in the North Sea at the beginning...
EON and GE Partner To Build Texas Wind Farm
Jul 09, 2014 (SPX)
Subsidiaries of E.ON and GE are forming an investment partnership to own and operate Grandview Phase I, a 211-megawattt GE-powered wind farm under construction ...
OX2 acquires Polish wind power company, Greenfield Wind
Jul 03, 2014 (SPX)
The acquisition of the project development company Greenfield Wind gives OX2 the local expertise needed to finance and build high-quality wind farms in Poland. ...
VentAir Introduces Groundbreaking Wind Energy Innovation
Jul 01, 2014 (SPX)
Local start-up company VentAir Technologies (VAT) has announced an exciting breakthrough in the field of wind energy. The company's patent-pending VAST 6 system...
Wind turbine payback as fast as 8 months
Jun 17, 2014 (SPX)
US researchers have carried out an environmental lifecycle assessment of 2-megawatt wind turbines mooted for a large wind farm in the US Pacific Northwest. Writ...
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