Sep 22, 2014
Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, a top White House National Security Council Official, has been appointed as deputy secretary of Department of Energy in the U. S.
Sep 22, 2014
Iberdrola Renewables has signed a 10-year contract to supply Roseville Electric, the municipal electric utility of Roseville, California, with a package of renewable energy products.
Sep 22, 2014
The U. S. Energy Department has allotted $2m to two entities to advance technologies to harness stronger winds available at higher heights.
Sep 22, 2014
RWE Innogy UK’s £45mGoole Fields 1 Wind Farm officially opened last week in East Riding of Yorkshire.
Sep 22, 2014
Experts say that it might be possible to temporarily slow or stop a turbine blade during times when frequent lightning is detected. We look at research and meteorological feedback from academia and industry to assess the latest in lightning-based blade...
Sep 22, 2014
Canada is on track to reach 12,000 MW in installed wind power by the end of 2016. But Canada's winter conditions bring certain risks. Matthew Wadham-Gagnon discusses why continued R&D around ice throw will mostly lead to optimising turbine...
Sep 8, 2014
The Energy Department in the United States has allotted $4.5m to four wind power R&D projects located in Maine, North Carolina, Nebraska, and Texas.
Sep 8, 2014
The Crown Estate has released a report, stressing on the apt use of jack-up vessels to reduce costs associated with the maintenance of offshore wind turbines.
Sep 8, 2014
RWE Innogy UK has shared that more than half of the 160 turbines at its Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm have been commissioned and are generating electricity.
Aug 24, 2014
EDP Renewables (EDPR) has executed a new asset rotation transaction in the United States.
Aug 24, 2014
Plains and Eastern Clean Line has gained an important regulatory approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to sell transmission service to customers at negotiated rates and to negotiate bilateral agreements for 100% of the line’s...
Aug 22, 2014
When it comes to keeping wind turbines operating smoothly in icy conditions, there are several approaches being considered and tried, from the highly technical to the old school ‘shiver’ technique.
Aug 15, 2014
Iberdrola plans to use supercomputing in designing all of its wind power facilities at locations featuring complex terrain.
Aug 15, 2014
Steel contractor Bladt Industries has announced that Jan Kjærsgaard is to join the company as CEO. He will assume the role as CEO no later than November 1, 2014. He currently holds the position as CEO of Siemens Wind Power.
Aug 15, 2014
An offshore construction site can come across many hurdles, extreme weather conditions being one of them. We look at how specialists and suppliers are dealing with tricky situations offshore to avoid downtime and boost preparedness of personnel.
