Nov 7, 2011
Wind Energy Update speaks to Andrew Scott the Energy Technologies Institute’s Programme Manager for offshore wind, about its latest RFP for floating offshore turbine foundation solutions.
Nov 7, 2011
With O&M costs expected to contribute roughly 50% of operational expenditure costs in the first and last 5 years of the project’s lifecycle, a lean, flexible O&M strategy is crucial to maintaining a profit margin, according to a new report.
Nov 7, 2011
This week’s Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organisations: The Crown Estate, Marine Scotland, Scottish Power Renewables, Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm, Repsol Nuevas Energias, SSE Renewables, Mainstream Renewable Power; Alstom, EDF Energies Nouvelles, and more.
Nov 1, 2011
The latest research from Wind Energy Update reveals that despite the huge amount of attention given to gearbox failure, electrical faults are a leading cause of offshore wind turbine downtime.
Oct 31, 2011
Wind Energy Update catches up with Patrick Clerens, Secretary General of the newly created European Association for Storage of Energy, to learn about the possibilities for wind energy storage in Europe.
Oct 31, 2011
Turbine producers like Sinovel are eyeing major demand in the Brazil market, but manufacturing locally may be the only way forward in emerging markets.
Oct 31, 2011
In this week’s Wind Energy Update global news round-up, the top three stories include: Dong Energy gears up to trial Vestas’ 7MW offshore turbine; EIB funds key UK offshore wind transmission link; and US Court revokes FAA approval of Cape Wind.
Oct 24, 2011
Although global figures for investment in wind show both value and volume of deals to be down, the picture in Europe is less gloomy - the current Eurozone crisis not withstanding.
Oct 24, 2011
Z-technologies’ futuristic concept for servicing farshore offshore wind farms has won a vote of confidence from the UK’s Carbon Trust. Wind Energy Update contacts Z-Port partner Kees Jan Groen, to learn more about the innovative idea.
Oct 24, 2011
Leading this week's Wind Energy Update round-up of global wind sector news, the UK government provides clear guidelines on renewables subsidies; and Virginia gears up for its first offshore wind turbine test facility.
Oct 17, 2011
RotaBolt has had a long journey getting the wind energy sector to embrace its tension control measurement technology for bolted joints on turbines. But that may be starting to change.
Oct 17, 2011
Wind Energy Update speaks to Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Commissioning contractor Siems Offshore Contractors about its game plan to win more business in offshore wind cable installation.
Oct 17, 2011
The top three stories in this week’s Wind Energy Update global news round-up include: Deepwater pegged to build first U.S. offshore wind farm; US to greenlight second offshore wind lease; and FERC urged to plan pan-American grid infrastructure.
Oct 8, 2011
The top three headlines in this week's global wind energy news round up from WindEnergyUpdate include: Deepwater Wind plans 1GW US offshore wind farm; BP Wind Energy to build US$800m wind farm; Research buoy deployed for Lake Michigan offshore wind study.
Oct 7, 2011
To what extent is trade secrecy holding back progress in preventative blade maintenance and overall design improvement?
