Senvion has identified heating issues in the rotor bearings of some its offshore wind turbines, and the German manufacturer says it has tapped external specialists to validate what it believes is the root cause and verify the solution. "Anomalies have been registered in the rotor bearings of offshore turbines in [read more]
Simo, the first commercial wind farm equipped with Gamesa 4.5 MW wind turbines, has been commissioned in Finland, where the company has installed four G128-4.5 MW machines for TuuliWatti. The 18 MW project is part of the framework agreement that Gamesa reached at the end of 2012 with TuuliWatti to [read more]
Western Texas Community College (WTC) says it is offering an Associate of Science degree that could prepare students to earn their undergraduate degree in wind energy from Texas Tech University. Ed Ardizoni, a curriculum specialist with a background in renewable energy, is leading the WTC wind energy program. "This is [read more]
At a time when Ohio's renewable energy standard is coming under attack, voters overwhelmingly support maintaining the state's current energy-related laws, according to a new poll released by Ohio Advanced Energy Economy (Ohio AEE). The survey, conducted by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates, recently questioned 600 Ohio voters. It [read more]
InterGen, a Massachusetts-based power generation firm, has entered into an agreement with Infraestructura EnergEtica Nova SAB de CV (IEnova) to purchase a 50% interest in the first phase of the Energia Sierra Juarez wind project. Located in Baja California, Mexico, the first phase is an approximately $300 million, 155 MW [read more]
EDF Energy Renewables has officially cut the ribbon on its 62 MW Teesside offshore wind in the U.K. Offshore construction work on the 27-turbine project started in February 2012 and was completed last June. On April 16, U.K. Energy Minister Michael Fallon and EDF Group CEO Henri Proglio inaugurated the [read more]
Despite receiving a harsh blow from New Jersey regulators in March, offshore wind developer Fishermen's Energy is showing more signs that it intends to keep pushing forward with its 25 MW Atlantic City demonstration project. Officials and engineers from Fishermen's, XEMC-Darwind in the Netherlands and XEMC in China recently visited [read more]
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