Equinor, the developer of Empire Wind, officially launched the Service Operations Vessel ECO Liberty on June 28 for ...

By Marla Keene, technology writer, AX Control U.S. adoption of offshore wind technology has been slow compared to European counterparts. Europe’s first offshore wind installation, Denmark’s Vindeby, ...

Written by Barbara Rook Contributor It can be tough to predict, and even tougher to manage. But wind-farm operators are finding success navigating around Mother Nature in cold climates. After ...

From articles in Windpower Engineering & Development, we learn that lightning bolts carry from 5 kA to 200 kA and voltages vary from 40 kV to 120 kV.So if we take some averages, say, 100 kA and 100 kV ...

By Michelle Froese, Senior Editor Windpower Engineering & Development While OEMs strive to build reliable machines, at times the effects of weather are no match for even the most well-engineered wind ...

By Subhankar Pal, research and innovation executive, Altran 2016 was pretty momentous. Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election and the UK voted to leave the European Union. Spotlight won best ...

New trade tariffs and increased import restrictions in the U.S. onshore wind power sector could lead to higher overall costs, threatening project viability and potentially slowing growth in the ...

EDF Renewables North America and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company – Masdar, co-owners of the Las Majadas Wind Project, have entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) with data center developer and ...

By Robert Speht, CEO and co-founder of FloatWind Ltd The world’s first gigawatt-capacity floating offshore wind farm remains a little way off, but advances across the industry are bringing it ever ...

In California, no one entity has jurisdiction over onshore approvals for an offshore wind project. Although the California Energy Commission (CEC) is part of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management – ...

The offshore wind industry in North America stands on the cusp of transformative growth, with considerable progress made toward the U.S. goal to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030. Yet, as the ...

Most wind turbines fall into one of two general categories: horizontal axis and vertical axis. Wind turbines can be classified as utility scale and small scale and then into a horizontal axis (HAWTs) ...