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Researchers Working on New Mooring System to Develop Offshore Floating Wind Farms

A team of researchers that includes two engineers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst is developing a new mooring system for floating offshore wind turbines that uses an integrated network of anchors and lines to hold dozens or even hundreds of turbines in place in the ocean in industrial-scale, offshore wind farms.

11 Mar 2016

Researchers Analyze Renewable Energy Predictions

In comparison to standard energy sources like oil or coal, the demand and supply of renewable energy is difficult to predict, as they are strongly influenced by the natural fluctuations in the power source. This creates problems in determining the amount of renewable energy that would be readily available for different consumer requirements.

4 Mar 2016

Sustainable Sensor Solutions for Inspecting Offshore Wind Turbines

Offshore wind turbines are constantly exposed to harsh environments and suffer the consequences. Especially their foundations, which are moored in the ocean floor. From time to time divers have to descend to examine these structures for flaws. In the future these kinds of underwater checks will become easier and faster, with the aid of newly developed sensor ring. At Hannover Messe, held between April 25 and 29 this year, researchers will be displaying a system to achieve this.

3 Mar 2016

Researchers Use Vibrations from Electromechanical Materials to Generate Energy

New tools for harvesting wind energy may soon look less like giant windmills and more like tiny leafless trees.

2 Feb 2016

Gigantic Blades Could Lead to 50-MW Offshore Wind Energy in U.S.

A new design for gigantic blades longer than two football fields could help bring offshore 50-megawatt (MW) wind turbines to the United States and the world.

29 Jan 2016

EDF RE’s 150MW Slate Creek Wind Project Reaches Commercial Operation

EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) announced today that the 150 megawatt (MW) Slate Creek Wind Project in Kansas reached commercial operation on December 29, 2015.

8 Jan 2016

Roosevelt Wind Project in New Mexico Begins Commercial Operation

EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) announced today that the 250 megawatt (MW) Roosevelt Wind Project in New Mexico reached commercial operation on December 15, 2015.

6 Jan 2016

ACE Completes Construction and Sale of Carbon-Free Thunder Spirit Wind Energy Project

ALLETE Clean Energy (ACE) has finalized its sale of the Thunder Spirit wind development to Montana-Dakota Utilities after wrapping up construction on the project in December.

6 Jan 2016

TPI to Provide Blades for Vestas V126 Wind Turbine from Izmir Factory

TPI Composites, Inc., a leading global supplier of wind turbine blades, announced today that it has signed a multiyear supply agreement with Vestas Wind Systems A/S to provide blades for the V126 wind turbine from TPI's recently announced second factory in Izmir, Turkey, which is scheduled to open for production in late 2016.

6 Jan 2016

Reikon Beheer to Market SheerWind's INVELOX Wind-Power Generating Systems

SheerWind, a Minnesota USA based wind-power innovator, has signed a licensing agreement with Reikon Beheer, a diverse investment company that will allow SheerWind's INVELOX(™) wind-power generating systems to be marketed and deployed in the Netherlands.

6 Jan 2016