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The 79.7-MW Roaring Brook Wind farm is now operational in Martinsburg, New York. Roaring Brook Wind was developed by Avangrid Renewables and is comprised of 20 wind turbines spread across approximately 4,700 acres. After starting operations in October 2021, the project will generate more than 229,000 MWh of renewable energy annually, enough to power over…

The State of Maryland has awarded the US Wind 808.5 MW in Offshore Renewable Energy Credits (ORECs) for Momentum Wind, a new offshore wind project slated to come online in 2026. Adding 55 turbines to the Maryland Lease area, Momentum Wind will deliver enough offshore wind power for 200,000 homes. The 55 turbines for Momentum…

Mayflower Wind, the developer of the offshore wind project in joint venture between Shell New Energies and Ocean Winds, announced it was awarded a 400-MW PPA by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its three biggest utilities as part of Massachusetts’ 83C III offshore wind energy procurement. Combined with its 804-MW PPA from 83C II, Mayflower…

Avangrid Renewables‘ joint venture offshore wind project, Commonwealth Wind, has been selected as part of Massachusetts’ third offshore wind competitive procurement process. The 1,232-MW project is New England’s largest offshore wind project to date and will create 11,000 full-time equivalent jobs over its lifetime and generate enough energy to power 750,000 homes annually. “Commonwealth Wind…

Bronto Skylfit’s Bronto+ control system is being upgraded to its fifth generation. For operators this means faster leveling, easier control of working lights, light groups and cage load, bigger displays with better visibility even in sunlight, easier navigation, more chassis information available on screens, integrated help texts and quick manuals, as well as resistive touch…

Skyward, A Verizon company, has announced preorder availability for Parrot ANAFI Ai, an off-the-shelf drone powered by Verizon’s 4G LTE network, as part of the Skyward Connected Drone Solution. Skyward enables mid-flight data transfer to begin processing of imagery into 2D orthomosaic maps while Parrot ANAFI Ai is still in the air, anywhere within Verizon’s…

Scout Clean Energy and Peninsula Clean Energy have signed a 15-year PPA that will provide San Mateo County and Los Banos with 76.35 MW by repowering the Pacheco Pass Wind Farm in Merced County. Purchased from International Turbine Research in 2018, Scout returned the wind farm in Pacheco State Park to operation and will rename…

Cordelio Power‘s 185-MW Glacier Sands wind project has reached commercial operations. The project, located in Mason County, Illinois, is composed of 43 Vestas V150-4.3 wind turbines and will sell 100% of its renewable energy under a 15-year contract with Microsoft. “We’re excited to commence operations at Glacier Sands, the inaugural project in Cordelio’s new U.S.…

Con Edison Transmission has proposed plans to build Clean Link New Jersey, an offshore transmission network to deliver wind power from multiple generators at sea with minimal impact to local communities, marine life and views along the Garden State’s shoreline. Clean Link New Jersey plans to connect 2.4 GW of future offshore wind capacity to the…

Atlantic Power Transmission (APT), a Blackstone portfolio company, submitted a bid to develop a clean power transmission solution in response to the 2021 New Jersey Offshore Wind SAA Transmission Solicitation initiated by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. APT’s project offers a total offshore wind transmission solution of up to 3,600 MW and is…

Bureau Veritas, a testing, inspection, and certification service, has delivered an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for its design and development of “Hi-Float,” a floating offshore wind turbine foundation. Based on HHI’s experience with offshore projects, the offshore floating wind substructure Hi-Float is designed to support a 10-MW wind turbine with…

South Fork Wind, New York’s first offshore wind farm received its Record of Decision (ROD) from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), reaching a critical milestone in the federal environmental review. South Fork Wind remains on track to be fully permitted by early 2022, and with the project’s joint…

Southern Power‘s 118-MW Glass Sands Wind Facility in Murray County, Oklahoma, is now operational. This project is Southern Power’s fifth wind facility in Oklahoma, and it contributes to the company’s growing fleet of clean energy resources from California to Maine. “We are pleased to see Glass Sands Wind Facility achieve commercial operation as this facility…

Construction is starting on the Vineyard Wind 1 project, the first commercial-scale offshore wind project in the United States. The first steps of construction will include two transmission cables that will connect Vineyard Wind 1 to the mainland. The Vineyard Wind I project will generate 800 MW of electricity annually, from just off the coast of…

The U.S. Offshore Wind conference and exhibition will take place on March 15-16, 2022 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston and will feature more than 60 speakers across two tracks, 60+ exhibition booths, more than 40 hours of networking time and six breakfast briefings. Confirmed conferences speakers include some of the most influential figures…

Vaisala today introduced Strike Damage Potential, the newest solution within the company’s lightning damage insights. The solution enables users to compile the exact lightning data they need both during and after hazardous weather events near their facilities or assets. “Across the globe, billions of lightning events occur every year, and the strikes that connect from…

R&D Test Systems has installed the world’s first Fault Ride Through (FRT) test system rated at 66 kV for the Østerild test facility for Vestas wind turbines in Denmark. The system has been developed for the wind turbine manufacturer to conduct extreme voltage tests to ensure its turbines meet international standards required for their connection…

EDP Renewables North America (EDPR) and Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) celebrated with state and community leaders the completion of Indiana Crossroads Wind Farm at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 12. The 302-MW Indiana Crossroads Wind Farm, beginning commercial operations by the end of this year, will generate enough clean electricity to power the…

Dominion Energy Virginia awarded the largest submarine cable contract in U.S. history to Prysmian Group and DEME Group. The balance of plant (BoP) contract includes the complete package for the transportation and installation of the foundations and the substations and EPC services for the inter-array and export cables for the future largest commercial offshore wind…

Firetrace has launched its latest product, XD Tubing, a flexible fire detection tubing with enhanced chemical durability, to mitigate the risk of fire and total loss in offshore and near shore wind turbines. XD Detection Tubing detects fires by sensing either heat or flame, and resists corrosion, creep and ozone exposure as found in both…