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By WPED Staff | December 22, 2021

80-MW Avangrid project completed in New York

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…

By WPED Staff | December 22, 2021

US Wind approved for 1,100 MW of offshore wind for Maryland

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…

By WPED Contributor | December 20, 2021

Why the United States needs tailored solutions to realize floating offshore wind ambitions

By Thomas Dahlgren, President and CEO, COWI North America Commercial-scale floating offshore wind is approaching fast. In the United States, floating offshore wind is the only option on the West Coast and off the coast of Maine where the water depths preclude using bottom-fixed foundations. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced plans…

By WPED Staff | December 20, 2021

With latest procurement, Mayflower Wind boosts capacity to 1,200 MW off Massachusetts coast

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…

By WPED Contributor | December 20, 2021

Low-frequency ultrasonic solutions for spar cap and shear web bonding inspection in wind blades

By Simon Alain, Senior Product Manager, Scanners and Inspection Solutions, Olympus In operation, a wind blade is subjected to considerable lift forces. To ensure the essential shear strength of the blade assembly, the top and bottom blade shells are bonded together, supported by a set of shear webs. The spar cap, the part of the…

By WPED Staff | December 17, 2021

Avangrid Renewables’ 1,232-MW offshore wind project selected for procurement in Massachusetts

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…

By WPED Staff | December 14, 2021

Bronto Skylift updates control system to fifth generation

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…

By WPED Staff | December 10, 2021

Skyward announces preorder availability of off-the-shelf drone Parrot ANAFI Ai

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…

By WPED Staff | December 8, 2021

Repowered California wind farm will produce 9 times the power

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…

By WPED Staff | December 7, 2021

185-MW Glacier Sands wind project reaches commercial operations in Illinois

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.…

By WPED Staff | December 6, 2021

Con Edison proposes HVDC mesh network to deliver NJ offshore power to mainland

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…

By WPED Contributor | December 6, 2021

How offshore weather awareness enhances safety and optimizes operations

By Mikko Nikkanen, Head of Maritime, Vaisala As wind energy continues to play an increasingly important role in future energy systems, developers are turning to offshore locations with inherently stronger, more consistent and more abundant winds to maximize the value of their projects. Just last year, investment in offshore wind surpassed $300 billion, according to…

By WPED Staff | December 1, 2021

Atlantic Power Transmission plans transmission project for New Jersey offshore wind

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…

By WPED Staff | December 1, 2021

Hyundai Heavy Industries receives testing approval for floating offshore wind foundation

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…

By WPED Contributor | November 29, 2021

The right rotary limit switch will reduce wind turbine downtime and maintenance costs

By Sam Salem and Peter Nyegaard Jensen, Wind Cluster; and Fabio Orlandi, TER Rotary limit switches are used in wind turbines for managing and controlling the position of the nacelle (yaw control) and in some cases for pitch angle of the blades (pitch control). Whenever the direction of the wind changes, the wind turbine nacelle will…

By WPED Staff | November 24, 2021

New York’s 1st offshore wind project is up for construction approval this January

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…

By WPED Staff | November 24, 2021

118-MW Glass Winds farm comes online in Oklahoma

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…

By WPED Staff | November 18, 2021

Transmission cables being laid for 800-MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore project

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…

By WPED Staff | November 16, 2021

U.S. Offshore Wind 2022 conference coming to Boston in March

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…

By WPED Staff | November 16, 2021

Vaisala releases Strike Damage Potential lightning insight product

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…

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