Wind

  • New design for offshore wind substations in the wings

    Sep 9, 2010

    WindEnergyUpdate speaks to David McVeigh, Harland & Wolff, about its latest design for the Gwynt y Môr offshore substations and an R&D programme that aims to resolve several offshore transformer platform challenges.
  • UK offshore wind super hubs: The race is on

    Sep 9, 2010

    The UK government has pledged £60 million to kick-start the upgrade of UK port facilities between now and the construction phase of Round 3. But will private sector investment flow thick and fast enough to realise this vision?
  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: August 30 - September 06

    Sep 6, 2010

    Cape Wind ruling sets precedence on transmission linksThis week’s WindEnergyUpdate includes the following: Cape Wind; BlackRock Investment Management (U.K.) Limited & Vestas; Iberdrola Renovables, Neoenergia & Iberdrola investee; Harland and Wolff (H&W) Heavy Industries & Siemens; Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) and RWE npower renewables; Hochtief Construction & DEME...
  • What’s new about gravity base foundations for offshore wind?

    Sep 3, 2010

    WindEnergyUpdate speaks to Petter Karal, CEO of offshore wind turbine foundation technology provider, Seatower, to learn how the latest gravity base foundations resolve installation issues that have plagued the offshore wind industry to date.
  • New construction strategies emerge for farshore, deepwater wind farms

    Sep 2, 2010

    Despite a buoyant European offshore wind market, offshore construction & installation contractors that fall short of budget and technology challenges risk falling by the wayside.
  • Turbine design innovation: Less is definitely more

    Sep 2, 2010

    Too many turbine manufacturers are big on new ideas and short on track record, say analysts. Consequently, risk remains a major factor in wind energy’s cost equation. Sam Phipps reports.
  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: August 23 - August 30

    Aug 30, 2010

    France to float offshore wind tenders worth €10b This week’s WindEnergyUpdate news brief includes: Offshore wind in France; Vestas; REpower; Scottish Renewables; National Grid and Statnett; Finavera Renewables and Scottish Southern and Energy Renewables; and Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Corporation (XEMC) Group and Darwind BV.
  • US wind integration: Wind ramp control soon to be a given?

    Aug 27, 2010

    Long-term solutions are needed to address the burning issue of wind integration into the US Western-Interconnection. Bob Moser reports.
  • Is wind energy storage about to ramp up?

    Aug 27, 2010

    WindEnergyUpdate speaks to Frank Novachek, Xcel Energy’s director of corporate planning, about progress on its wind-to-battery project to date.
  • Is wind storage about to ramp up?

    Aug 27, 2010

    WindEnergyUpdate speaks to Frank Novachek, Xcel Energy’s director of corporate planning, about progress on its wind-to-battery project to date.
  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: August 16 - August 23

    Aug 23, 2010

    AWEA lauds FERC’s rejection of Puget Sound Energy’s tariff proposalThis week's WindEnergyUpdate news brief includes: American Wind Energy Association; Vestas; Iberdrola and Neoenergia; AMSC & Blade Dynamics; Duke Energy; New Jersey's Offshore Wind Economic Development Act; DOE offers fourth loan guarantee solicitation ; IdaCorp; and Sureblades.AWEA lauds FERC’s rejection of Puget...
  • Offshore wind: Supplier rides northeast wind energy wave

    Aug 19, 2010

    WindEnergyUpdate interviews Richard Broughton, Corus, about plans for a new monopile manufacturing facility at Corus' Teeside plant.
  • UK wind industry at the mercy of public spending cuts?

    Aug 19, 2010

    Anticipated public spending cuts resulting from a record public deficit could prove detrimental to UK’s wind industry.
  • Next-generation far-shore turbine technology: 2-B Energy

    Aug 16, 2010

    WindEnergyUpdate speaks to 2-B Energy’s co-founder and chief operating officer, Mikael Jakobsson, about a next generation turbine likely to feature in the UK’s Round 3, and why turbine reliability is crucial to project risk management.
  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: August 09 - 16

    Aug 16, 2010

    This week’s WindEnergyUpdate news brief includes: Vestas, PNE Wind, Nordisk Vindkraft and HgCapital; Block Island wind farm; Cape Wind & the FAA; Sea Energy & Ampelmann; Corus; Siemens, Samsung & C&T Corp.; and Douglas Westwood.

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