Recently, a DNV-led joint industry project suggested a new assessment methodology for grouted connections in monopile wind turbine structures without shear keys. The reason for upgrading the industry design practices was that that the previous practices did not properly describe the physical behavio
The wind farm developer, PNE WIND AG, announces changes in its Board of Directors. Concluding a successful business phase Bernd Paulsen… [mappress] Source: pne, March 17, 2011
Several wind farms have been struggling with subsea cable issues but little knowledge or experience is yet publicly available. By Svein Inge Leirgulen [mappress] Source: dnv, March 16, 2011
Electricity bills in Alderney are being cut – thanks to the island’s tidal power project. (channelonline) [mappress] Source: channelonline, March 16, 2011
THE nuclear disaster in Japan and the political turmoil that has sent oil prices to a record high should put the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon… (thisissouthwales) [mappress] Source: thisissouthwales, March 16, 2011
A new scheme has been rolled out across Scotland to encourage the country’s residents to increase their interest in renewable and cheap… (energyhelpline) [mappress] Source: energyhelpline, March 16, 2011
The O’Malley administration’s proposal to build off-shore wind turbines to generate electricity faced strong headwinds in the Senate Finance… [mappress] Source: jobssw, March 16, 2011
Owners and operators are under increasing pressure to reduce operational costs while improving the efficiency of their wind farm portfolios. GL Garrad Hassan has developed a new software tool to help facilitate this. WindHelm provides a single platform for the monitoring, optimisation and control of
German wind farm developer, PNE WIND AG, and the wind turbine supplier Vestas have agreed to an exclusive cooperation agreement for offshore wind farms in the North Sea. Building upon the successful cooperation on the development of the Gode Wind II offshore wind farm, PNE WIND’s Gode Wind I and III
For the fourth year in a row, UWIG conducted its Workshop on Variable Generation Forecasting Applications to Utility Planning and Operations in Albany, New York, February 23-24. With over a hundred attendees from the U.S., Canada, and Europe, the workshop, which traditionally has focused on wind for
The New York Power Authority’s so-called GLOW (Great Lakes Offshore Wind) project appears to be moving forward, despite the fact that the… (penfieldpost) [mappress] Source: penfieldpost ,March 16, 2011
Maryland’s Public Service Commission is saying a plan to make state utilities buy offshore wind energy will not cost ratepayers as much as… (fredericknewspost) [mappress] Source: fredericknewspost ,March 16, 2011
A new Industrial Doctorate Centre is set to launch in October to train “the future leaders” in offshore renewables engineering technology. By Emily Smoucha (greenwisebusiness) [mappress] Source: greenwisebusiness ,March 16, 2011
One of the major challenges in offshore wind resource assessment is gathering and validating data to support development of the wind turbines. To date, developers have constructed meteorological masts to collect comprehensive wind data. These masts, however, are approximately 100 metres tall and typ
