Equinor, the developer of Empire Wind, officially launched the Service Operations Vessel ECO Liberty on June 28 for deployment in its New York offshore wind project, marking the culmination of a major ...

Michelle Froese, Senior Editor Windpower Engineering & Development This article is part of Windpower Engineering & Development’s February 2017 issue. A complete digital version of the issue is here.

An inquisitive reader recently asked a curious question on Facebook: Does a bolt of lightning provide enough energy to power a town? I don’t know, but there is a way to get a fair estimate. Let’s find ...

By Marla Keene, technology writer, AX Control U.S. adoption of offshore wind technology has been slow compared to European counterparts. Europe’s first offshore wind installation, Denmark’s Vindeby, ...

Written by Barbara Rook Contributor It can be tough to predict, and even tougher to manage. But wind-farm operators are finding success navigating around Mother Nature in cold climates. After ...

Written by Chris McKay Director North American Sales, Power Systems Northern Power Systems Back in 2017, GTM Research published a report on the state of the U.S. energy storage market through 2016.

By Melissa Foster, Tim Taylor, Cherise Gaffney and Chad Marriott, Stoel Rives LLP Like their terrestrial counterparts, wind turbines floating miles offshore trigger the need for various federal, state ...

The offshore wind industry in North America stands on the cusp of transformative growth, with considerable progress made toward the U.S. goal to deploy 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030. Yet, as the ...

Several years of monitoring drive train loads on a range of turbines show how frequently occurring wind events and those common to normal operations abuse drive trains and shorten gearbox life. Doug ...

After over 18 months in operation, having repaired over 150 rain-damaged onshore wind turbine blades on three continents, the patented robot from Denmark’s Rope Robotics has demonstrated return on ...

By Maxime Toulotte, head of technical marketing, Nexans Subsea and Land Systems business group (SLS) Offshore wind is enjoying a boom time, contributing more and more to the global energy transition ...

By Corey Bayles, Senior Product Engineer, Renewable Energy Applications, SKF USA Extreme weather, unpredictable heavy loads, remote locations and designs for higher output are just a few of the ...