The Q1 U.S. wind market exceeded 2024’s pace, more than doubling activity with 2.1 GW of installations — but regulatory uncertainty led to a significant pullback in wind turbine orders, according to ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The cost of gearbox maintenance and replacement — including the cost of turbine downtime for O&M and repairs — are a significant part of wind farm’s operating losses. The condition of gearbox oil in ...

Therefore, if the red zone is reached in the application between maintenance intervals, surface damage is irreversible and the designed-for-load distribution across a rolling element can no longer be ...

Based on 60 years of experience in clutch- and brake technologies, Suco Technologies has developed a safety brake which can reliably protect small wind turbines against storm damages due to ...

UPC Power Solutions confirmed the successful completion of the repowering of all eight projects in its Stockyard Wind Portfolio. The last of the newly repowered turbines achieved full commercial ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...