GE Vernova has completed the first onshore wind turbine produced on its new manufacturing assembly line in Schenectady, N.Y., the 6.1-158 turbine. With tip heights reaching almost 200 meters the unit is the largest onshore turbine ever to be manufactured in the US.
https://nawindpower.com/new-york-facility-turns-out-first-ge-6-1-158-wind-turbine
#featured, #turbines
One of the biggest criticisms of the #wind farm proliferation in Europe has been the harm that the blades of the turbines cause to the local birdlife. Now it seems that there is a solution being tried out by a wind farm in Zeewolde (Netherlands), which involves the installation of smart cameras on the wind turbines.
The essence of the project is to have the cameras stop the rotation of the blades automatically if they identify the incoming object as an eagle, thus preventing a collision and injury or death to the animal. The smart device will be able to detect an object from a distance of 1,100 metres and then if the object closes in, at 300 metres the camera will identify it as an eagle and automatically stop the blades for a few minutes.
Why #eagles? Apart from the fact that they are rare and protected animals, being apex predators, their attention is usually focused on the ground below in search of prey. Thus, they might not even notice that there is an object ahead of them.
Devils work = Dramatic and SAD #Wind #Turbines Injuring and Killing Birds Compilation
https://www.bitchute.com/video/czVr6ET8HL2d/
Dramatic and SAD Wind Turbines Injuring and Killing Birds Compilation (plz read below video)
ScottishPower, a green energy developer in the U.K. and part of the Iberdrola group, has formalized a $1.6 billion contract with Siemens Gamesa for 95 wind turbines for the East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm off the coast of Suffolk, England.
https://nawindpower.com/developer-contracts-for-1-4-gw-of-siemens-gamesa-wind-turbines
#wind, #turbines, #offshore
Arcosa Wind Towers, a subsidiary of Dallas-based Arcosa Inc., says it plans to open a wind tower production facility in Belen, N.M., to support a large number of new orders – totaling $750 million – mainly for projects in the Southwest.
https://nawindpower.com/wind-tower-manufacturer-planning-significant-expansion
#turbines
I presume that the geographical qualification means that some other country of the #UK (Scotland and off-shore, I’m guessing) has larger #turbines.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/09/england-tallest-wind-turbine-bristol
Vestas has received a 73 MW order to repower an undisclosed wind project in the U.S. The order consists of 33 V110-2.0 MW wind turbines in 2.2 MW operating mode, which will replace the site’s current technology.
https://nawindpower.com/vestas-captures-73-mw-order-for-v110-2-0-mw-wind-turbines
#mw, #development, #featured, #turbine, #vestas, #v110-2.0, #turbines, #wind
Vestas and Engie Brasil Energia SA have expanded their partnership with the 288 MW order of 64 units of V150-4.5 MW wind turbines for the Serra de Assuruá wind farm, located in the municipality of Gentio do Ouro, in the state of Bahia, Brazil.
https://nawindpower.com/vestas-receives-288-mw-order-of-v150-4-5-mw-wind-turbines-from-engie
#v150-4.5, #energia, #featured, #wind, #engie, #sa, #mw, #brasil, #turbines
GE Renewable Energy and Hyundai Electric have signed a strategic partnership agreement as the next step in their efforts to work together to serve the South Korean offshore wind market. Under the terms of the agreement, Hyundai Electric will serve as a manufacturing associate to help localize assembly of the Haliade-X offshore wind turbines and generators in South Korea. The firm agreement follows a Memorandum of Understanding first announced by the two companies in February of 2022.
https://nawindpower.com/ge-renewable-energy-hyundai-electric-sign-turbine-manufacturing-partnership
#renewable, #ge, #wind, #turbines, #haliade-x, #energy, #offshore
Vestas has received a 203 MW order to power an undisclosed wind project in the U.S. The order consists of 45 V150-4.5 MW wind turbines.
https://nawindpower.com/vestas-nets-order-for-203-mw-wind-power-project
#turbines
The MunmuBaram project, a joint venture between Hexicon (20%) and Shell (80%), has chosen Vestas as the preferred turbine supplier, which also includes a 20-year service and maintenance agreement. The project is a 1.3 GW floating offshore wind development project located off the southeast south-east coast of South Korea. It is the most mature large-scale project within Hexicon’s portfolio, with the potential to become one of the largest floating wind farms in the world.
https://nawindpower.com/hexicon-shell-select-vestas-as-turbine-supplier-for-1-3-gw-munmubaram-project
#offshore, #wind, #hexicon, #farm, #munmubaram, #floating, #turbines
Half of the 114 turbines that which will make up Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm are now in place in the North Sea off the east coast of Scotland.
https://nawindpower.com/sse-reaches-halfway-milestone-with-57-turbines-installed-at-seagreen-wind-farm
#sse, #renewables, #turbines, #farm, #offshore, #featured, #seagreen, #wind
Scout Clean Energy, a Colorado-based renewable energy developer-owner-operator, has selected GE Renewable Energy (GE) to provide 71 of GE’s latest-generation latest generation 2.8-127 onshore wind turbines for the 200 MW Sweetland Wind Project in Hand County, S.D.
https://nawindpower.com/scout-buys-71-general-electric-onshore-wind-turbines-for-sweetland-wind-farm
#turbines, #wind, #renewable, #ge, #scout, #featured, #energy, #onshore
Leeward Renewable Energy has completed the construction of its Panorama Wind Farm in Weld County, Colorado. The energy generated will provide Guzman Energy customers with enough renewable energy to power approximately 53,000 homes across Colorado and New Mexico.
http://www.windpowerengineering.com/leeward-completes-3rd-wind-project-in-colorado-county/
#turbines, #projects, #leeward, #components, #news
According to its latest reports, Iberdrola currently has more than 15,000 wind turbines in operation at 415 sites in 14 countries, which includes 20,700 MW in operation and an additional 4,000 MW under construction in 10 countries. In the period 2022-2025 alone, the group plans to invest between 12 and 15 billion euros in new wind power capacity.
https://nawindpower.com/iberdrola-counts-over-15000-wind-turbines-in-400-farms-in-latest-worldwide-tally
#operations, #iberdrola, #development, #turbines, #clean-energy, #wind, #business, #offshore
Pattern Energy held a grand opening for its Western Spirit Wind power facilities in Central New Mexico. The four wind projects located in Guadalupe, Lincoln and Torrance Counties total more than 1,050 MW, enough to provide power to 900,000 Americans annually.
http://www.windpowerengineering.com/largest-wind-and-renewable-energy-project-in-us-begins-operations/
#components, #projects, #patternenergy, #turbines, #news
Vestas has received a 221 MW order to power a wind project in the U.S. The project consists of 46 V150-4.5 MW turbines, three V110-2.0 MW turbines in 2.2 MW operating mode, and two V136-3.45 MW turbines in 3.6 MW operating mode.
https://nawindpower.com/vestas-picks-up-221-mw-wind-turbine-order-for-u-s-project
#turbines, #featured, #renewable, #mw, #v110-2.0, #wind, #v136-3.45, #turbine, #energy
Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. has received the full commissioning of the 225.6 MW Griffin Trail wind facility in Texas. The facility is sited on approximately 26,000 acres of land and consists of 80 GE wind turbines. The renewable energy generated will be fed into the ERCOT transmission grid and sold on the spot market.
https://nawindpower.com/wind-facility-in-texas-fully-commissioned-by-canadas-innergex
#project, #turbines, #innergex, #renewable, #trail, #inc., #griffin, #energy
Wind farms are expanding in complex terrains as land in simpler terrain becomes less available. Since wind flow isn\xe2\x80\x99t uniform in complex terrain, modeling technologies complete lidar sensors to achieve accurate, reliable and bankable data. The WindCube Complex Terrain Ready from Leosphere, a Vaisala company, now offers improved and more secure data in all types of complex terrain.
https://nawindpower.com/readying-wind-farms-for-complex-terrain-with-windcube
#terrain, #software, #wind, #complex, #leosphere, #offshore, #technologies, #turbines, #renewable
‘Skybrators’ generate clean energy without environmental impact of large windfarms, say green pioneers
... a turbine design that can harness energy from winds without the sweeping white blades considered synonymous with wind power.
... The bladeless turbines stand at 3 metres high, a curve-topped cylinder fixed vertically with an elastic rod. To the untrained eye it appears to waggle back and forth, not unlike a car dashboard toy. In reality, it is designed to oscillate within the wind range and generate electricity from the vibration.
... [The places where this technology could be used] include urban and residential areas where the impact of a windfarm would be too great, and the space to build one would be too small. It plugs into the same trend for installing small-scale, on-site energy generation, which has helped homes and companies across the country save on their energy bills.
... The turbine is no danger to bird migration patterns, or wildlife, particularly if used in urban settings. For the people living or working nearby, the turbine would create noise at a frequency virtually undetectable to humans.
#Energy #Environment #Renewables #CleanEnergy #WindPower #Bladeless #Turbines
