U.S. adoption of offshore wind technology has been slow compared to European counterparts. Europe’s first offshore wind installation, Denmark’s Vindeby, came online in 1991 with a capacity of 4.9 MW.

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 ...

Offshore wind is going from strength to strength. 2021 was a record year for the industry, with almost 21 GW of capacity added globally, up from 6.1 GW in 2020. Total offshore wind capacity is now at ...

The global shift to renewable energy and expanded use of wind power has significantly increased the number of wind turbines, both onshore and offshore. The demand for wind turbine maintenance is also ...

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 ...

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 ...

As offshore wind development moves forward in the United States, a timely and first-of-its-kind tool has been launched: the Offshore Wind Power Hub. This website offers a visualization of offshore ...

With recent pro-renewables legislation passing in both the United States and Canada that encourage energy storage adoption, the North American wind industry enters a new era. This intermittent energy ...

Soluna Holdings, a developer of green data centers for intensive computing applications, has signed a term sheet for power for Project Hedy, a new 120-MW data center co-located with a 200-MW wind farm ...

ZX Lidars has advanced its wind lidar capabilities with the global release of ZX 300e, which received the world’s first 21-200 m IEC Classification at the independent test sites of wind engineering ...

Offshore wind is enjoying a boom time, contributing more and more to the global energy transition with smarter operations and more powerful wind turbines. Europe is still the largest market, ...

Scout Clean Energy and Peninsula Clean Energy have signed a 15-year PPA that will provide San Mateo County and Los Banos with 76.35 MW by repowering the Pacheco Pass Wind Farm in Merced County.