Offshore Wind Wire

MORNING ROUNDUP: Energy Awards $7.5 Million To Develop Better Wind Turbine Drivetrains

The Energy Department today announced $7.5 million in grants to develop next-generation wind turbine drivetrains, including for offshore wind turbines. The grants will be distributed among six projects over two years, according to the announcement. “Developing innovative drivetrain technologies will allow U.S. manufacturers to build larger, more cost-effective, and more efficient wind turbines than [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: New Blade Test Center Already Booked For 18 Months

The Wind Technology Testing Center, which opened yesterday in Boston, is already fully scheduled for the next year and a half, the Boston Herald reported today. Senior Massachusetts political leaders, state energy officials and offshore wind industry representatives gathered Wednesday to open the $38 million facility — which is the nation’s largest blade testing operation. Engineers will [...]

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MORNING ROUNDUP: Developers Pitch Lake Michigan Wind Proposals

Two offshore wind developers recently pitched proposals to the city of Evanston, IL, the Chicago Sun-Times reported on Saturday. Three developers responded this summer to an offshore wind RFI issued from the city.  Last week, Mercury Wind Energy and Off Grid Technologies described their Lake Michigan wind farm proposals in more detail to Evanston officials, [...]

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Clipper Breaks Ground on 10 MW Turbine Factory

By David McGlinchey Clipper Windpower broke ground last week in Britain on a factory that will build a much discussed 10-megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbine. The factory is scheduled to be completed in the Fall of 2010, according to the company, which has headquarters in the UK and California. Several developers have discussed the possibility of using the [...]

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