The 1000P’s portable control box, weighing only 8.5 lbs, is easy to set up – just click, plug, and climb. Power Climber Wind has completed installation of 66 IBEX 1000P climb assist systems at Erie Shore Wind Farm near Port Burwell, Ontario, … [Read more...]

Learn more about platforms such as this one in a recent catalog from SafeWorks LLC. Spider, a division of SafeWorks, LLC, announced the release of the 4th edition of its Spider Solutions Catalog, a comprehensive product catalog for the … [Read more...]

What do you get when you combine an architect, engineer, biologist, ecologist, and a poet? A winning entry. The Windstalk, conceived by New York collaborative design studio Atelier DNA, placed second in an international competition. Dario Nunez-Ameni … [Read more...]

U.S. Department of Interior announced its "Smart from the Start" offshore wind energy initiative has cleared an environmental review and is moving forward. Read more.... Read more........ … [Read more...]

A developer of high temperature superconducting (HTS) materials and associated technologies says General Cable Superconductors Ltd. (GCS) has completed testing of STI’s second generation (2G) HTS wire. General Cable Superconductors, a HTS … [Read more...]

U.S. Department of Interior announced its "Smart from the Start" offshore wind energy initiative has cleared an environmental review and is moving forward. read more … [Read more...]

Turbines erected in the 1970s and 1980s may have been perched on lattice towers, a design that can scale to 200 ft and more. However, for the protection of the techs who must climb the towers, it make more sense to build them from rolled steel. These … [Read more...]

A recent map illustrates that for 2011, wind speeds were 5-10% above normal in northern Europe and up to 10% below normal in southern Europe. The data, collected by renewable energy assessment and forecasting company 3TIER,  shows departures from … [Read more...]

Original equipment manufacturers are the brand-name turbine producers. They do most of the turbine research although often with the assistance of government labs such as Risø in Denmark and the NREL in the U.S. These companies are responsible for … [Read more...]

Boston-based Atlantic Power Corporation (NYSE: AT) has acquired a 51% stake in a wind power project in Oklahoma. Read more.... Read more........ … [Read more...]