Aker Plans First Subsea Power System For Floating Offshore Wind Power Updated On Mon, Jan 8th, 2024 by Saurenergy Aker Solutions has signed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract with the Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) in Norway to pilot new subsea power system technology which has the potential to significantly reduce costs and complexity of offshore wind farms. The project will see Aker Solutions provide new power transmission technology, Subsea Collector, for […] Read more
Airloom Promises To Slash Wind Power Costs, Attracts Investment From Bill Gates Updated On Thu, Jan 4th, 2024 by Saurenergy Bill Gates has backed Airloom Energy, a Wyoming-based wind energy startup, which claims to have created a technology which claims to slash wind turbine costs by nearly 70%. Founded by Robert Lumley, Airloom is led by Neal Rickner, who has also spent time (nearly a decade) at Google and Google[x] leading teams, most notably serving […] Read more
The Startup Using AI To Prevent Bird Fatalities Due to Wind Turbines Updated On Wed, Jan 3rd, 2024 by Saurenergy Bird strikes on windmills are more common than you think. A study held in 2012 shows bird strikes leading to nearly 366000 bird deaths on average in the US alone. With the uptick in renewable energy, windmill installations have gone up by 47%, which raises concern for birds like raptors and falcons, which are the […] Read more
Offshore Wind Projects Will Need Nod From 6 Ministries, Say Govt Rules Updated On Wed, Dec 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy The Ministry of External Affairs has notified the new rules to regulate the leasing mechanism for offshore wind projects in India. The new rules are called Offshore Wind Energy Lease Rules, 2023. The new rules of the ministry said that no person or entity should install offshore wind energy projects or offshore transmission projects without […] Read more
Vestas Nets 1.38 GW Norfolk Vanguard West Offshore Wind Project Updated On Wed, Dec 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy Vattenfall, the Swedish renewable energy company, has chosen Vestas, the Danish wind turbine manufacturer, as the preferred supplier for the Norfolk Vanguard West project in UK, which boasts a capacity of 1.38 gigawatts (GW). As part of the preferred supplier agreement for the Norfolk Vanguard West project, Vestas will provide 92 V236-15 MW offshore wind […] Read more
Mingyang Rolls Out World’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbine of 18 MW Updated On Thu, Dec 14th, 2023 by Saurenergy The largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world, China-based Mingyang Smart Energy has rolled out its 18 MW offshore wind turbine at its manufacturing base Shanwei. MySE 18.X-20 MW, is now the world’s largest offshore wind turbine with reference to capacity and rotor diameter. Features The turbine boasts flexible power ratings varying from 18.X to […] Read more
US Grid Gets First Injection of Offshore Wind Electricity Updated On Mon, Dec 11th, 2023 by Saurenergy In a significant yet unheralded milestone, an offshore wind energy turbine has become the first to send power to the US grid. marking the beginning of what many hope will be a critical source of clean power for the country. Danish wind energy developer Ørsted and the utility Eversource announced on Dec 7 that the […] Read more
Wind Energy Takes Centre Stage at COP28 Updated On Tue, Dec 5th, 2023 by Saurenergy COP28, being held in Dubai, has served as an ideal platform seeing major wind firms and countries join hands on noteworthy agreements on the setting up of wind farms. These agreements run into several gigawatts. 1 GW TotalEnergies AoI On the COP28 platform, French firm, TotalEnergies has entered into an agreement on investment (AoI) with […] Read more
O2 Power Awards 97 MW Wind Turbine Order to GE Vernova Updated On Fri, Dec 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy Independent Power Producer O2 Power has awarded a 97 MW turbine project to Massachusetts-headquartered GE Vernova. The wind project is located in Maharashtra. The wind project encompasses the supply, installation and commissioning of 36 units of GE’s workhorse 2.7-132 wind turbines. The agreement will pave the path for the supply of renewable energy to several […] Read more
