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
Suzlon Secures 300 MW Order For Its 3 MW Turbines From Apraava Energy Updated On Thu, Dec 28th, 2023 by Saurenergy Indian Wind Energy company Suzlon Group today announced a new order win for the development of a 300 MW wind power project for Apraava Energy Private Limited. Suzlon will install 100 wind turbine generators (WTGs) with a Hybrid Lattice Tubular (HLT) tower and a rated capacity of 3 MW each at the client’s site in […] 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
Wind Turbine Certification Engineer Updated On Fri, Nov 17th, 2023 by Saurenergy We are seeking a candidate to be part of our Onshore Wind Turbine Certification Team, coordinating the work to obtain IEC/IECRE Type Certificate for our wind turbines. Wind Turbine Certification Engineer will coordinate all activities involved in the certification process linked to design, manufacturing and testing, engaging with all involved teams, suppliers and certification bodies. […] Read more
UK, German Moves To Support Offshore Wind Point To Challenges Ahead Updated On Fri, Nov 17th, 2023 by Saurenergy Ørsted’s Travails World’s biggest offshore wind energy developer- Danish firm Ørsted on November 1 this year announced ceasing developing two of its proposed offshore wind projects in the United States (US) at the cost of around £3bn in penalties. These projects were slated to come up at New Jersey off the US coast. They had […] Read more
Lead Engineer System Value Optimization – New Products (Wind Turbine Loads) Updated On Wed, Nov 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy The vision of the SVO- New Products team is to create robust yet cost-effective wind turbine product designs by providing best-in-class system value optimization, load assessment, validation, methods, and tools. As a SVO lead engineer, you will perform system value optimization work, deliver loads and cosims, prepare certification documentation, support method/standard work development, and develop […] Read more
Is Solar Trumping Wind, Again? Updated On Fri, Oct 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy Between 2017 and 2021, you wouldn’t be blamed if you thought the whole burden of adding renewable energy capacity had fallen on solar energy. Thus, even as wind turbine capacities were going up, actual wind capacity deployment, particularly onshore wind, was slumping, leaving in its wake a slew of firms struggling to survive. Dominated by […] Read more
Vestas Bags 1,220 MW Capacity Orders for Wind Turbines from Europe & US Updated On Tue, Oct 3rd, 2023 by Saurenergy Vestas, a Denmark-based wind turbine manufacturing firm, has entered into a series of new contracts to supply 1,220 MW of onshore and offshore wind turbines cumulatively to projects located in Europe and the United States. Eyeing the European Market Vestas is set to take over the European market, where it has bagged the majority of […] Read more