All around the world, offshore wind development is on the rise. With more wind farms being developed both in near-shore environments and deeper waters farther from coastlines, offshore wind is expected to constitute more than 20 percent of total...
Quick decisions can often mean life or death in remote locations like wind power farms, both on land and offshore. Having protocols, trained staff, and on-site medical support can help mitigate critical situations such as heart attacks or major...
When it comes to wind turbine maintenance, owners’ goals can generally be summarized as follows: predict faults early to reduce unplanned downtime, increase overall profitability, and extend the lifecycle of the turbine. Fault prediction, the most...
Evoking a range of emotions, from awe and wonder to misunderstanding that can lead to fear, bats are fundamental to our environment. In fact, according to studies noted by the U.S. Geological Survey, the value of bats in the U.S. is estimated to be...
With a new year and a new pro-offshore-wind Biden Administration, no region of the United States may see as much OSW permitting, design, and pre-construction activity in 2021, as New England. Here are the top 10 takeaways on where the industry...
Wind plant operators face many challenges: low energy prices, hefty maintenance costs, investor pressure, and tight-- if existent-- margins. And despite common knowledge throughout the industry that wind turbines commonly underperform, the original...
Canada has just released a wind energy database that will improve access to centralized, credible and publicly available energy data in Canada. The Canadian...
Lidar devices are being used more and more to conduct wind resource assessment, as an alternative to meteorological masts. This is because they have several advantages over the traditional measuring technology. Once a meteorological mast is...
During the final presidential debate in October, former Vice President Joe Biden ignited a storm of controversy when he called for the U.S. to transition away from oil and gas to clean energy sources. Given the large role oil and gas plays in...
The US wind sector has seen remarkable growth in the last five years, increasing from almost 75GW of installed capacity in 2015, to over 105GW at the end of 2019. But with growth comes growing pains. While the Production Tax Credit...
Island nations typically have a high dependence on imported fuels to supply their electric generation...
On May 10th, 2011, the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced it will process only a select few of the last pending...More about Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Revolutionary for its time, agriculturists in the 1900s implemented age-old windmill technology for pumping...
To maximize operating efficiency, decrease downtime, and understand the overall health of wind turbines, it’s...
Over the last five years, the US onshore wind sector has been a relatively stable environment for investors, and is...
