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Smart Pilot enables automated blade inspection with reduced downtime in a single flight

Stuart Mitchell

RES’ Digital Solutions business has launched Smart Pilot, a data capture software that automates wind blade inspections in a single turbine stop, reducing downtime while maintaining high-quality image capture on standard DJI hardware.  Traditionally, blade inspection required stopping a turbine three times to position each blade individually, with a separate drone flight for each. Smart Pilot replaces this with a single automated stop, reducing inspection time by approximately 25% compared to conventional methods.  Rea Meisinger, VP, Digital Blades at RES, said: “The key achievement with Smart Pilot is not a single feature,…

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RES supports WindEurope Student programme to build future talent

Stuart Mitchell

As Europe accelerates its energy transition, RES is highlighting the critical role of people in delivering a greener future through its sponsorship of the Student Programme at WindEurope 2026, in Madrid. While the wind industry continues to expand rapidly across Europe – supporting over 440,000 jobs – the sector faces a growing workforce challenge. Meeting future demand will require not only more people, but a broader, more diverse pipeline of talent with skills spanning engineering, digitalisation, environmental science and business. Through its sponsorship of the Student Programme, RES is helping…

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RES signs its first services contract with Matrix Renewables and boosts its solar growth in Spain​​

Stuart Mitchell

RES has signed its first operation and maintenance (O&M) contract with Matrix Renewables, an independent power producer backed by the TPG Rise investment fund and one of the fastest-growing players in the international renewable energy sector.   The contract covers the O&M of more than 300 MW of photovoltaic power distributed across five Spanish provinces: Jaén, Huelva, Seville, Badajoz and Valladolid. This strengthens the company’s presence in Andalusia and Extremadura, as well as consolidating its position in Castile and León, a key region in the national solar expansion.  Matrix Renewables, which…

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General Mills to Match 100 Percent of Its Annual U.S. Electricity Use With New Wind Power Agreement

Stuart Mitchell

General Mills has taken one of the biggest steps thus far toward its climate goal by signing a virtual 15-year power purchase agreement with Roaring Fork Wind, LLC, a joint venture partnership between RES (Renewable Energy Systems) and Steelhead Americas, for 200 megawatts (MW) of its Maverick Creek wind project. The wind project, located in central Texas, will produce renewable energy credits for General Mills that, together with the company’s previous wind power agreement, are calculated to equal 100 percent of the electricity used annually at the company’s owned domestic…

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