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WindTech: Why wood works for modular, low-carbon towers

A Swedish company has come up with a novel design to make towers more cost-effective to manufacture,...

Merchant sites show onshore potential if governments listen

Two turbine orders in early September for subsidy-free sites indicate that onshore wind is on the br...

A greener way to lubricate wind turbines

Windpower Monthly spoke to Castrol's Global Product Manager, Daryl Luke and International Applicatio...

Easy does it: the art of a gentle cable pull

Connecting the world's largest offshore wind project to the grid required a new approach and a delic...

'Useful' project lifetime on the up - survey

The length of time a typical wind project is being seen as viable has increased from roughly 20 year...

Easy does it: the art of a gentle cable pull

Connecting the world's largest offshore wind project to the grid required a new approach and a delic...

Ørsted buys into hoist system designer

Ørsted has acquired a 22.5% stake in Scottish company Pict Offshore, which created a hoist system th...

SGRE unveils 'world's largest' blade rig

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) is building what it claims is the world's largest blade testi...

SGRE unveils 'world's largest' blade rig

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) is building what it claims is the world's largest blade testi...

'Extraordinary' effort needed to meet Paris goals

"Extraordinary policy action" is needed to encourage the roll-out of technology needed to transform ...

Denmark allows taller turbines

The minister of business affairs has altered an executive order lifting a height restriction meaning...

Worker injured after GE turbine collapse

A GE turbine collapsed at a wind farm in north-east Brazil, injuring a worker and sparking a probe i...

Acoustic monitoring trial launched

Software company Ping Services will install 55 monitoring devices that use acoustic analysis, machin...

Nordex installs 238.5-metre high N149-4.5MW

Nordex and developer VSB Neue Energien Deutschland have commissioned a N149-4.5MW turbine at a site ...

Makani prepares for launch with offshore tests

"Many companies are using conventional wind turbines and innovating on the floating platform," expla...

WindTech: New hybrid gearbox splits loads for scalability

German technology developer Adion Technologies believes its medium-speed gear and toothed-belt hybri...

US wind continues to grow as economics beats Trump rhetoric

Donald Trump won the US presidential election in November 2016 with a promise to revitalise the coun...

Soaring high with kite-wind test flight

Makani has declared the offshore test flights of its 600kW kite-wind demonstrator a success, even th...

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