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World’s first floating offshore wind farm to be shut down for ‘heavy maintenance’

Norwegian energy major Equinor will tow the five Siemens Gamesa turbines at the world’s first floati...

Wind turbine maker Vestas to close renewables spare parts platform in cost-cutting move

Wind turbine maker Vestas will close down its digital platform for renewable energy services and spa...

The future of turbine blades

Turbine blades represent up to a third of the cost of a wind turbine but they do not yet benefit fro...

US researchers: Offshore wind growth ‘accelerates’ cybersecurity concerns

Offshore wind playing a greater role in countries’ power plans “accelerates” cybersecurity challenge...

Vestas launches standalone blade maintenance company

Danish turbine giant Vestas today (14 December) announced it is launching BladeRobots, a standalone ...

Polish power company moves forward with planned O&M base

PGE Group will build an operation and maintenance base for its offshore wind farms in Ustka harbour ...

GE ‘confident’ design-around for Haliade-X will not impact performance

GE Renewable Energy is “confident” that the design-around for the disputed Haliade-X turbine, unveil...

Stiesdal Offshore partners with Maersk Supply Services for floating wind

Danish floating wind specialist Stiesdal Offshore has teamed up with compatriot marine contractor Ma...

What’s in wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa’s Mistral turnaround plan?

Troubled turbine manufacturer’s CEO unveils details of plan to turn the company around as it faces m...

Infrared and AI add new level to wind turbine blade inspection

A drone equipped with a powerful heat lamp and artificial intelligence can detect flaws not visible ...

Aker Solutions, DeepOcean and Solstad form offshore wind services alliance

Nordic trio pool resources to jointly offer product supply, fabrication and engineering services for...

Extreme weather losses for wind on the rise since 2010

Tornadoes, flooding and ice storms led to a spike in severe wind losses measured in insurance claims...

GE signs deal to use old turbine blades in cement production

Wind turbine blades will be used to replace the raw material for cement manufacturing and cut emissi...

‘Wind turbines don’t turn forever’: Industry issues new end-of-life guidance

WindEurope has issued new guidance on dismantling onshore turbines, many thousands of which are due ...

Offshore blade maintenance robot wins major backing from GE

Novel remote blade maintenance technique for offshore wind farms wins accolades in an important comp...

Vestas takes over Senvion’s Australian turbine contract

Vestas will supply and integrate 86MW of wind turbine capacity in South Australia after Senvion’s co...

Vestas hits 100GW of wind turbines under service

Vestas described its service division as a "highly profitable business with an even more promising o...

O&M budgets 'slashed' during Covid-19 pandemic

Asset owners have slashed their operations and maintenance (O&M) budgets amid the coronavirus (Covid...

SGRE signs first multi-brand offshore service deal

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has secured a contract to service the 32 Senvion turbines at ...

Rough seas tool to support offshore wind operations

Researchers have produced a new data tool to help marine coordinators decide whether to send mainten...

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