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Exclusive: Enercon reveals details of the E-175 EP5 E2 onshore wind flagship model

With the installation of its E-175 EP5 E1 prototype planned within months, Enercon talks to Eize de ...

Exclusive: Next-gen offshore turbines – why 'bigger and taller is better'

Optimising wind energy will increasingly be about the most efficient use of limited sea space and ad...

Exclusive: Rethinking flange connections for large-scale offshore and onshore wind

As turbines grow ever larger, suppliers of small but essential components are working hard to help t...

Exclusive analysis: New Principle Power floating platform design aims to conquer global wind markets

Eleven years after Principle Power commissioned its first semi-submersible 2MW WindFloat 1 prototype...

Exclusive: Why distributed ultra-high-speed geared solutions are ‘the future’

The founder of a wind industry research centre at one of Germany’s leading technical universities di...

Exclusive: Enercon unveils uprated E-175 EP5 E2 with segmented outer-rotor generator

Enercon has moved the generator and split it in two for the 6.XMW E2 enhancement of its flagship 6.0...

Exclusive: Fraunhofer IWES unveils 115-metre-plus blade test rig for large wind turbine rotor blades

The German Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems (IWES) has inaugurated a new test rig for 11...

Exclusive: Vestas’ cable-stayed rotor achieves ‘technology leap’

The innovative Vestas cable-stayed rotor technology is a novel solution capable of enabling substant...

Exclusive: Modvion 105-metre wooden wind turbine tower takes shape

Swedish wood tower pioneer Modvion is building a commercial-scale 105-metre demonstrator prototype d...

Compact pitch bearing unit promises fully integrated solution for wind turbines

German company Thyssenkrupp Rothe Erde’s pitch bearing unit (PBU) comprises a fully integrated exten...

Large-scale nacelle test rig to boost South Korean wind know-how

Germany-based Renk Test Systems is developing a modular test rig for closed-loop testing of up to 15...

NGC: Leap in torque density for fully-integrated 18MW offshore wind powertrain

Nanjing High Speed Gear Manufacturing Company (NGC), one of the world’s largest wind-turbine gearbox...

Exclusive: Can OWLC's concrete gravity tripod offer an alternative for fixed bottom offshore wind?

UK-based OWLC is hoping to challenge the dominance of monopile offshore substructures with a novel g...

Vestas’ V172-7.2 MW onshore wind turbine drives scalability through advanced modularity

Vestas speaks with Windpower Monthly’s Eize de Vries on key considerations and strategies behind the...

Exclusive: Inside the Vestas V236-15.0 MW - a huge leap in technology

Nine years after exploring inside the near-ready Vestas V164-8.0 MW prototype nacelle, Eize de Vries...

Exclusive: Radical 16.6MW Nezzy² twin floating offshore wind platform takes shape in China

Work is progressing on a full-scale 16.6MW Nezzy² prototype with two 180-metre downwind rotors, to b...

Exclusive: Dongfang’s 16MW new offshore wind turbine sets new rotor size record

Dongfang Electric Wind Power is developing a 16MW direct-drive offshore giant with 128-metre blades,...

Exclusive: WEG launches 7MW turbine platform for global onshore wind markets

Brazilian OEM tells Eize de Vries why it switched from direct drive to medium-speed geared technolog...

Wind turbine towers: is it time to ditch steel for prefab concrete?

Spain’s concrete bridge specialist HWS talks to Eize de Vries about its disruptive AirTower solution...

Exclusive: How can automated blade coating meet industry, quality and future volume demands?

Following a successful robotised blade-coating demonstration last year, Tebulo Industrial Robotics t...

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