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OPINION: Making the most of the offshore wind boom

With the pace of offshore deployment increasing, the supply chain needs to keep pace. Here, vessel s...

Floating offshore takes to the skies

NETHERLANDS: Airborne wind energy systems (AWES) are seeing growing wind industry interest, but it r...

Floating wind eager for commercial projects

FRANCE: Encouraged by the success of Hywind Scotland, the floating offshore wind sector is aiming ...

On Reflection: Protocol must safeguard intellectual property

WORLDWIDE: The past eight years has seen the pace of innovation slow in the wind industry. With a re...

On Reflection: Whom should we thank for wind energy's success?

WORLDWIDE: Through careful international collaboration between engineers, researchers and technician...

Viewpoint: Wind can be flexible - if given a reason

WORLDWIDE: Wind projects are often presented as a problem for the grid. They have different characte...

Interview: Stiesdal on new records, old turbines, and growth

DENMARK: In late-2002 Bonus Energy installed four of its new 2.3MW turbines at the Rønland near-shor...

On Reflection: High ambitions needed to lower costs

WORLDWIDE: Downwind turbines of up to 10MW mounted on floating foundations might sound like somethin...

Husum's future depends on vision and compromise

GERMANY: Husum WindEnergy's slogan of 2012 confidently read: "The leading international wind trade f...

Close up - Blade Dynamics' innovative modular blade technology

Blade Dynamics, a brand new entrant to the wind industry, has completed its first 49-metre D49 rotor...

Cables and composites create lean offshore

WORLDWIDE: Achieving 150GW of offshore wind round Europe by 2030 would require installation of four ...

Extending lifetime is often the best option

WORLDWIDE: Years ago as part of a seminar on sustainable project development, I attended a presentat...

Figures are not always what they seem

WORLDWIDE: Some experiences in life have made me cautious about claims relating to machinery perform...

Nordex installs first N117/2400 model

WORLDWIDE: Nine months after unveiling a new 2.4MW N117/2400 wind turbine with a record 117-metre ro...

LM unveils 73.5m cutting-edge blade

WORLDWIDE: LM Wind Power's 73.5-metre blade has been developed for Alstom's 6MW Haliade direct-drive...

Why forecasting is both tempting and tricky

WORLDWIDE: Years ago, when the initial plans for a 100MW Dutch near-shore wind farm were unveiled, e...

One size does not always fit all

WORLDWIDE: There was a time when I used to spend hours every week in the waiting area of our local m...

US firm launches novel CVT device

UNITED STATES: The overall operational benefits of continuously variable transmission (CVT) devices ...

New player tackles radar problem

UNITED KINGDOM: New firm Aveillant is launching technology it claims will remove concerns about avia...

Uncovering the true cost of a project

WORLDWIDE: In my early days as a design engineer at a rural technology development centre in South A...

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