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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...

The future of O&M? Scaling up drones to transport tools, parts – and even people

A new German offshore wind logistics research project sees transport drones being used for the cost-...

Stator segments: the golden triad of modularity, scalability and simplicity

Leading manufacturer of mechanical and electrical geared drivetrain solutions Flender’s Winergy also...

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...

Eize de Vries on how to optimise, control and maintain multi-rotor turbines

Blending insights from a recent seminar in Germany and HAW’s five-year research project, Eize de Vri...

On My Radar with Eize de Vries: Merging older innovations with fresh ideas could solve vessels shortage

At London’s EWEC 2004 conference I remember Andrew Garrad, co-founder of renowned British engineerin...

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

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

On my radar with Eize de Vries: Why science matters when it comes to wind power

Eize de Vries shares some of his highlights from last month’s WindEurope event in Copenhagen, includ...

Making GE lean and why IRA changes everything: Windpower Monthly talks to onshore CEO Vic Abate

A leaner company focused on core markets and selling fewer turbine variants is the way back to profi...

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...

On my radar: Is it time to rethink our “bigger is better” approach to offshore wind turbines?

In the first of a new series on recent wind industry developments and new technologies, Eize de Vrie...

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...

Demand for pre-assembled main bearing units reflects desire to reduce complexity across the wind industry

With increasing demand for standardisation, modularisation and system integration in the wind indust...

Multi-rotor research shows potential to slash system mass, cost and LCoE

Eize de Vries talks to research partners from German and UK universities to discover what their anal...

Turbines of the Year 2022 review: New market realities call for bold new technologies

OEMs have responded to new market realities with fresh approaches to product scaling and switches in...

Turbines of the Year 2022: Floating offshore wind systems to watch

While 2022 saw some notable developments in floating wind, it remained a minor segment set against t...

Turbines of the Year 2022: Innovations

This year, the best innovation award is shared by two very different ways to standardise wind turbin...

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