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Blade breaks off new Siemens Gamesa turbine in Brazil as struggles mount

Siemens Gamesa is investigating after a blade broke off one of its turbines at an onshore wind farm ...

2022: Windpower Monthly's review of the year

Windpower Monthly rounds up some of the major developments in the wind industry during 2022....

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...

Turbine maker Vestas to source blades from GE’s LM Wind Power in Brazil

Danish turbine manufacturer explains sharing manufacturing operations ensures factories do not sit i...

Chinese engineering firm Sinoma plans wind blade factory in Brazil

Engineering firm Sinoma in talks with Bahia state governor about its first blade factory outside its...

Brazilian OEM installs 4.2MW prototype wind turbine

WEG Energy exclusively tells Windpower Monthly about the company’s new 4.2MW onshore wind turbine an...

Vestas enters Colombia with 20MW order

Danish turbine manufacturer expands footprint in Latin America with entry into Colombian wind market...

SGRE wins 170MW in Chile

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has won two contracts to supply and maintain 34 of its SG 5.0...

Earth Day 2020: How fast the industry has grown

The current century has seen the wind industry move into the mainstream, becoming a legitimate sourc...

Enercon to enter Chile with 'earthquake-proof towers'

Enercon is adapting its turbine towers to resist earthquakes in the Chilean desert as it prepares to...

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...

Nordex opens nacelle factory in Argentina

Nordex has officially opened a nacelle and hub production plant in Argentina....

Vestas to build 4.2MW nacelles in Brazil

BRAZIL: Vestas has signed a framework agreement to produce nacelles for its V150-4.2MW turbines in t...

Laser technology-enabled wind satellite launched

FRENCH GUIANA: A satellite using laser technology capable of measuring winds around the globe has be...

Senvion debuts new 2.3MW turbine in Chile

CHILE: Senvion has signed a contract to supply a 204.7MW project in the northern Atacama region, mar...

WindTech: Enercon opens new channels for green energy

GERMANY: The German turbine maker has developed a high-performance charging station for the latest g...

Mapping Brazil's untapped wind potential

BRAZIL: Despite being one of the world's biggest and fastest-growing markets, Brazil has only just b...

Suzlon investigating turbine fall in Brazil

BRAZIL: Suzlon has confirmed local reports of the collapse of a wind turbine in Brazil, but insists ...

Gamesa to form Brazilian 'university'

BRAZIL: Manufacturer Gamesa and the Bahia state government have signed a memorandum of understanding...

Gamesa wins first Latin American 5MW turbine deal

CHILE: Gamesa has won the first Latin American order for its 5MW turbine to be used at a project on ...