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'Defects' in Siemens Gamesa 4.X turbines cause partial shut-down of wind project

A wind farm operator has claimed that manufacturing defects in more than a dozen Siemens Gamesa 4.X ...

Ørsted secures low-emissions steel from Dillinger for monopile foundations

Ørsted has secured first rights to buy lower-emission heavy-plate steel for turbine tower foundation...

Analysis: RWE-backed startup wins new backing for aluminium wind turbine crane

An RWE-backed startup has opted to use aluminium in its self-erecting cranes as it announced a new p...

GE Vernova subsidiary LM Wind Power appoints new CEO

Blade manufacturing specialist LM Wind Power has appointed Hanif Marshal as its new CEO, effective i...

Oil player faces €50 million claim after Taiwanese offshore wind exit

Developers behind a long-delayed Taiwanese offshore wind farm are seeking at least €50 million from ...

Siemens Energy 'fired engineers behind faulty onshore wind turbines' – chair

Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch has dismissed engineers behind Siemens Gamesa’s faulty 4.X and 5....

Aker Solutions to test ‘world's first’ star-shaped offshore wind cable system

Aker Solutions is to test a new system for connecting offshore wind turbines in a star configuration...

Vestas takes data analytics services in-house

Vestas has closed US analytics firm Utopus Insights which it acquired in 2018 and brought its servic...

Analysis: Do Bill Gates-backed firm's plans for 'unique, cheaper, smaller' wind power add up?

A US startup backed by Bill Gates aims to develop a unique wind power system for utility-scale deplo...

Sif to help Entrion develop new deep-water offshore wind foundation

Dutch offshore wind foundations specialist Sif will help US counterpart Entrion Wind develop a new m...

US boom and large offshore wind projects supercharge Vestas' Q3 turbine orders

Vestas announced its highest quarterly order intake for two years in Q3 2023, with its order book sw...

US wind giant GE secures priority access for newly expanded US tower factory

Turbine giant GE Vernova will get priority access to buy towers from US construction major Arcosa’s ...

Floating offshore wind firm BW Ideol confirms France-backed project development spin-off

Floating wind specialist BW Ideol will spin off its project development activities, with the new com...

MingYang Smart Energy forms partnership for ‘pivotal’ UK offshore wind entry

MingYang Smart Energy has formed a strategic partnership with advisory body Opergy to help it enter ...

RWE to use Siemens Gamesa’s recyclable blades at Thor offshore wind farm

RWE will use Siemens Gamesa’s recyclable blades on 40 of the manufacturer’s 72 turbines at the Thor ...

Floating offshore wind specialist Hexicon names new finance chief

Swedish floating offshore wind developer and platform designer Hexicon has appointed Anders Rössel a...

Ørsted and Vestas sign pact for green wind turbine towers and blades

Ørsted has vowed to buy Vestas’ low-carbon steel wind turbine towers and blades made from recycled m...

Siemens Gamesa to divest stake in wind foundation and tower maker Windar

Siemens Gamesa has agreed to sell its 32% stake in Spanish wind turbine foundation and tower manufac...

UK plant to recycle rare earth magnets key to wind industry

Canadian investment helps the UK develop its first rare earth recycling hub using a rare earth recyc...

MingYang eyes offshore wind ‘production hub’ in South Korea

MingYang Smart Energy has entered South Korea with a KRW 400 billion ($298 million) agreement with d...

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