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RWE backs self-erecting crane system for wind turbines

German utility RWE has signed a letter of intent with Norwegian firm WindSpider to help it further d...

Vestas launches standalone blade maintenance company

Danish turbine giant Vestas today (14 December) announced it is launching BladeRobots, a standalone ...

GE eyes South Korea offshore wind factory with Hyundai Electric

GE Renewable Energy plans to build a factory for producing nacelles and generators for its Haliade-X...

California floating wind auction closes at over $750 million

European developers dominated the US’s first floating offshore wind leasing round, which saw five se...

RWE commissions wind farm with ‘innovative’ foundations

RWE has commissioned a Spanish wind farm featuring “innovative” turbine foundations that the German ...

French firm Eolink eyes 2024 start for pyramid-shaped floating offshore wind design

French floating wind startup Eolink is aiming to commission its flagship pyramid-shaped prototype in...

Nordex and Fraunhofer IWES develop new wind turbine testing method

German manufacturer Nordex and research institute Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energie Systems (Fra...

CSSC Haizhuang developing 18MW offshore wind turbine

Chinese industrial manufacturing giant CSSC Haizhuang is developing an 18MW offshore wind turbine wi...

Goldwind and China Three Gorges roll out nacelle for 16MW offshore wind turbine

Goldwind and China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) have unveiled a nacelle for a 16MW offshore wind t...

Vestas expands blade supply partnership with TPI Composites

Vestas has signed a multi-year framework agreement with long-term blade partner TPI Composites (TPI)...

Is biggest best when it comes to turbines? In conversation with Vestas’ CTO, Anders Nielsen

Anders Nielsen, chief technology officer for the turbine manufacturer Vestas, discusses why the race...

Firms to produce wooden turbine blades to give wind industry ‘sustainable future’

Renewable materials firm Stora Enso and Voodin Blades have signed an agreement to produce turbine bl...

‘Policy inaction holding back global floating offshore wind’ – analysts

Government inaction – rather than supply chain bottlenecks – is likely to prevent countries around t...

Equinor’s Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm sends first power to oil and gas platform

Equinor produced its first power from what will be Norway’s first and the world’s largest floating o...

BlueFloat group unveils gigawatt-scale New Zealand offshore wind farm

A consortium including BlueFloat Energy has announced plans for an up to 1.4GW offshore wind farm fe...

‘Histrionic rhetoric’: GE hits back at Siemens Gamesa's criticism of Haliade-X workaround

General Electric (GE) has dismissed Siemens Gamesa's criticism of the designs for its workaround of ...

Equinor eyes gigawatt-scale floating offshore wind in Celtic Sea

Norwegian energy major Equinor is looking to build gigawatt-scale floating wind in Celtic Sea off th...

Beyond the horizon: unlocking the potential of floating offshore wind

Experts from Corio Generation, Vestas and Northland Power discuss the opportunities and the challeng...

Blade maker TPI to re-open US factory for wind turbine maker GE Renewable Energy

Blade manufacturer TPI Composites is due to re-open a US blade facility in anticipation of increased...

Could self-healing composite extend wind turbine blades’ lifespan?

Engineering researchers have developed a self-healing composite solution that they claim could help ...