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Slipping turbines trigger investigation into design

OFFSHORE: The wind industry has been rocked by discovery of possible flaw in monopile foundations us...

Nordex purchase to act as offshore test bed

GERMANY: German turbine builder Nordex's acquisition of a 40% stake in the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wi...

Enercon supersize turbine spearheads rollout

GERMANY: German turbine builder Enercon has upscaled its 6MW E-126 turbine to 7.5MW, it confirmed at...

Close up - Schuler's 2.7MW direct drive turbine

Windpower Monthly technical writer Eize de Vries looks at German automotive production technology su...

Offshore turbines need to be both big and direct drive - Alstom

OFFSHORE: French power engineering company Alstom says its Spanish-based turbine manufacturing affil...

Alstom signs partnership with NIRE

US: French turbine manufacturer Alstom has entered into an R&D agreement with the US National Instit...

Close up - 3MW turbines and beyond

Windpower Monthly technical writer Eize de Vries looks at the trend for 3MW+ turbines and the role i...

Patent War - now MHI takes GE to court

US: The battle over Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' (MHI) 2.5MW turbine has taken yet another twist wit...

South Carolina set to emerge as global test facility capital

US: By the end of 2012, the world's biggest existing wind turbine test facility, run by Spain's Nati...

Spanish R&D flexes international muscle wind atlases and energy research

SPAIN: Over the past year or so, Spain's National Renewable Energy Centre, Centro Nacional de Energi...

Close up - Enercon's latest generation liquid cooled direct drive turbines

Windpower Monthly technical writer Eize de Vries looks at Enercon's latest liquid-cooled direct driv...

Close up - new entries to the direct drive market

Windpower Monthly technical writer Eize de Vries looks over the growing number of small and medium s...

NY Public Services Commission seeks answers over turbine collapse

US: In the aftermath of a turbine collapse in New York State last years, its Public Services Commiss...

Close up - Nordex's third generation 2.5MW turbine series

Windpower Monthly technical writer Eize de Vries looks at the development behind the 'Gamma series' ...

Future wind turbines - inside Spain's National Renewable Energy Centre

SPAIN: From below, the small buildings and weather masts on top of the Alaiz mountain, in Spain's bl...

Research paves the way for US wind expansion

The robust whir of powerful wind turbines has reached ears in Washington DC, where federal officials...

Ensure the big turbines don't fall foul of the law

US: The size and capacity of the next generation of wind turbines has the potential to increase the ...

Close up - Repower's two 3.XM onshore platforms

Windpower Monthly technical writer Eize de Vries looks at the two 3.XM turbine onshore platforms it ...

Close up - GE's 4.0-110 offshore wind turbine

Windpower Monthly technical writer Eize de Vries examines the development and design of GE's upcomin...

China ramps up wind turbine capacity

CHINA: Chinese wind turbine manufacturers are rapidly boosting the rated output of their machines. D...

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