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Areva's offshore ambitions

UK: The French nuclear-energy firm is eyeing local and UK offshore markets....

Developers call for better vessel design

EUROPE: Last month saw more orders for new vessels to serve the offshore wind industry. Alicat Workb...

Alstom targets UK with 6MW direct drive

UK: Alstom's 6MW Haliade 150 direct-drive turbine is at the centre of the French power company's str...

GE begins work on superconducting magnet generators

UNITED STATES: Work has begun on developing a generator, which could support a 10-15MW wind turbine ...

Enercon adds high tower E-101 to range

GERMANY: Direct-drive pioneer Enercon of Germany installed a prototype 3MW E-101 turbine in June, a ...

Close up -- Eize de Vries examines Vestas' latest onshore products

It has been a busy year for Vestas' technology division with the company launching and evolving a nu...

UK wind energy rises 131% over Q2

UK: Electricity production from the UK's wind farms in the second quarter rose by 131.1% when compar...

Everyone needs a basic knowledge of energy

WORLDWIDE: At the European Wind Energy Association's annual conference in Brussels earlier this year...

Low wind projects and technology flourish

WORLDWIDE: As the number of available prime wind locations has dwindled, developers are looking to l...

The gearbox repair market continues to grow

EUROPE: The annual rise in wind-turbine installations means a bigger market for servicing, a major p...

Windpower Monthly to launch offshore wind bulletin

WORLDWIDE: Windpower Monthly has launched Windpower Offshore, a free weekly email bulletin covering ...

Clipper halts 10MW Britannia turbine

UK: UTC-owned Clipper Windpower has halted plans to build the 10MW Britannia turbine at the factory ...

GL signs off turbine with detachable nacelle

FRANCE: Vergnet has received compliance approval for GL for a 1MW wind turbine with a detachable nac...

XEMC begins testing on 5MW offshore turbine

CHINA: XEMC Windpower has begun testing its 5MW offshore prototype in the Netherlands....

ZF recruits Vestas as first gearbox customer

GERMANY: Vestas has become the first customer for newly arrived German gearbox manufacturer and pote...

China approves wind industry technical standards

CHINA: China's National Energy Bureau (NEB) approved a series of technical standards designed to imp...

Squaring the circle of life

From factory to transportation, installation, 20 years' operating in the field and finally obsolesce...

Reaching a joint decision

Almost all onshore and offshore wind turbines manufactured today are fitted with rotor blades compos...

Introducing the biggest test rig in the world

GERMANY: Last month, Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology ina...

How to plan proactive blade maintenance

With 194GW of global wind power capacity installed at the end of 2010, well over 400,000 turbine bla...

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