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Turbines of the year - The best wind power hardware of 2013

WORLDWIDE: We pick our way through the technological trends and product developments of 2013 to find...

Turbines of the year - Drivetrains

WORLDWIDE: The tried-and-tested solutions versus the radical and innovative designs...

Turbines of the year - Rotor blades

WORLDWIDE: Designers look to efficiency of manufacture and ease of transport as blades continue to g...

Turbines of the year - Innovations

WORLDWIDE: The flagship product of the Vestas-MHI joint venture takes the honours for technological ...

Turbines of the year - Turbines up to 2MW

WORLDWIDE: The class of turbines up-to-2MW remains an extremely popular volume market, including for...

Turbines of the year - Turbines 2.1 - 3.5MW

WORLDWIDE: The utility class forms the main battleground for the world's leading turbine manufacture...

Turbines of the year - Turbines 3.6MW-plus

WORLDWIDE: The titans of the wind industry, the biggest and most powerful machines now on the market...

WindTech - Onshore turbines grow to super-class

WORLDWIDE: There is a general consensus across the wind industry that the "ultimate" size for onshor...

Greater choice as turbines step up in size

The European offshore wind-turbine market continues to be dominated by a handful of manufacturers an...

Fixed-foundation performance on a floating platform

WORLDWIDE: The Japanese could well be closest to commercialising floating offshore wind technology, ...

Aim to be pitch perfect

WORLDWIDE: Blade pitch-control systems feature high on the list of turbine failures, but regular mai...

Getting technicians to far-shore wind farms

EUROPE: Maintenance access is part of the Offshore Wind Accelerator's project to cut the cost of off...

Specialised vessels cut costs

WORLDWIDE: A new generation of purpose-designed service jack-up vessels can offer lower day rates by...

Fixed-foundation performance on a floating platform

WORLDWIDE: The Japanese could well be closest to commercialising floating offshore wind technology, ...

Floating turbines - Japan enters the stage

JAPAN: In recent years, discussion of floating offshore wind technology centred on Europe and the US...

Jacket required for harsh marine locations

WORLDWIDE: Developers of future UK offshore wind farms have a number of challenging issues to addres...

Floating foundations may have a buoyant future

WORLDWIDE: A poll conducted by renewable energy consultancy GL Garrad Hassan at the Husum 2012 Wind ...

IN DEPTH: Cost imperative drives monopiles to new depths

WORLDWIDE: Monopile foundations, by far the most popular foundations to date for offshore turbines, ...

Foundations types and depth limits - Alternative solutions

WORLDWIDE: As wind power moves further from shore and into deeper waters, the choice of foundation g...

IN DEPTH: Foundations to meet future growth

WORLDWIDE: Figures published recently by the European Wind Energy Association allow us to construct ...

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