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Taiwan takes first steps offshore

TAIWAN: A risk assessment outlining how Taiwan might proceed with the development of offshore wind f...

Windpower Monthly's round-up of 2011

As Windpower Monthly winds down for the end-of-year holidays, we leave you with a round-up of some o...

One size does not always fit all

WORLDWIDE: There was a time when I used to spend hours every week in the waiting area of our local m...

Close up - LM's 73.5-metre blade

Eize de Vries meets LM Wind Power's chief technology officer Frank Nielsen to examine the 73.5-metre...

Daewoo reveals 7MW offshore turbine

KOREA: Daewoo Shipbuilding and Engineering (DSME) is set to join the list of manufacturers with a 6M...

Vestas turbine catches fire in high winds

UK: A wind farm in Ayrshire, Scotland has been disconnected from the grid after one of the project's...

The Areva Multibrid M5000-135 explained

FRANCE: At EWEA Offshore 2011, Areva Wind presented an upgraded version of its M5000 turbine with an...

US firm launches novel CVT device

UNITED STATES: The overall operational benefits of continuously variable transmission (CVT) devices ...

Floating turbines could aid shipyards

The emergence of floating turbines for deployment in deep water could also bring about a revival of ...

New player tackles radar problem

UNITED KINGDOM: New firm Aveillant is launching technology it claims will remove concerns about avia...

Sway floating test model sinks off Norwegian coast

NORWAY: Norwegian wind turbine manufacturer Sway has said the 1:6 test model of its floating offshor...

GE installing first 4.1-113 turbine

SWEDEN: GE is installing its 4.1-113 turbine in Gothenburg harbour, Sweden, the first time the US co...

Areva launches new M5000 turbine

FRANCE: Areva has extended the rotor size of its flagship offshore turbine, the M5000....

Siemens launches 154-metre rotor 6MW turbine

DENMARK: Siemens has launched a version of its 6MW offshore turbine with a 154-metre rotor....

Close up - NGenTec's air-cored axial-flux permanent magnet generator

NGenTec's chief marketing officer Charles Gamble and business development manager James Murray spoke...

RWE acquires two 6M machines for offshore test

NETHERLANDS: RWE Innogy has signed a deal with Repower for two of its 6M 6.15MW turbines....

Floating Lidar trialled in North Sea

BELGIUM: A full-size prototype of a floating Lidar offshore wind resource assessment system, known a...

Mitsubishi to unveil 7MW offshore turbine

EUROPE: Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe (MPSE) is set to unveil its Sea Angel 7MW wind turbine at th...

Uncovering the true cost of a project

WORLDWIDE: In my early days as a design engineer at a rural technology development centre in South A...

Planning can reduce high-cost cabling risks

WORLDWIDE: Considering the overall cost of an offshore wind farm, subsea cabling may represent a rel...