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Review of 2017 - part two

WORLDWIDE: The second half 2017 was difficult for many of the major OEMs with a drop off in the Indi...

Review of 2017 - part one

WORLDWIDE: The first six months of 2017 pick up where 2016 had left off with further activity in the...

Pumped to new heights

GERMANY: The record for the tallest onshore wind turbine has been broken, once again, by a Max Bogl-...

WindTech: High-speed gearboxes still rule onshore

WORLDWIDE: The decisive switch from geared to direct-drive turbines that was considered inevitable b...

WindTech: Mixing steel and concrete to go higher

WORLDWIDE: The first generation of 4MW-plus lowand medium-wind onshore turbines with rotor diameters...

WindTech: Optimising LCOE and lifetime for turbines

DENMARK: Effective turbine control poses specific challenges for onshore and offshore applications. ...

Top ten turbine makers of 2017

WORLDWIDE: Vestas cements its number one status, with Siemens Gamesa moving to number two following ...

East meets west in Scandinavia

SWEDEN: Unlike its neighbour Denmark, Sweden is not often considered one of the boundary pushers of ...

Nordex takes Delta series over 4MW

GERMANY: Nordex is joining Enercon and Vestas in the 4MW club, developing its 3MW Delta series into ...

Exclusive: Enercon transforms with modular approach

GERMANY: The move towards competitive auctions for wind-power development is driving rapid progress ...

Shipping out to Scotland

NORWAY/UK:The first commercial floating wind project is close to reality with the turbines mounted o...

WindTech: 'Made in India, made for India'

INDIA: India has become a significant manufacturing base for turbines and their components. Eize de ...

Vestas joins the 4MW class

DENMARK: A new generation of 4MW-plus onshore wind turbines is emerging, with Vestas the latest manu...

From powering homes to shielding them from noise

DENMARK: The world's leading offshore developer and a Danish recycling company have found a novel wa...

Windtech: Senvion stretches up and down offshore

GERMANY: Senvion is adapting its 3MW platform for offshore deployment in the Mediterranean, and is l...

Industry optimistic over offshore's future

UK: Confidence was high in London for Europe's biggest offshore event the year. Political opposition...

Windtech: Senvion stretches up and down offshore

GERMANY: Senvion is adapting its 3MW platform for offshore deployment in the Mediterranean, and is l...

It's hammer time

NETHERLANDS: Dutch company Fistuca is about to begin testing a radical new piledriver for offshore m...

It's hammer time

NETHERLANDS: Dutch company Fistuca is about to begin testing a radical new piledriver for offshore m...

Twin rotors bring 15MW offshore turbine closer

GERMANY: A pair of downwind two-blade rotors, a nameplate capacity of 15MW and a floating platform m...