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Video: Robotics-blade repair firm plans offshore wind launch this year

Blade repair firm Rope Robotics aims to launch its technology for offshore wind farms by the end of ...

Vestas plans Polish offshore wind factory

Vestas plans to build a new factory in north-west Poland where it will assemble nacelles and hubs fo...

Video: Newly waterproof robot ‘to cut wind turbine blade O&M costs’

Technology developer BladeBug has revealed a new-look robot concept covered in a waterproof outer sh...

GE launches software to boost wind turbine performance

Tech giant announces new digital tools to give operators more information about their wind farms and...

Global offshore wind O&M market due 16% annual growth in 2020s

Europe will still account for more than half of $12 billion offshore O&M sector in 2029, with China ...

BayWa acquires Kaiserwetter’s Internet of Things and AI platforms

BayWa has enhanced its digital services offering with the acquisition of several platforms and data ...

Finance heavyweights launch new firm to repower old German wind farms

Independent power producer NextWind has raised $100 million to invest and repower the German onshore...

US backs 10MW floating offshore wind demo in Shell lease area

The US government has backed plans for a 10MW floating offshore wind project as part of a new fundin...

Oil trader Trafigura to invest in 2GW of renewables

Commodity trading firm and fund manager form new company Nala Renewables targeting 2GW to be operati...

Offshore pipeline puts China in pole position for sector leadership

While the UK remains the world’s biggest offshore wind market, China's capacity is rocketing, accord...

O&M budgets 'slashed' during Covid-19 pandemic

Asset owners have slashed their operations and maintenance (O&M) budgets amid the coronavirus (Covid...

Vestas sees red as Covid-19 hits balance sheet

The Covid-19 crisis made little impact on new installation work on Vestas-supplied projects in Q1 20...

Generating heat from excess wind

Local utility Stadtwerke Rostock and transmission operator 50Hertz will be using the oversupply of w...

Global offshore wind fleet to grow 15-fold by 2040

Rapid technological improvements and falling costs could help drive an exponential increase of the g...

More job losses as Vestas cuts Danish and German workforce

Roughly 590 manufacturing jobs will be cut from Vestas' blade manufacturing facilities in Germany an...

Ørsted buys into hoist system designer

Ørsted has acquired a 22.5% stake in Scottish company Pict Offshore, which created a hoist system th...

GE to build 12MW Haliade-X in China

GE will target China and surrounding markets by setting up a new factory in Guangdong province, wher...

Research project deploys robots, drones and autonomous vessels for offshore O&M

A new research project has been launched in the UK to develop the world's first fully autonomous rob...

Australian agency funds short-term forecasting projects

Seven research and development projects have received funding to trial short-term generation forecas...

'First risk mitigation deals' signed for repowering projects

Asset manager Ares Management Corporation has concluded what is believed to be the first proxy reven...

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