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German research examines noise concerns

GERMANY: Local people are concerned about the type of noise wind turbines make rather than just the ...

Picture Gallery: Vestas completes V164 nacelle

DENMARK: The nacelle for Vestas' 8MW has been completed at Lindø Industrial Park and is on its way t...

Statoil's Hywind project gets go ahead off Scotland

UK: The Crown Estate has agreed to lease Statoil the next phase of its 30MW floating turbine Hywind ...

Wake control system could improve output

NETHERLANDS: The Energy Research Centre Netherlands (ECN) has developed a wake-control system that i...

Wind electricity production to hit 2,800TWh by 2035

WORLDWIDE: Global electricity generation from wind is expected to grow at an annual rate of 6%, reac...

Narec gets go-ahead on 100MW demo project

UK: The UK's National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) has been granted permission to build a 99.9MW ...

Study uncovers potential 33% offshore improvement

WORLDWIDE: Staggering offshore wind turbines instead of arranging them in lines could improve perfor...

US has 3.8GW of offshore wind at advanced stage

UNITED STATES: Eleven offshore wind projects totalling more than 3.8GW are in an advanced stage of d...

Samsung's 7MW prototype gets ready for testing

UK: Construction has been completed on the prototype of Samsung Heavy Industries' 7MW offshore turbi...

Sinovel closes in on 10MW turbine

CHINA: Sinovel says it has almost completed its design of a 10MW turbine is currently in talks with ...

Statoil faces Hywind reckoning

NORWAY: Statoil has withdrawn its plans to develop a pilot 12MW Hywind project on floating foundatio...

Trelleborg Fukushima cable supply contract

JAPAN: Engineering group Trelleborg has been awarded a contract to supply Furukawa Electric Company ...

Siemens forms partnership to test offshore platforms

UK: Siemens, the University of Newcastle and offshore specialists, Ale, are carrying out research on...

Fukushima floating turbine to start operating in November

JAPAN: The Marubeni-led consortium behind Japan's floating wind project 20 kilometres off the coast ...

Siemens 6MW turbine installed in Scotland

UK: Siemens' 6MW turbine has been installed at the Hunterston Test Centre for Offshore Wind in North...

Sway Turbine reveals change to 10MW turbine

NORWAY: Sway Turbine has revealed it has lengthened the blade on its in-development 10MW offshore tu...

Gulf of Mexico to be tested for offshore wind potential

UNITED STATES: SgurrEnergy's Galion Lidar wind-scanning device will be used to study the wind resour...

Mervento's 216MW order pipeline for cold-weather turbine

FINLAND: Finnish wind start-up Mervento hopes to announce five orders from four companies of 60 near...

Samsung installs 7MW tower at Scottish energy park

UK: The tower for Samsung Heavy Industries' 7MW turbine is being installed at Energy Park Fife, acro...

Manufacturers receive stock market boost

WORLDWIDE: Some of the world's biggest turbine manufacturers are limping back to health with a vote ...