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Exclusive: Modvion 105-metre wooden wind turbine tower takes shape

Swedish wood tower pioneer Modvion is building a commercial-scale 105-metre demonstrator prototype d...

2022: Innovations that could shape the wind industry

Windpower Monthly rounds up a handful of the innovations the wind industry is exploring that could h...

Wind turbine towers: is it time to ditch steel for prefab concrete?

Spain’s concrete bridge specialist HWS talks to Eize de Vries about its disruptive AirTower solution...

WindTech: Why wood works for modular, low-carbon towers

A Swedish company has come up with a novel design to make towers more cost-effective to manufacture,...

Clash of the titans -- top 5 biggest onshore turbines

Nameplate capacities of more than 5MW; rotor blades pushing beyond the 80-metre mark; towers exceedi...

Self-aligning floater with integrated tower follows shipbuilding principles

A German consortium has developed, tested and validated a self-aligning, lightweight, four-legged se...

Big Pic: Suzlon installs 140-metre hybrid tower

INDIA: Competitive tendering and low wind speeds are driving the push to tall towers and long blades...

Pumped to new heights

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

WindTech: Mixing steel and concrete to go higher

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

Windtech: Tower technology reaches new heights

WORLDWIDE: New materials and tower designs, coupled with the latest long-bladed low-wind turbines, c...

WindTech: Wooden tower design challenges convention

GERMANY: Prototype octagonal-shaped 100-metre tower offers benefits over steel and concrete, finds E...

Towers reach for the sky

WORLDWIDE: The development of tall, cost-effective towers is widely recognised as the next revolutio...

Europe's technology trends

EUROPE: Innovations and new technologies continue to appear on the market, despite, or indeed becaus...

Technology at the heart of GE's export push

UNITED STATES: When GE unveils new turbines and other wind products at the American Wind Energy Asso...

2MW vertical axis prototype under construction

FRANCE: The world's largest vertical axis turbine is set to enter its first trial stage next month a...

Close up - first view of Siemens 4MW turbine

Earlier this month, Siemens installed the first prototype of its 4MW SWT-4.0 offshore wind turbine a...

Exploring the trends in foundation design

Most offshore wind turbines use monopile foundations, but alternative foundation designs are gradual...

Offshore wind sails into the era of the giants

The potential for rapid upscaling of offshore wind turbine capacity to 20MW and beyond by 2020 conti...

Industry must learn to tame the cruel sea

Innovation in wind turbine design and engineering is opening up opportunities to improve performance...

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