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Wind farm shut down again after blade breaks off Siemens Gamesa 4.X turbine

A wind farm in Norway has been shut down after a blade broke off a Siemens Gamesa 4.X turbine at the...

Russian drone attack shuts down Ukrainian wind farm

A wind farm in southern Ukraine has been shut down after Russian drone attacks on energy infrastruct...

UK energy regulator Ofgem probes claim wind farm operators 'overestimated' output

UK energy regulator Ofgem is investigating allegations that major wind farm owner-operators – includ...

Ocean Winds trials AI technology at floating pilot to boost offshore wind safety

Ocean Winds has installed artificial intelligence (AI) software at a flagship floating wind pilot pr...

Siemens Energy 'fired engineers behind faulty onshore wind turbines' – chair

Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch has dismissed engineers behind Siemens Gamesa’s faulty 4.X and 5....

World’s first floating offshore wind farm to be shut down for ‘heavy maintenance’

Norwegian energy major Equinor will tow the five Siemens Gamesa turbines at the world’s first floati...

Russian drone attack ‘destroys GE wind turbine’ in Ukraine

A Russian drone destroyed a GE wind turbine at a wind farm in Ukraine during a “recent attack”, acco...

Vestas blade snaps at RWE offshore wind farm in UK North Sea

A 20-metre section of a blade has broken off a Vestas turbine at an RWE wind farm in the UK North Se...

Siemens Gamesa paid £2 million to engineer after arm ‘guillotined’ by offshore wind turbine

Siemens Gamesa has paid £2 million (€2.3 million) to an engineer who lost his arm while checking one...

Sweden: Almost 700MW of new onshore wind comes online

Recent weeks have seen significant capacity additions in Sweden, with Windpower Intelligence identif...

Engineer sues Siemens Gamesa after arm 'guillotined' in offshore wind accident

The High Court in London ruled that Siemens Gamesa’s breaches of duty led to an engineer losing his ...

Official documents reveal vulnerability of Danish energy island to sabotage

The vulnerability of Denmark’s proposed offshore energy infrastructure to sabotage has been revealed...

GE Vernova defends Cypress wind turbine platform after series of failures

GE Vernova has defended its Cypress wind turbine platform after various reports of blades snapping a...

Malfunctioning sensor caused GE wind turbine collapse – Enefit

A malfunctioning sensor caused a GE turbine to collapse at a Lithuanian wind farm earlier this year,...

Danish authorities demand safety changes after fatal blast at turbine tower factory

Danish safety regulators have demanded safety improvements at a tower factory where one worker was k...

Wind turbine maker Vestas to close renewables spare parts platform in cost-cutting move

Wind turbine maker Vestas will close down its digital platform for renewable energy services and spa...

US boom and large offshore wind projects supercharge Vestas' Q3 turbine orders

Vestas announced its highest quarterly order intake for two years in Q3 2023, with its order book sw...

Plan to replace Spain's largest coal plant with wind farm moves forward

Spanish utility Endesa has won approval from the Spanish government for its planned closure of a coa...

Video: Vestas turbine catches fire at RWE offshore wind farm in UK waters

A Vestas turbine caught fire at one of the UK’s earliest commercial offshore wind farms this morning...

Vestas' 15MW wind turbine breaks 24-hour power generation record

Danish turbine manufacturer Vestas claims that a prototype of its flagship 15MW offshore wind turbin...

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