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Close up - LM's 73.5-metre blade

Eize de Vries meets LM Wind Power's chief technology officer Frank Nielsen to examine the 73.5-metre...

Daewoo reveals 7MW offshore turbine

KOREA: Daewoo Shipbuilding and Engineering (DSME) is set to join the list of manufacturers with a 6M...

Vestas turbine catches fire in high winds

UK: A wind farm in Ayrshire, Scotland has been disconnected from the grid after one of the project's...

The Areva Multibrid M5000-135 explained

FRANCE: At EWEA Offshore 2011, Areva Wind presented an upgraded version of its M5000 turbine with an...

Floating turbines could aid shipyards

The emergence of floating turbines for deployment in deep water could also bring about a revival of ...

New player tackles radar problem

UNITED KINGDOM: New firm Aveillant is launching technology it claims will remove concerns about avia...

Sway floating test model sinks off Norwegian coast

NORWAY: Norwegian wind turbine manufacturer Sway has said the 1:6 test model of its floating offshor...

GE installing first 4.1-113 turbine

SWEDEN: GE is installing its 4.1-113 turbine in Gothenburg harbour, Sweden, the first time the US co...

Areva launches new M5000 turbine

FRANCE: Areva has extended the rotor size of its flagship offshore turbine, the M5000....

Siemens launches 154-metre rotor 6MW turbine

DENMARK: Siemens has launched a version of its 6MW offshore turbine with a 154-metre rotor....

Close up - NGenTec's air-cored axial-flux permanent magnet generator

NGenTec's chief marketing officer Charles Gamble and business development manager James Murray spoke...

RWE acquires two 6M machines for offshore test

NETHERLANDS: RWE Innogy has signed a deal with Repower for two of its 6M 6.15MW turbines....

Floating Lidar trialled in North Sea

BELGIUM: A full-size prototype of a floating Lidar offshore wind resource assessment system, known a...

Mitsubishi to unveil 7MW offshore turbine

EUROPE: Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe (MPSE) is set to unveil its Sea Angel 7MW wind turbine at th...

Vestas to build first V164 assembly plant

DENMARK: Vestas has announced plans to build a Danish assembly plant for its V164 7MW offshore turbi...

Iberdrola and Natural Gas Fenosa win in Extremadura tender

SPAIN: Spanish utilities Iberdrola and Gas Natural Fenosa have landed 124MW and 86MW respectively of...

Hywind and Sway - Norway's two floating turbine designs

NORWAY: A few years ago the idea of building offshore wind farms just a few kilometres from land see...

Mingyang finalises testing on 6MW offshore turbine

CHINA: Mingyang is in the final stages of testing its Aerodyn-desgined 6MW SCD offshore turbine....

Moventas is acquired by Clyde Blowers in €100 million deal

UK: British private equity firm Clyde Blowers has signed an agreement to acquire wind turbine gearbo...

E.on to launch wind/hydrogen storage trial

GERMANY: E.on is launching a €5 million project to store wind energy via the country’s gas pipeline ...