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Offshore wind turbine catches fire at Horns Rev 1

Developers Vattenfall and Ørsted are analysing why Vestas’ V80-2.0MW turbine caught fire at the Dani...

China’s first floating wind turbine ready for installation

Manufacturer MingYang’s 5.5MW offshore wind turbine will be installed on a semi-submersible platform...

Are vertical-axis wind turbines really the future?

New research suggests VAWTs could surpass current offshore giants. Eize de Vries talks to an aerodyn...

Dogger Bank to trial high-energy rapid welding method

It is hoped a new welding method will cut welding time and costs, and be more energy efficient...

GE supports robotic solution for wind blade and bolt repair

US firm backs ORE Catapult collaboration to combine blade repair robot with ultrasonic bolt inspecti...

Siemens Gamesa scales new heights in predictive maintenance for blades

Siemens Gamesa’s Morten Vindbjerg discusses how advances in imaging technology, artificial intellige...

California to lease sites for 4.6GW floating offshore wind

West Coast state and federal government select two sites off California’s northern and central coast...

GE Haliade-X to help revive floating offshore wind platform

GE Research and engineers Glosten have secured a US government grant to develop a new controls syste...

Iberdrola brings electrolyser gigafactory to Spain

Power giant and US-based Cummins to accelerate business opportunities for the electrolyser market in...

Longer offshore wind blade test bench takes shape

Fraunhofer IWES' €19m project in Germany will include a modular test block and allow subsegment inve...

RWE to launch airborne wind energy test site

RWE plans to trial a 150kW demonstrator project and then a commercial-scale 1GW system at a new test...

Hexicon to pilot twin-turbine floating wind at old wave test site

Swedish engineers Hexicon plans a 30-40MW floating offshore wind array at a former wave energy test ...

Vestas develops ‘gamechanger’ wind blade recycling method

A team of Danish technology companies and universities aims to present a way to commercialise their ...

Plans for 1GW-plus offshore wind farm with 20MW turbines

Norwegian developer unveils plans for a giant offshore wind farm that would use both fixed-bottom fo...

GE and Toshiba to manufacture Haliade-X in Japan

The two technology giants team up to produce and commercialise the 12-14MW Haliade-X as Japan’s offs...

Ingeteam introduces new-generation power converters

Ingeteam’s market-leading converters are supported by a robust Firmware development methodology desi...

Floating offshore wind farm eyes Chevron-backed platform

Local content drive underpins Simply Blue Energy and Subsea 7's deal to assess Ocergy's low-weight f...

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