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Turbines of the Year – what makes a winning entry?

What do the winning entries in this year’s Turbines of the Year awards tell us about the trends at w...

Ingenious solutions to address materials and technology challenges share win

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ZF ships first Vestas V236-15.0 MW offshore wind turbine powertrain

The first prototype of the giant Vestas V236-15.0 MW powertrain has left ZF Wind Power’s plant in Be...

Exclusive: Why distributed ultra-high-speed geared solutions are ‘the future’

The founder of a wind industry research centre at one of Germany’s leading technical universities di...

Stator segments: the golden triad of modularity, scalability and simplicity

Leading manufacturer of mechanical and electrical geared drivetrain solutions Flender’s Winergy also...

ZF prepares for 15MW offshore wind powertrain serial production with end of-line test rig

ZF Wind Power has announced it will launch an end-of-line test rig that will enable serial productio...

Compact pitch bearing unit promises fully integrated solution for wind turbines

German company Thyssenkrupp Rothe Erde’s pitch bearing unit (PBU) comprises a fully integrated exten...

Large-scale nacelle test rig to boost South Korean wind know-how

Germany-based Renk Test Systems is developing a modular test rig for closed-loop testing of up to 15...

Demand for pre-assembled main bearing units reflects desire to reduce complexity across the wind industry

With increasing demand for standardisation, modularisation and system integration in the wind indust...

Turbines of the Year 2022: Drivetrains

Medium-speed solutions and integrated solutions are gaining popularity for ever higher ratings, but ...

Nordex and Fraunhofer IWES develop new wind turbine testing method

German manufacturer Nordex and research institute Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energie Systems (Fra...

NGC: Leap in torque density for fully-integrated 18MW offshore wind powertrain

Nanjing High Speed Gear Manufacturing Company (NGC), one of the world’s largest wind-turbine gearbox...

ZF building powertrain test rig for 30MW wind turbines

ZF Wind Power has started building a new test and prototype centre featuring a test rig to validate ...

Exclusive: 6MW turbine with 175m rotor unveiled as Enercon targets 'new onshore wind top segment'

Enercon has achieved a new milestone with its enhanced 6.0MW EP5 model, featuring 86m in-house blade...

Winergy insights: ‘Giants of the sea, the next ten years’

Winergy shares its experience and insights on the future of geared and direct drive wind turbine dri...

GreenSpur Wind designs 15MW offshore turbine generator without rare earth magnets

UK electromagnetic engineering firm GreenSpur Wind has designed a 15MW offshore wind turbine generat...

Exclusive analysis: the Vestas V236-15.0 MW powertrain

ZF Wind Power invited Windpower Monthly’s Eize de Vries to take a look at the fully integrated 15MW ...

Winergy bets on full powertrain solutions for wind turbines

German gearbox supplier extends range from components to integrated systems. Eize de Vries finds out...

Turbines of the Year 2020: Drivetrains

Understanding of full systems and modularity helps push gearbox design...

EXCLUSIVE: Enercon’s E-nacelle marks next 'technology transition leap'

Enercon has extended the nacelle of its EP5 and EP3 platforms to move the electrical system up-tower...

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