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Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas calls for 'vigilance' after hackers publish stolen data on dark web

Danish firm warns staff and business partners to "stay vigilant" after cyber criminals publish perso...

Vestas CEO confirms hackers ‘leaked data stolen from wind turbine manufacturer’

Danish turbine manufacturer continues to investigate after cyber criminals breached its IT systems i...

Vestas confirms cyber security incident was ransomware attack

Operations now close to normal after investigations find breach mostly hit turbine manufacturer’s in...

Siemens Gamesa and Ørsted probe offshore wind turbine fire at Borssele I & II

SG 8.0-167 DD turbine malfunctions and catches fire at offshore wind farm off the coast of the Nethe...

Rotor and blades fall into sea at Vattenfall’s Ormonde offshore wind farm

Vattenfall launches clean-up operation after rotor and blades fall into sea during maintenance work...

Aker Solutions, DeepOcean and Solstad form offshore wind services alliance

Nordic trio pool resources to jointly offer product supply, fabrication and engineering services for...

Nordex halts 19 wind turbines after N149 collapses in Germany

Investigators are assessing what caused 4.5MW turbine installed on 164-metre tower at forest site to...

Collaboration 'key to reducing impact of offshore wind on UK radar systems'

Industry, government and the military working together to ensure offshore wind farms and air defence...

Vestas to launch digital platform for renewable energy services and spare parts

Manufacturer's website set to launch in Europe this year will feature rival OEMs' components as well...

Equinor to trial safe fishing with floating offshore wind at Hywind Scotland

Equinor and government group Marine Scotland launch investigation on safe fishing around floating of...

TPI to take over Nordex’s wind blade factory in Mexico

US manufacturer to take over operations of plant for three years with an option to extend the arrang...

Offshore wind clusters ‘to lower energy production’ – study

Study warns of greater impact of wake effect on wind turbines’ energy output as more offshore wind f...

US renewable energy giant refuses to pay hackers ransom

Invenergy was reportedly hacked by a Russian-linked ransomware cartel earlier this month, but will n...

Half a million workers in wind will need training by 2025

Forecast expansion will require massive training rollout, with further scaling up needed to meet net...

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...

GE’s Haliade-X cleared for markets in typhoon zones

DNV’s certification verifies that the Haliade-X offshore wind turbine can operate safely and efficie...

UK offshore wind jobs to triple in next five years

The UK offshore wind workforce is due to grow, but it is falling short of targets to employ more wom...

German wind sector proposes permitting and repowering fixes

WindEurope, BWE and several turbine manufacturers and wind developers have called on the German gove...

Avangrid investigates turbine fire at Pennsylvania wind farm

The fire at the Locust Ridge wind farm in Pennsylvania follows a blaze in December 2020 and at least...

Extreme weather losses for wind on the rise since 2010

Tornadoes, flooding and ice storms led to a spike in severe wind losses measured in insurance claims...