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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...

Windpower Monthly launches state-of-the-industry survey

Windpower Monthly has launched its annual ‘state-of-the-industry’ survey....

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...

GE leads US wind sector for net capacity factor

Turbines from GE Renewable Energy leads the US wind market with a 37.42% fleet-wide lifetime average...

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...

‘Urgent need’ for safety and technical training as wind sector expands

The shortfall of wind power technicians needed to build, install, operate and maintain the 1,500GW o...

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...

Siemens Gamesa sold ‘insufficiently tested’ wind turbines – CEO

Siemens Gamesa CEO Jochen Eickholt admitted that the manufacturer had sold “insufficiently tested” t...

Siemens Gamesa wind turbine failures to drive Siemens Energy to €4.5 billion loss

Siemens Energy expects to make a net loss of €4.5 billion in the 2023 fiscal year due to subsidiary ...

Siemens Gamesa seeks to delay wind turbine delivery amid component failures — report

Siemens Gamesa is reportedly trying to delay the delivery of wind turbines from its 5.X platform as ...

Engie probes further problems with Siemens Gamesa wind turbines

Engie has paused production from 19 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines at an unidentified project in Latin...

PNE boosts AI-supported technology capability with Bitblom investment

German developer PNE has acquired a 51% stake in UK-based digital firm Bitbloom, hoping to boost its...