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Cutting cost of energy through innovation

WORLDWIDE: High yields at low speeds is the objective for wind-turbine manufacturers and the larger ...

Experience is key to reduce cable claims

WORLDWIDE: Whenever insurance for offshore wind is mentioned, the much-quoted statistic is that 80% ...

Chinese low-wind developments

WORLDWIDE: Both Envision and Goldwind have introduced new low wind 1.5MW prototype turbines with a 9...

Enercon's direct drive evolution

WORLDWIDE: Direct-drive pioneer Enercon has added the E-92 2.3MW IEC Class IIA turbine, a low-to-med...

UK government looks to floating turbines

UNITED KINGDOM: The Crown Estate is to offer deep-water test sites in the North Sea for floating win...

UK to develop "principles" for cumulative impact assessments

Project to be completed in time to assist with year-end offshore wind consent applications...

Rapid growth places strain on cable supply

With offshore wind poised for huge growth and sites increasingly located further from shore, the ava...

Inexperience makes cabling offshore's Achilles' heel

Cable installation has gained the unwelcome reputation of offshore wind power's weak point, with fla...

Ramboll wins Cape Wind foundation design

More than 50% market share for Danish consultancy...

Narec seeks £333m for offshore turbine test site

UK: The UK's National Renewable Energy Centre is seeking investment to support its plan to build a 1...

Vestas to pursue suppliers over V90 failures

DENMARK: Vestas is set to seek compensation from its suppliers over a gearbox bearings fault affecti...

Narec launches £333 million offshore process

UK: The UK's National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) has made a call for investors to help build a ...

GL Renewables Certification plans new offshore certification

WORLDWIDE: Revised guidelines for the certification of offshore wind turbines will be published by G...

Friday Review - the week's most read on Windpowermonthly.com

WORLDWIDE: Factory closures in old markets and wind energy tenders in new markets feature in this we...

Reputation on the line with new 6MW

WORLDWIDE: The 6MW successor to Siemens' 3.6MW offshore workhorse, the SWT-6.0-120, is being tested ...

Extending lifetime is often the best option

WORLDWIDE: Years ago as part of a seminar on sustainable project development, I attended a presentat...

Blade snaps off Repower 2MW motorway turbine

FRANCE: A 46-metre blade has fallen off a Repower 2MW turbine at a project alongside the A10 motorwa...

Moventas wins M5000 gearbox supply deal

FINLAND: Moventas has been handed an €80 million deal to supply gearboxes for Areva's M5000 5MW offs...

Potential of high-altitude wind tech highlighted by Garrad Hassan

GERMANY: Innovative technologies designed to generate electricity from winds above 200 metres have b...

Trident wins offshore generator grant

UK: Scottish Enterprise has handed a £225,000 (€278,000) grant to Trident Energy to trial the compan...

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