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No let up in scaling as rotor size and ratings records tumble

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Exclusive: Next-gen offshore turbines – why 'bigger and taller is better'

Optimising wind energy will increasingly be about the most efficient use of limited sea space and ad...

Exclusive: Rethinking flange connections for large-scale offshore and onshore wind

As turbines grow ever larger, suppliers of small but essential components are working hard to help t...

Exclusive analysis: New Principle Power floating platform design aims to conquer global wind markets

Eleven years after Principle Power commissioned its first semi-submersible 2MW WindFloat 1 prototype...

The future of O&M? Scaling up drones to transport tools, parts – and even people

A new German offshore wind logistics research project sees transport drones being used for the cost-...

Brave new world – how energy islands could transform the offshore wind industry

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Eize de Vries on how to optimise, control and maintain multi-rotor turbines

Blending insights from a recent seminar in Germany and HAW’s five-year research project, Eize de Vri...

On my radar: Is it time to rethink our “bigger is better” approach to offshore wind turbines?

In the first of a new series on recent wind industry developments and new technologies, Eize de Vrie...

Multi-rotor research shows potential to slash system mass, cost and LCoE

Eize de Vries talks to research partners from German and UK universities to discover what their anal...

WindEconomics: US offshore wind accelerates to reach 30GW by 2031

The cost of energy will fall as the US installs more offshore wind capacity, but how do projections ...

Turbines of the Year 2022: Floating offshore wind systems to watch

While 2022 saw some notable developments in floating wind, it remained a minor segment set against t...

Turbines of the Year 2022: Offshore wind turbines

As rotor sizes and ratings continue to climb, OEMs look to different drive technologies to push scal...

2022: Windpower Monthly's review of the year

Windpower Monthly rounds up some of the major developments in the wind industry during 2022....

2022: Innovations that could shape the wind industry

Windpower Monthly rounds up a handful of the innovations the wind industry is exploring that could h...

2022: Expert opinions which helped shape the industry

Throughout the year, Windpower Monthly called upon experts from all over the globe to offer insight ...

2022: The year in turbine technology

Windpower Monthly rounds up a selection of the great leaps forward in turbine technology in 2022....

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...

Exclusive: Can OWLC's concrete gravity tripod offer an alternative for fixed bottom offshore wind?

UK-based OWLC is hoping to challenge the dominance of monopile offshore substructures with a novel g...

Exclusive: Inside the Vestas V236-15.0 MW - a huge leap in technology

Nine years after exploring inside the near-ready Vestas V164-8.0 MW prototype nacelle, Eize de Vries...

Exclusive: Radical 16.6MW Nezzy² twin floating offshore wind platform takes shape in China

Work is progressing on a full-scale 16.6MW Nezzy² prototype with two 180-metre downwind rotors, to b...

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