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Blade breaks off new Siemens Gamesa turbine in Brazil as struggles mount

Siemens Gamesa is investigating after a blade broke off one of its turbines at an onshore wind farm ...

Turbine maker Vestas to source blades from GE’s LM Wind Power in Brazil

Danish turbine manufacturer explains sharing manufacturing operations ensures factories do not sit i...

Chinese engineering firm Sinoma plans wind blade factory in Brazil

Engineering firm Sinoma in talks with Bahia state governor about its first blade factory outside its...

Vestas enters Colombia with 20MW order

Danish turbine manufacturer expands footprint in Latin America with entry into Colombian wind market...

SGRE wins 170MW in Chile

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has won two contracts to supply and maintain 34 of its SG 5.0...

Enercon to enter Chile with 'earthquake-proof towers'

Enercon is adapting its turbine towers to resist earthquakes in the Chilean desert as it prepares to...

Worker injured after GE turbine collapse

A GE turbine collapsed at a wind farm in north-east Brazil, injuring a worker and sparking a probe i...

Nordex opens nacelle factory in Argentina

Nordex has officially opened a nacelle and hub production plant in Argentina....

Vestas to build 4.2MW nacelles in Brazil

BRAZIL: Vestas has signed a framework agreement to produce nacelles for its V150-4.2MW turbines in t...

Laser technology-enabled wind satellite launched

FRENCH GUIANA: A satellite using laser technology capable of measuring winds around the globe has be...

Senvion debuts new 2.3MW turbine in Chile

CHILE: Senvion has signed a contract to supply a 204.7MW project in the northern Atacama region, mar...

Mapping Brazil's untapped wind potential

BRAZIL: Despite being one of the world's biggest and fastest-growing markets, Brazil has only just b...

Suzlon investigating turbine fall in Brazil

BRAZIL: Suzlon has confirmed local reports of the collapse of a wind turbine in Brazil, but insists ...

Gamesa to form Brazilian 'university'

BRAZIL: Manufacturer Gamesa and the Bahia state government have signed a memorandum of understanding...

Gamesa wins first Latin American 5MW turbine deal

CHILE: Gamesa has won the first Latin American order for its 5MW turbine to be used at a project on ...

Gallery: Acciona opens Brazil turbine plant

BRAZIL: Last month, Acciona officially opened a turbine assembly plant in Bahia state, east Brazil t...

ABB $30m deal for Brazilian projects

BRAZIL: ABB has been handed the contract to supply substations to two project clusters in northeast ...

Goldwind launches new 2.5MW turbine for Americas

THE AMERICAS: Goldwind Americas has launched another 2.5MW turbine aimed at low wind sites in the Am...

Eight Impsa turbines blown down in Brazil

BRAZIL: Investigations are ongoing at utility Eletrobras's 46MW Cerro Chato IV-VI wind complex in th...

Northern Power Systems develops 3.3MW turbine for Brazil

BRAZIL: US turbine developer Northern Power Systems is to design a 3.3MW turbine alongside its Brazi...

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