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Chinese manufacturers dominated global wind turbine supply last year, with Vestas the only western company among the top five suppliers, according to BloombergNEF.
Technology innovation sits at the heart of wind industry advancements, ranging from upsized turbines, towers and foundations to cleverly improved small-scale products. Ongoing shifts in material choices and preferences impact them all.
Optimising wind energy will increasingly be about the most efficient use of limited sea space and adequate wind resources, argues TU Delft University of Technology’s Carlos Simão Ferreira. He tells Eize de Vries why this means bigger – and taller – offshore wind turbines are the best way forward.
Chinese industrial manufacturing giant CSSC Haizhuang has unveiled the nacelle for its 18MW offshore wind turbine at its factory in Shandong province.
Vestas has produced the first kWh of power from its 15MW offshore wind turbine at a test site in western Denmark.
Windpower Monthly rounds up a selection of the great leaps forward in turbine technology in 2022.