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DNV Revises Industry Standards for Next Gen Turbine Blades
DNV has revised its DNV-ST-0376 rotor blade standard, the result of a joint industry collaboration in response to what it calls the dynamic landscape...
Wind Blade Recycling Plant Declared Project of Regional Interest by Navarra Government
ACCIONA’s wind blade recycling plant, Waste2Fiber, has been declared a project of regional interest by the Government of Navarra, allowing acceleration of the project’s...
Vestas Unifies Technology and Operations Senior Management
Vestas is uniting its technology and manufacturing & global procurement into one technology and operations organization (CTOO), to be led by its current CTO,...
Havfram Awarded Windanker Project Contract by Iberdrola
Havfram has signed a contract with Iberdrola for the installation of 21 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines at its 315 MW Windanker project, located in...
Offshore Wind Research Facilities Hopes to Accelerate U.K. Turbine Development
Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s National Renewable Energy Centre in Northumberland, U.K., is currently working towards development of an advanced wind turbine blade and...
Dogger Bank Makes Statement on Site Incident
On May 1, damage was sustained to a single blade on an installed turbine at the Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm.
In line with...
TPI Collaborates on Polymer 3D Printers for Wind Turbine Tooling
TPI Composites has partnered with the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory to utilize what has...
NREL Utilizes Robots for Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturing
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have leveraged robotic assistance in the manufacture of wind turbine blades, allowing...
Clobotics Introduces Robot Built for Inspecting the Inside of Turbine Blades
Clobotics Wind Services has released its Clobotics Crawler robot, designed to document the internal condition of turbine blades.
The company says the device features two...
Nordex Group Receives U.S. Turbine Order
The Nordex Group has received an order for N149/5.X turbines from the United States.
The company will be supplying 25 of its Delta 4000 series...
Nordex Group Appoints New CEO for North America Division
The Nordex Group has appointed Manav Sharma CEO of its North America business, starting June 1, after previously serving as the company’s chief transformation...
DEME Offshore Installation Vessel Completes Scotland Foundation Project
DEME’s flagship “Orion” vessel has completed monopile installation works on Ocean Winds’ 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm project in Scotland, installing 29...
Goldwind Americas Promotes Zuo Feng to CEO
Goldwind Americas, a Chicago-based subsidiary of Goldwind Science & Technology, has promoted Zuo Feng to the role of CEO.
Feng has been with the company...
Odfjell Oceanwind, Prodtex Collaborate on Scaling Floating Turbine Foundation Production
Odfjell Oceanwind and Prodtex have established a joint venture, Windsteel Technologies, to scale production capacity of floating wind foundations, with an eye on opening...
Cyclic Materials to Begin Recycling Wind Turbines
Cyclic Materials has begun accepting wind turbine generators for recycling purposes along with MRI machines, marking an expansion for the company beyond auto parts...
Nordex Releases Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Test Bench for Grid Compliance
The Nordex Group has released its latest power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) test bench for grid compliance testing of power electric drivetrains.
The test bench, developed and...
Cadeler Signs Transport, Installation Contract for Baltica 2
Cadeler has signed a contract with Ørsted and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna for the transport and installation of 14 MW turbines supplied by Siemens...
US Forged Rings Announces Construction of Tower Fabrication Facility, Steel Forging Plant
US Forged Rings (USFR) has announced a $700 million investment in servicing the offshore wind industry through construction of a tower fabrication facility and...
Vestas Taps ArcelorMittal to Reduce Wind Turbine Tower Carbon Footprint
Vestas says it has established a partnership with ArcelorMittal to launch a low-carbon-emissions steel offering that significantly reduces the lifetime carbon dioxide emissions from...
AMSC Providing Wind Turbine Electrical Control Systems to OEM
AMSC has received an $8 million order for its 3 MW class wind turbine electrical control systems (ECS) from Inox Wind Ltd., an India-based...