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Vestas Gaining Strong Foothold In Italian Wind Market
Long-standing Vestas customer Fri-El Spa has placed two orders for the installation of 51 MW in Emilia Romagna and Sardinia, Italy.
Both projects were awarded...
Vestas Signs New Deal With Blade Manufacturer TPI Composites
Vestas has signed a multiyear supply agreement with TPI Composites (TPI), an Arizona-based manufacturer of composite wind blades.
The agreement includes producing V150-4.2 MW turbine...
Vestas Building New Assembly Facility In Argentina
Vestas is building a new hub and nacelle assembly facility in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina.
The new facility, which will generate roughly 300 direct...
Vestas Installs V120-2.0 MW Prototype, Introduces Upgrade Suited For North America
Vestas says it is improving energy production for its 2 MW platform in low and ultra-low wind conditions by installing a prototype V120-2.0 MW...
Mendota Hills Wind Farm In Illinois Getting Full-Scale Repowering
Dallas-based Leeward Renewable Energy LLC has announced that work will soon commence on repowering the company's 15-year-old Mendota Hills Wind Farm in Lee County, Ill.
Leeward...
BNEF Details ‘Big Four’ Onshore Wind OEMs Of 2017
Developers commissioned just under 47 GW of onshore wind turbines globally in 2017, with four manufacturers accounting for 53% of the machines deployed, according...
GE Renewable Energy Unveils 12 MW Giant
GE Renewable Energy has announced plans to develop what it calls the world's "largest, most powerful" offshore wind turbine, the 12 MW Haliade-X.
GE expects...
Vestas Expands InspecTools Partnership For Turbine Blade Analysis
Vestas customers will now get online access to blade inspection analysis and data from any of the company's turbines in any market, thanks to...
Milestones, Trends And Top Five Wind OEMs Of 2017
Due to the Danish supplier's wide geographic diversification strategy and strong performance in the U.S. market, FTI Intelligence has named Vestas the world's largest...
Pattern Energy Reducing Texas Wind Downtime With Uptake Software
Chicago-based Uptake, an industrial data science and artificial intelligence software provider, has announced a new wind power agreement with Pattern Energy Group Inc.
Pattern Energy will...
Vestas Announces U.S. Order For V136-3.45 MW Turbines
Vestas has received an order in the U.S. for 50 MW of its V136-3.45 MW turbines delivered in 3.6 MW power-optimized mode.
The turbines will...
Invenergy Employs NarrativeWave Software To Boost Wind Fleet Performance
Invenergy has teamed with NarrativeWave, an Irvine, Calif.-based provider of Internet of Things software, which will optimize Invenergy's fleet of wind turbines and other...
Ørsted, University Of Oxford Work On Improving Offshore Wind Foundations
Ørsted and the University of Oxford in the U.K. have signed a five-year research agreement to optimize the design of foundation structures for offshore...
Siemens Gamesa Unveils New SG 2.7-129 Turbine For U.S. Wind Market
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has launched the new SG 2.7-129 wind turbine, designed to address the diverse wind conditions of the U.S. market.
According...
Siemens Gamesa Building Its Largest-Ever Offshore Wind Farm
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been awarded exclusivity by Ørsted for the supply and service of wind turbines for the Hornsea Project Two...
Vestas Introduces New Anti-Icing Solutions
Vestas has introduced a new anti-icing solution and ice assessment tool to maximize wind turbine production in cold climates.
The trademarked Vestas Anti-Icing System is...
Vestas, Siemens Gamesa Win Key Tenders For Iberdrola Wind Services
Iberdrola, through its subsidiary Iberdrola Renovables Energía S.A.U, has concluded the tendering process for the maintenance of a large portion of its wind turbine...
With New Certification, Siemens Gamesa’s 8 MW Machine Ready For Market
DNV GL has awarded Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) a type certificate for the SWT-8.0-154, SGRE’s 8 MW offshore wind turbine.
Fully compliant with international...
Wind Turbine Collapse Under Investigation In Ontario
TerraForm Power has confirmed that a wind turbine collapsed early Friday morning at its Raleigh Wind Power Facility, located in Dillon, Ontario.
Chad Reed, director...
How To Improve Underperforming Wind Fleets – Without New Hardware Or Turbines
Because of underperformance and downtime, the current U.S. wind fleet could produce an estimated 12 TWh more energy than it currently does, according to...