Thursday, April 25, 2024

DOE Funds Research Of Large Turbine Blade Development

The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced $1.8 million in funding for the development of larger wind turbine blades that will help capture more...

3A Composites Expands New Foam Core Extrusion Line In The U.S.

Brisk demand and the launch of the new product AIREX T10 stand behind 3A Composites’ decision to invest in a new extrusion line in...

Vestas Wins 33 MW Order From OX2 In Sweden

Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order for 10 V126-3.3 MW turbines for the Maevaara 2 wind power plant. The order also includes...

Turkish Developer To Debut GE Turbine Model

GE recently announced it will supply energy developer IÇDAS with 19 brilliant GE 3.2-103 wind turbines for the BIGA RES wind farm, located near...

Gamesa Receives 260 MW Of Orders From India

Gamesa continues to grow in India, a strategic market in which it has firmly established itself as one of the leading turbine makers, having...

Vestas Reports Strong 2014 Under New Strategic Plan

2014 was the first year in the implementation of Vestas’ new strategic plan, Profitable Growth for Vestas, and it proved to be a year...

Nordex Awarded First Contract For N131/3000 In Finland

Launched last year, Nordex’s N131/3000 wind turbine is attracting growing demand outside Germany as well: Thus, Finnish asset management company Taaleritehdas has ordered the...

Vestas To Supply 298 MW For Kingfisher Wind In Oklahoma

Vestas has received from First Reserve a firm and unconditional order for 149 V100-2.0 MW turbines to be installed at the 298 MW Kingfisher...

Pattern Chooses Siemens For 200 MW Project In Texas

Siemens recently secured order from Pattern Energy Group to supply and install 87 wind turbines for the Logan’s Gap Wind project in Texas. The...

Slip Rings: Small Components With A Big Impact

When engineering a new wind turbine, it’s a design process that relies on thousands of different components working seamlessly together. While the focus may...

Global policy woes dampen wind supply chain

FTI Consulting, Inc., a global business advisory firm recently released FTI Intelligence’s latest renewable energy publication, “Global Wind Supply Chain Update 2015. “This report...

UK Alliance Issues $10.9 Million in Business Support

Manufacturers looking to take advantage of the growth in the offshore wind market have received a $10.9 million windfall of business support and capital...

Manufacturer Reports $7.3 Million in Orders from Wind

Cleantech Solutions International, Inc., a manufacturer of metal components and assemblies used in in various manufacturing industries, including clean technology, textile dyeing and finishing...

Report: Wind Turbines are in Oversupply Globally

A new report from Navigant Research examines the significant forces shaping the global wind power industry’s supply chain, including analyses of more than 500...

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind to Serial Produce 80-Meter Blades for V164-8.0 at UK Facility

MHI Vestas Offshore Wind will serial manufacture the 80m blade for the V164-8.0 MW, the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine on the Isle...

Siemens Awarded Turbine Supply Contracts Totaling 315 MW for Two Wind Projects in Canada

Siemens’ Wind Power and Renewables Division has received two new orders for onshore wind projects in Ontario, Canada. The contracts include the supply, installation...

Sandia National Laboratories Project Eyes The Future Wind Blade Manufacturing

Sandia National Laboratories is helping makers of wind turbine blades improve the labor productivity associated with blade fabrication and finishing. This improved productivity makes...

DOE Pushes For Boost In Productivity, Efficiency, And Innovation In Clean Energy Manufacturing

The U.S. Department of Energy in September announced expansions of its Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative in support of the American manufacturing sector and a...

Broadwind Energy Secures $14 Million Tower Order From U.S. Wind Turbine Manufacturer

Broadwind Energy, Inc. recently announced $14 million in new tower orders from a U.S. wind turbine manufacturer. Broadwind will produce these towers in its...

Acciona To Pilot Moventas’ High Torque Density Gearbox

Acciona Windpower has agreed with Moventas on prototype as well as serial deliveries of a 3 MW wind gearbox product based on Moventas’s new...