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...
OFS Adds New Look, Increased Functionality To Website
OFS is recently announced the launch of its new website — www.ofsoptics.com — incorporating simpler navigation, a comprehensive product catalog and a fresh new...
Fiberglass Team To Produce Material Targeted At Wind Blade Production
AGY, a global producer of glass fiber yarns and glass fiber reinforcements, has announced the start of production of S-1 HM glass in conjunction...
DNV GL Enables Sinoma To Increase The Quality And Reliability Of Rotor Blades Made...
DNV GL and the wind turbine blade manufacturer Sinoma have signed a partnership agreement for certification of Sinoma’s products to improve the reliability and...
Power Climber Wind Meets Strict Service Lift Regulations At Ontario Wind Project
Power Climber Wind recently provided 58 turbine service lifts (TSLs) to the Port Dover and Nanticoke Wind Project in Ontario, Canada.
Strict lift and elevator...
Laufer Wind’s Radar-Activated Obstruction Lighting System Passes FAA Scrutiny
Laufer Wind has successfully demonstrated its Aircraft Detection Sight Solution (ADSS), the first-ever trial against a radar-activated obstruction lighting system on a wind farm...
