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Close up - Envision's 3.6MW offshore machine
DENMARK: Chinese-owned Envision Energy has launched the E128, a 3.6MW two-bladed direct drive offshore wind turbine machine. Windpower Monthly technical writer Eize de Vries spoke with director Anders Rebsdorf -- who heads a 30-strong team of senior engineers at the companies Danish Global Innovation Center -- about the turbine's design and upcoming installation and testing.
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Building an offshore sector to rival Europe
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Vestas to build first V164 assembly plant
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China's largest offshore project now online
Technology news
Array foundation innovation approved
UNITED KINGDOM: A new type of wind-turbine foundation design deployed by the...
Samsung to test offshore turbine in Scotland
UK: Korean engineering giant Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) today confirmed it would...
Why forecasting is both tempting and tricky
WORLDWIDE: Years ago, when the initial plans for a 100MW Dutch near-shore...
London Array gets foundation approval
UK: An innovative type of wind turbine foundation designed for the UK's...
AWS joins Carolinas offshore study
UNITED STATES: AWS Truepower has joined a research programme designed to evaluate...
Oldenburg Uni and Bard launch offshore impact survey
GERMANY: A project named "Gigawatt Wakes" to investigate effects of wind flows...
Offshore vessel efficiency survey launched
NORWAY: A project to identify opportunities to improve the energy efficiency of...
Jeumont blades shatter during heavy winds
FRANCE: The blades of a Jeumont J48 750kW turbine disintegrated in winds...
Guodian produces 6MW offshore turbine
CHINA: Guodian United Power's (GUP) production line has completed its first 6MW...
Mitsubishi launches 7MW turbine
WORLDWIDE: At the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) offshore conference last month...
Close up - LM's 73.5-metre blade
Eize de Vries meets LM Wind Power's chief technology officer Frank Nielsen...
Daewoo reveals 7MW offshore turbine
KOREA: Daewoo Shipbuilding and Engineering (DSME) is set to join the list...
Vestas turbine catches fire in high winds
UK: A wind farm in Ayrshire, Scotland has been disconnected from the...
The Areva Multibrid M5000-135 explained
FRANCE: At EWEA Offshore 2011, Areva Wind presented an upgraded version of...
Floating turbines could aid shipyards
The emergence of floating turbines for deployment in deep water could also...
New player tackles radar problem
UNITED KINGDOM: New firm Aveillant is launching technology it claims will remove...
Technology in depth
Nordex installs first N117/2400 model
WORLDWIDE: Nine months after unveiling a new 2.4MW N117/2400 wind turbine with...
LM unveils 73.5m cutting-edge blade
WORLDWIDE: LM Wind Power's 73.5-metre blade has been developed for Alstom's 6MW...
Windpower Monthly's round-up of 2011
As Windpower Monthly winds down for the end-of-year holidays, we leave you...
US firm launches novel CVT device
UNITED STATES: The overall operational benefits of continuously variable transmission (CVT) devices...
Planning can reduce high-cost cabling risks
WORLDWIDE: Considering the overall cost of an offshore wind farm, subsea cabling...
Alternative solutions for offshore foundations
EUROPE: Offshore wind turbines are largely fixed to the seabed with a...
Solving cabling issues is essential for success
WORLDWIDE: Problems linking offshore wind farms to the shore are resulting in...
Magnet price hikes hit direct drive's future
Permanent-magnet direct-drive generators make gearboxes in wind turbines redundant and this major...
Building an offshore sector to rival Europe
Meteorological studies have shown that China has up to 500GW of exploitable...
High hopes for low wind
Faced with escalating grid-access problems, China is broadening its outlook and starting...
Technology events
Wind Farm Design Seminar
- Date:
- 28 February 2012
- Location:
- Wolverton House
11-17 Wolverton Gardens
London
W6 7DY
www.wolvertonhouse.com - Organiser:
- Windpower Monthly
Wind Farm Cable Installation and Protection Seminar
- Date:
- 29 February 2012
- Location:
- Wolverton House
11-17 Wolverton House
London
W6 7JP
www.wolvertonhouse.com - Organiser:
- Windpower Monthly
Offshore Vessels & Access 2012
- Date:
- 06-08 March 2012
- Location:
- London, UK
- Organiser:
- Windpower Monthly
- WIND TURBINE INSPECTOR, SGS UK Ltd
- £Competitive + Excellent Benefits, Flexible Location
- UK RENEWABLE ENERGY QHSE SERVICE MANAGER, SGS UK Ltd
- £Competitive + Excellent Benefits, Flexible Location
- Interface Engineer, Quanta Consultancy Services Limited
- Negotiable, South West
- WIND TURBINE INSPECTOR, SGS UK Ltd
- £Competitive + Excellent Benefits, Flexible Location
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