WindEnergy Hamburg, the world’s largest industry event for the wind industry, is being held next week in Hamburg. Max Bögl Wind AG will be there exhibiting new advances to their hybrid towers which combine concrete and steel. The result is a tower concept that requires less material while ensuring the highest level of stability. Wind-turbine…
Leading wind companies to present for the global market at WindEnergy Hamburg
When WindEnergy Hamburg opens its doors to industry visitors from around the world on September 25th, the exhibition halls will be a global stage for the novelties and the innovative impetus of this fast-growing industry. More than 1400 exhibitors from 40 countries will showcase their products and services at the world’s leading expo for wind energy.…
MHI Vestas signs largest megawatt project in company history
MHI Vestas celebrates financial close with innogy at the 860-MW Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm, confirming the largest megawatt project in the history of the wind-turbine company. The Danish-Japanese joint venture will supply 90 of the world’s most powerful commercially available turbine, the V164-9.5 MW, for the project and has agreed on a comprehensive service…
MHI Vestas signs new offshore wind agreement
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S has signed a conditional agreement for the supply of wind turbines for an offshore project, which is not materially above Vestas’ announcement threshold for offshore projects of 800 MW. The project will be delivered by MHI Vestas Offshore Wind and will not enter into the order backlog of Vestas Wind…
Ørsted & Siemens Gamesa sign first U.S. offshore turbine supplier contract
Ørsted and Siemens Gamesa announced the signing of a subcontract to supply wind turbines for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project founded by Dominion Energy. Ørsted and Dominion Energy entered into a strategic initiative in 2017 to provide Virginia customers with a clean, renewable source of energy. This will be the first offshore wind project to be…
Turbine of the month: Lagerwey L136, 4.5 MW
By Paul Dvorak, Editor Windpower Engineering & Development Most wind-turbine OEMs continually focus on improving the equipment in their nacelles. The engineers at Lagerwey have taken their responsibilities further with a few ideas for a better tower and a clever tower-climbing crane that trims construction and maintenance costs. Unfortunately, the company does not market in…
LM Wind Power to acquire new blade testing and R&D facility
LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy Business, announced the planned acquisition of the WMC test facilities in Wieringerwerf, Netherlands. The transaction is expected to close within a few weeks, subject to certain pre-completion conditions. The facility will provide rotor hub testing for new GE turbines, and continue to offer blade and other testing, digital tools,…
EIA: Wind costs decline, thanks to improved technology & siting decisions
Between 2010 and 2016, the capacity-weighted average cost (real 2016$) of U.S. wind installations declined by one-third, from $2,361 per kilowatt (kW) to $1,587/kW, according to the U.S. Energy Information Association (EIA). These findings are based on analysis in the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (DOE/EERE) Wind Technology Market Report.…
Nordex awarded its largest single wind contract to date
The Nordex Group has gained the largest single contract in its history: it will supply and install turbines for the Lagoa dos Ventos wind farm in Brazil. The Enel Green Power.project has a capacity of about 595 MW, and is composed of 191 AW125 wind turbines. With an installed capacity of 3.15 or 3.0 MW,…
MHI Vestas gains final certification for its V164-9.5 MW offshore wind turbine
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind is celebrating another milestone for its flagship V164 turbine platform: the 9.5-MW model has received its Rotor-Nacelle-Assembly component certificate. This final certification was received one year after MHI Vestas announced the massive turbine to the market, moving the industry one step closer to double-digit MW turbines in the water. “This is…
Vestas to repower two PacifiCorp wind farms in Washington
Vestas has received an order for 216 MW of V100-2.0 MW turbine components, excluding towers, from PacifiCorp, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy. The order is to repower the Marengo wind project, commissioned in 2007, and Marengo II wind project, commissioned in 2008, both located in Washington. PacifiCorp plans to repower the projects’ existing V80-1.8…
CGE Energy issues U.S. patent for installation process of its WIND-e20 turbine
CGE Energy, Inc. announces that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued U.S. Patent No. 9,970,410 to the company, entitled, “Installation and erection assembly for an elongated structure.” This patent covers the proprietary equipment used for the easy delivery and crane-less installation of CGE Energy’s WIND•e20 vertical-axis wind turbine. CGE’s newly issued patent covers a…
Vestas secures 442-MW turbine order from Xcel Energy
Vestas has received an order for 442 MW of V116-2.0 MW and V110-2.0 MW turbines from Xcel Energy Inc. The order is part of Xcel’s proposed multi-state wind expansion to add 3,680 MW of new wind generation to its system, across 12 projects located in seven states throughout its territory. “We are pleased to expand…
Germany’s EnBW enters California offshore wind; Tech giants align to remove contract barriers
The article was first published by New Energy Update Germany’s ENBW has entered the North American offshore wind market by joining Trident Wind’s project to build up to 1 GW of floating wind capacity off the coast of central California. ENBW has created a regional subsidiary, EnBW North America, and formed a joint venture with Trident…
Principle Power and Senvion plan to float a 10-MW turbine
Principle Power recently announced its involvement in a European Commission funded project to accelerate the adoption of the next generation of high capacity offshore wind turbines. Involving the most experienced offshore industry stakeholders, the ReaLCoE project, led by German turbine manufacturer Senvion, serves a strategic mission to develop the “Next Generation 10+MW rated, Robust, Reliable and Large Offshore Wind…
EnBW enters U.S. floating offshore-wind market
Energie Baden-Württemberg (EnBW) is moving into the U.S. wind-energy market by establishing a regional subsidiary, EnBW North America, and forming a joint venture with Seattle’s Trident Winds to develop an offshore-wind project off the coast of Central California. The initial focus of the joint venture is to obtain a site lease from the Bureau of…
Scour researchers collaborate to future-proof offshore wind-turbine monopiles
Scour researchers from Ghent University, Leibniz University Hannover and the University of Porto teamed up with IMDC nv and the Department of Mobility and Public Works (Belgium) to start work on a collaborative project at HR Wallingford’s Fast Flow Facility (FFF) as part of PROTEUS, an EU-funded Hydralab+ project. The research project aims to improve the…
CIP, Magellan Wind join forces to develop floating offshore wind in California
Magellan Wind and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have joined forces to embark upon an early-stage development portfolio of floating offshore wind projects off the California coast and other areas of the United States. Magellan will contribute knowledge of U.S. leasing, permitting, offtake, transmission, and interconnection, and CIP will provide project design, engineering, finance, construction, and operations.…
Ideol, STX partner to develop next-generation offshore substations
Ideol and STX Europe Offshore Energy are teaming up to develop a breakthrough floating substation that will be compatible with both bottom-fixed and floating offshore wind farms. The solution aims at being market-ready for France’s upcoming floating commercial tenders. Based on Ideol’s shallow-draft Damping Pool concept and designed to operate in the world’s most extreme environments,…
Siemens, SeaTwirl partner to develop new floating turbine
SeaTwirl and Siemens have entered into a cooperation agreement focused on developing the technical parts of a floating wind turbine. SeaTwirl is working to launch a commercial-sized floating wind turbine in 2020. ”Siemens is working for a smart and digital industrial production where renewable energy will lead to sustainable industrial production,” said Göran Persson, division…