Wind turbine OEM Adwen needed a new nacelle-lifting toolkit and accessory equipment that was provided by Airpes.

Adwen continues the development of its 8MW platform and has entered the final stages in the installation of the AD 8-180 prototype in Bremerhaven

Adwen and Winergy worked in closer cooperation to develop the gearbox for Adwen’s AD 8-180 offshore wind turbine. With an input torque of close to 10,000 kilonewton-meters (kNm) and a weight of 86 tonnes. it is the largest wind-turbine gearbox ever built in the world. Winergy’s gearbox was designed exclusively for the AD 8-180 wind…

Adwen, a joint venture between AREVA and Gamesa, recently appointed a consortium for designing and preparing a detailed implantation scheme of the two offshore wind factories it plans to build in France. These facilities will produce the nacelles and blades for the 8-MW turbines to be installed in three future projects: Baie de Saint-Brieuc (2020),…

Adwen and Fraunhofer IWES have signed an agreement to test the drivetrain for Adwen’s next generation turbine of 8MW rated power, the largest offshore turbine on the market. Under the terms of the agreement, the 8MW drive train will be tested in IWES´s new Dynalab (Dynamic Nacelle Testing Laboratory) site, a unique test stand located…

Gamesa has celebrated the fifth edition of its Patents and Inventors Competition, which is designed to acknowledge its employees’ efforts to develop innovative new technology with the potential to set the company’s technology offering apart from that of its competitors. This year’s prize has gone to a rotor positioning invention for which the patent application has…