In early November, the board of the working group wind industry in the VDMA elected Bernhard Zangerl, CEO of Bachmann electronic, unanimously as the new chairman of the wind industry working group.
Offshore Wind Energy in Germany 2014 passes the gigawatt mark
The German market for offshore wind energy projects broke through the gigawatt barrier in 2014. By 31 December, 258 offshore wind turbines in the German North and Baltic Seas with a total capacity of 1,049.2 MW fed into the grid. This figure was ascertained by Deutsche WindGuard on behalf of the four organizations VDMA Power…
VDMA conference on safety culture presents Seven Safety Principles
According to the European Risk Observatory on occupational safety and health in the wind energy sector the wind industry reported 1,370 accidents in the period from 1970 to 2013; most of them occurred in the last five years. “It’s not just numbers. There are human beings behind every accident, every incident, every near-miss!” said Lars…