Vestas says a loose connection in the electrical system started the fire in the V112 3 MW wind turbine at the Gross Eilstorf wind farm in Germany on 30 March.
30 April, 2012
The UK and US will collaborate on floating wind under a new agreement to be finalised during this week's Clean Energy Ministerial in London.
25 April, 2012
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Goldwind has launched its new wind turbine, designed for “ultra-low” wind speeds.
24 April, 2012
The UK wind industry has hit back at its critics in Parliament and the press with the publication of a new poll that shows two thirds of the British public are in favour of wind farms.
24 April, 2012
China’s largest wind power developer Long Yuan has opted for GE turbines for its first overseas project, a 100MW wind farm in Ontario, Canada.
23 April, 2012
Repower has scored a second supply contract with Germany’s Renerco to supply turbines for Renerco’s 16.4MW Cotton Farm wind farm in Cambridgeshire, UK.
19 April, 2012
Dong Energy is to test two next generation offshore wind turbines at its Gunfleet Sands site off the eastern coast of England, following consent from the UK authorities to install the turbines.
18 April, 2012
GE is to supply 31 of its 1.6-100 wind turbines to a wind project in Turkey, the first of the series to be installed in Europe.
18 April, 2012
Chinese turbine manufacturer Sinovel and Denmark’s Mita-Teknik are to work together to develop customised wind turbine control systems.
17 April, 2012
Danish turbine manufacturer Vestas has said it is “confident” it is closer to finding out the root cause of a fire in one of its turbines last month.
16 April, 2012
Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa is to launch a new 2MW turbine, which it says is ideally suited for developments on sites with low wind speeds.
16 April, 2012
German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has scored an order for its 2.5MW N90/2500 turbine from China, the first since the launch of a marketing campaign for the multi-MW series in the Far East.
11 April, 2012
The French Government has kicked off France’s offshore wind programme, by awarding the first tenders for offshore wind projects in the country.
11 April, 2012
Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa has won the JEC Innovation award for wind energy for the second year running, this time for one of its modular blades, the Innoblade.
11 April, 2012
Seven weeks ahead of doors opening in Aberdeen, All-Energy 2012, one of the UK’s largest renewables exhibitions, has revealed three new “zones” that will be featured in the show.
10 April, 2012
The French wind industry is to showcase itself at the forthcoming EWEA exhibition in Denmark in the coming weeks.
10 April, 2012
Eleven major wind energy companies have signed a “Wind Charter” promising to use wind power to boost national prosperity in the UK.
10 April, 2012
Scottish ministers have approved Viking Energy’s 370MW wind farm in the Shetland islands, after the developer agreed to reduce the number of turbines from 127 to 103.
08 April, 2012
Atlantic Power, the Boston-based power generator, has bought an additional 48% stake in its planned 300MW Canadian Hills wind project in Oklahoma, taking its total interest in the project to 99%.
04 April, 2012
Turbine manufacturer GE is to supply turbines to 9 new wind power projects in the Canadian province of Ontario.
04 April, 2012
A planned offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts could cut US$286 million a year from New England electricity bills, a study has revealed.
03 April, 2012