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A Liebherr tower crane recently erected a wind turbine at an altitude of around 800 metres in the Prechtaler Schanze Wind Farm in the Black Forest. Enercon's Liebherr 1000 EC-B 125 Litronic tower crane erected a new wind turbine in the Prechtaler Schanze Wind Farm in April 2016. With a hub height of 149 metres and a blade diameter of 115 metres, it is the largest turbine ever to be erected using this crane.
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Vestas will introduce its largest onshore turbines to China. The V136-3.45MW turbine combines Vestas' largest onshore rotor diameter, the Vestas-patented Large Diameter Steel Tower technology, and Vestas' latest blade design. The turbine is the newest variant of the 3MW platform.
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TenneT has developed a vision for building a large European electricity system in the North Sea, based on a 'hub and spoke' principle. Central to the vision is the building of an island in the middle of the North Sea to which numerous wind farms can be connected.
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Yno 309 from Ulstein Verft, the first of two Service Operation Vessels (SOV) for Bernhard Schulte Offshore, left the yard for sea trials on Tuesday, 7 June.
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Fred. Olsen introduces an offshore wind specific heliport – a landing base fixed to the seabed within the turbines array – which forms part of a flexible modular concept known as Fred. Olsen Windbase.
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The "Joint project: Loads on the drive components of wind turbines," the so-called FVA nacelle, was inaugurated at the Center for Wind Power Drives (CWD) at RWTH Aachen. The FVA nacelle was developed through the close cooperation of the university and the member companies of the Forschungsvereinigung Antriebstechnik e.V. (FVA), which include Schaeffler.
- Adwen begins testing of the AD 8-180 drivetrain at Fraunhofer IWES test bench
- GE introduces new suite of digital wind farm apps
- Asia´s first rotor blade made of polyurethane
- GE expands introduces North American version of its 3.4MW wind turbine
- Vattenfall and Romo Wind publish performance data of measurement project
- 2.2MW Invelox wind power breaks ground in China
- Reetec introduces new internal blade inspection system
- Senvion announces its highest yield turbine for North America
- Adwen’s AD 5-132 obtains the Type Certificate from DNV GL
- Windsourcing adds BASF Coatings to its portfolio
- Osbit and Seatools team up to develop motion-compensated access systems
- ECN quantifies the benefits of Swinging Around Twin Hull concept
- Gamesa inaugurates a prototype of its offgrid solution
- Ingeteam improves DFIG’s Fault Ride Through behavior with crowbarless solution
- ART and partners develop swap solution for hedging wind farms
- Norvento unveils new nED100 model
- Clean energy solutions for high energy users
- Everoze launches life extension assessment framework
- Siemens SWT-3.3-130 direct drive wind turbine is certified
- Nexans launches low voltage cable solution for wind turbines
- Naming of offshore installation vessel Vole au vent
- First offshore wind service vessel from Ulstein Verft launched
- MHI Vestas installed two more V164-8.0MW wind turbines
- Romax awarded 35th A-DA certificate for wind turbine gearboxes
- Bureau Veritas publishes guidelines for offshore access systems
- Seatools introduces pile dredge tool
- Nordex introduces needs-based aviation obstruction lights on wind turbines
- Test tower and foundation for Burbo Bank Extension installed onshore
- Vestas and DTU working on a multi-rotor concept demonstration turbine
- Goldwind uses ZephIR Lidar for optimisation of 6MW prototype turbine