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The New European Wind Atlas (NEWA) project celebrated its kick-off meeting last 19 March at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Risø campus in Roskilde. This project aims at delivering, over the next five years, the best database of wind characteristics throughout Europe and a new generation of flow models to exploit this database.
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eno energy has completed the overall certification process of their eno rotor blade EB 56 used for the eno 114 turbine per the GL and IEC guidelines. The certification was performed by DNV GL.
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MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has been granted type certification for the V164-8.0 MW from DNV GL.
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Hydraulics are commonly utilised to control the yaw, pitch and braking systems on modern wind turbines. Accumulators are typically used along with hydraulic power units to feather the blade pitch.
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Barge Master delivered its first Barge Master T40 (BM-T40) motion compensated knuckle boom crane. The BM-T40 is installed on the ‘Walk to Work’ vessel the Kroonborg of Wagenborg and compensates for sea induced vessel motions in roll, pitch and heave directions at the base of the crane, up to 3 meters significant wave height.
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China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (Ming Yang) has announced that its super compact drive (SCD) offshore wind turbine prototype of 6.5MW platform began commercial trial operation in Rudong, Jiangsu Province, China in March 2015.
- DHI developed MetOcean database covering Northern European seas
- New AC grid access solution from Siemens
- Siemens increases power output of direct drive offshore wind turbine
- ReSoft Ltd announce a WindFarm release for new visualisation guidelines
- Senvion successfully commissions prototype of the Senvion 6.2M152
- New foundation installation system developed
- Wind Minds introduces visualisation screen
- Babcock’s Forecast reached Stage 2 of the Carbon Trust’s OWA road map
- ZephIR Lidar introduces ZephIR Direct
- First Seatower cranefree foundation successfully installed
- Danish wind energy concept to be tested in USA and Europe
- Acciona obtains Type Certification for 3MW wind turbine
- Alstom obtains final certification for the Haliade offshore wind turbine
- Masdar launches UAE Wind Atlas
- DHI and DTU test scale model of 10MW floating wind
- New battery library for system simulation with MapleSim
- BNSF Logistics announces blade runner service
- AQ System releases AQ510 SoDAR
- TÜV Rheinland to certify Ming Yang turbine
- Parker Kittiwake metallic wear debris sensor achieves ASTM standard
- Norvento receives IEC design compliance for 100kw turbine
- Gamesa and Iberdrola launch a new system for operating wind farms from a distance
- DNV GL certifies Gamesa’s G47 wind turbine lifetime extension programme
- SheerWind introduces three-turbine wind tower
- Blade Dynamics to develop offshore turbine blade tips
- Senvion erects prototype of 6.2M152
- MonoBasewind model test successfully concluded
- Hytorc introduces new product line
- MHI Vestas’provisional type certificate awarded for the V164-8.0MW
- Nordex awarded IEC Type Certificates for the N100/3300 and N117/3000 turbines