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A new crane design could soon be bringing major improvements to the way Vattenfall’s onshore wind farms are built.The climbing crane concept uses the turbine tower instead of the ground for support as it adds more sections in stages, with no limit on how high it can go.
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KenzFigee has launched an up-tower crane solution for offshore wind application. This GenHook offshore up-tower crane with a lifting capacity of up to 30 tonnes is able to perform generator and gearbox exchanges and repairs.
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RWE is testing two new technologies at an onshore wind farm in Spain. These technologies are intended to reduce the impact on the environment during the construction phase of the plant on the one hand and greenhouse gas emissions during subsequent operation on the other.
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Siemens Gamesa is launching its RecyclableBlade for onshore wind power projects. The Siemens Gamesa RecyclableBlade for offshore was launched in September 2021 and installed at RWE’s Kaskasi project in Germany in July 2022.
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Energiekontor has teamed up with Omega-Tools and BASF’s Coatings division to gradually equip its wind turbines with Novaflex BladeUp. Novaflex BladeUp is a film with a microscopic line structures. The riblets reduce the formation of unfavourable air turbulence on the surface of the blades, so that a larger proportion of the wind can be used for generating electricity.
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Vestas has signed an agreement with LM Wind Power. The agreement includes design and manufacturing of blades for V172-7.2 MW wind turbines of the EnVentus platform.
- NKT produces HVDC power cables using low-carbon copper
- Hempel launches leading edge protection coating for wind blades
- API and Offshore Operators Committee to develop standards for offshore wind energy
- Mortenson awarded patent for wind energy project design tool
- Nordex introduces N175/6.X turbine
- Liebherr introduces single-row tapered roller bearings as main bearings for wind turbines
- GE and PhotonFirst enter into partnership for development of transformer monitoring solutions
- LZ Blades produces its first 123 metres wind turbine blade
- GE blocked from selling its Haliade-X in the USA by judge
- CNC Onsite offers onsite wind turbine blade root repairs
- MacGregor to supply deck handling solutions for Van Oord’s wind turbine installation vessel
- TTTech Industrial’s distributed control system integrated in Vestas’ 15MW wind turbine
- Odfjell Oceanwind on track towards full DNV class approval of its floating wind foundation design
- UK companies demonstrate new tech solutions to aid future offshore wind maintenance
- Jotun’s glass flake coating offers offshore protection for over 30 years
- Prysmian finishes 525 kV submarine cable testing
- Bar Technologies launches new offshore wind crew transfer vessel
- V236-15.0 MW prototype nacelle completed and ready for testing
- Fugro introduces new SeisWind 3D system
- RWE tests wind turbine with prefabricated foundation
- ABB wins order for Van Oord offshore wind installation jack up vessel
- WindGuard Certification provides retrofit for FRT test device
- Bombora completes tank testing of a floating hybrid energy platform
- RWE uses “Soft-Spot” wind turbine foundations for the first time
- MingYang installs its first high steel-concrete hybrid tower solution in China
- i4See releases new version of i4See Performance
- Freudenberg Performance Materials is introducing Freudenberg Friction Inserts
- Sennen to develop software tool to digitise offshore wind farm construction
- Nabtesco launches condition monitoring system with a fail-safe function
- BladeBUG unveils new robot