The Netherlands will soon be home to the world's largest wind turbine. However, wind energy has played a rather subordinate role in the country famous for its old windmills.

In the Netherlands of all places, GE Renewable Energy and their partner Future Wind plan to install the world's largest wind turbine to date this summer. Although the Haliade-X with a capacity of 12 megawatts is actually an offshore turbine, the prototype will initially be erected onshore. In the port of Rotterdam, to be exact.

Wind and weather fit

The North Sea can become rough and uncomfortable, especially in winter. The idea was to make it ...

A new report from Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables predicts that global offshore wind power demand will increase almost sixfold over the next decade with projects deployed commercially across 18 countries by 2027. ...

It's been a record year - again: Corporate clean energy buying surged to 13.4 gigawatts, more than doubling 2017’s total.

BloombergNEF (BNEF) has published its 1H 2019 ...

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) releases a model legislation designed to help states prepare for the consumer-driven electrification boom.

The American Wind Energy ...

A Rutgers-led study used sophisticated forecasting to understand sea breezes and make them a more predictable source of energy which may benefit offshore wind farms

The behavior of offshore sea ...

After Taiwan was regarded as THE offshore trend market last year, now disillusionment has returned. The country's government is significantly lowering the feed-in tariff, which makes some of the planned projects unprofitable at once.

Hardly a month went by last year without new success stories in the offshore sector in Taiwan. The government had comprehensive plans for the expansion of the power supply in this industry and wanted to support the establishment of a local supply chain with help from experienced foreign companies. In addition, there were lucrative ...

Two wind farms in South Africa have announced to reduce the carbon footprint of their wind turbines by changing the concrete mix of their foundations.

110 MW Perdekraal East Wind Farm poured the first of its foundations on 22 November 2018, while 140 MW Kangnas Wind Farm completed the same achievment the following day. This was followed by a 28-day strength test to ensure that the foundations achieved the required design strengths.

Developer Mainstream Renewable Power said that these ...

Senvion will supply turbines for another 84 MW wind project in Chile

Senvion and Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd (“Mainstream”) have signed a conditional contract for 20 ...

GE wants to intensify its focus on the renewable energy market by consolidating all of the company's renewable and grid assets into a single Renewable Energy business.

GE has announced that it intends to intensify ...

'Simply Precise' concludes what LAP stands for

Though the LAP logo remains the distinctive key element, it has undergone evolutionary development and modernization. The color and shape have been retained to guarantee ...

Statkraft is also working alongside with developers, investors and industry associations’ working groups on corporate PPAs, to develop new types of market access solutions in France.

Based on the agreements, ...

The Roxtec knock-out sleeves form an efficient water barrier and are frequently used to seal openings until it is time for cable and pipe routing.

The Roxtec knock-out sleeves form an ...

Hans-Jürgen Wiecha will become his successor

The Supervisory Board of Senvion S.A. has appointed Hans-Jürgen Wiecha as successor to Manav Sharma as Chief Financial Officer. He will join the company from 1 ...