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Content Iss. 2021-06-17

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 EDITORIAL
Devil-may-care
Detail_climate-change-5128984_1280The saying could soon apply to humanity. Will a Noah come and save us all with his ark? Unlikely - and undeserved!

The Corona pandemic could have ushered in change. Is the global community - by necessity - finally putting a stop to climate change and taking comprehensive measures to prevent one tipping point after another from being passed?

Now, almost 1.5 years after the start of the pandemic, the economy is being rebooted, reconstruction and reboot programmes are underway in many places. But has anything changed? Not really.

If at first it seemed as if climate protection would play a major role, not much of that has remained. The business lobby is getting its way. And the bad news never stop. No sooner does a study appear that highlights the ...

 HIGHLIGHTS
REN21 report: Alarming gaps in climate action measures
List_gsr2021_figure_1The new report paints a dire image of the current state of climate action - despite the pandemic.

2020 could have been a gamechanger. Economies worldwide were ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

GWEC launches campaign on Global Wind Day
List_gwec_campaignThe wind industry’s new campaign for COP26 asks governments, companies, and people across the world one critical question: Wind. Are You In?

The world is in a ‘make or break’ decade for climate ...

ORE Catapult publishes new paper
List_offshore_wind_15Major new renewables report sheds light on the financial implications of a future powered by wind.

And the pressure is far from off: offshore wind capacity needs to grow more than seven-fold by 2050 if the UK is to meet ...

UK launches Offshore Wind Environmental Evidence Register
List_moewe_2The Offshore Wind Environmental Evidence Register (OWEER) will build a publicly accessible UK-wide register of evidence gaps and relevant research projects across three main areas to support the knowledge base for the development of new...
 WINDFAIR EDITORS
Blue Gem Wind starts digital aerial surveys for Valorous floating wind project
Nordex announces gigawatt order
DIF Capital Partners awards Vestas four project contracts
Detail_vestas_denmark_2Vestas received orders from DIF Capital Partners for four wind farms in Poland, all of which were awarded in the second round of Polish auctions starting in 2019 and have a combined total capacity of 108 MW.

The four projects are Pruszcz (70 MW), Markowice (26 MW), Piaski (8 MW) and Wyszki (4 MW). The Pruszcz and Markowice projects are located in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodship, while the Piaski and Wyszki projects are located in the Wielkopolskie voivodship.

Vestas will supply 52 ...

 MEMBER NEWS
ENGIE and Deutsche Windtechnik expand their cooperation
List_deutsche_windtechnik_20180913A wind farm in Poland expands the cooperation between ENGIE and Deutsche Windtechnik.

In addition to wind farms in France, Benelux and Germany, Deutsche Windtechnik began providing service for a wind farm operated by ...

NTN-SNR and TotalEnergies Join Forces for Mobility
List_total_20210617NTN-SNR, a world leader in precision engineering, and TotalEnergies’ Lubricants division, a major player in the production and distribution of lubricants, are renewing their mutual commitment by signing several strategic partnerships in the...
European Wind industry calls for landfill ban
List_wind_bau_8WindEurope calls for a Europe-wide landfill ban on decommissioned wind turbine blades by 2025.

At the Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE)’s Annual Congress Giles Dickson, CEO of WindEurope, and Juan Virgilio ...

Nexans to connect Viking Wind Farm
List_nexans_20210615Nexans has been awarded a multi-million euro contract by SSE Renewables to supply 800km of underground cables that will make the vital power connections for the Viking Wind Farm on Shetland.

Nexans has been awarded a ...

Partnership for Norwegian offshore wind formed
List_statkraft_20210614The partnership of bp, Statkraft and Aker Offshore Wind will pursue a bid to develop offshore wind power in the Sørlige Nordsjø II licence area.

The partnership – in which bp, Statkraft and Aker Offshore Wind will each ...

GE Renewable Energy and neowa sign MoU for recycling turbines in Germany
List_ge2dot5-120_rehborn_germanyAs a part of the agreement, neowa will provide deinstallation services to GE Renewable Energy and its customers, including dismantling and removing decommissioned turbines from the turbine pad, as well as recycling various...
GE Renewable Energy: tackling the problem of recycling
List_ge2dot75-120_emsdetten_germanyGE Renewable Energy and LafargeHolcim signed an MoU to explore circular economy solutions to utilize materials from decommissioned wind turbines.

GE Renewable Energy and LafargeHolcim announced today an MOU to explore ...

M-PT: New! Hydraulic pump with data logging
List_01Complete documentation of all bolt connections is now also possible with the hydraulic bolting systems from M-PT.

In May 2021, the new HEM 7 hydraulic pump with Documentation System was introduced onto the market. A torque table ...

WindEnergy trend:index: wind industry in good spirits
List_messehalle_hamburgThe data published in the seventh issue of the WindEnergy trend:index shows the best results ever concerning the mood in the wind industry.

Among the top winners in this mood barometer are the European and North ...

 INDUSTRY NEWS
Norway gets new wind energy research centre
Fugro develops monitoring solution for floating wind turbines
Germany: New bearing test rig in operation
South America's largest wind farm starts producing electricity
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