Plant Operations

News, press releases and in-depth analysis and coverage of wind turbine, wind farm and wind power plant operations.

Sinovel unveils plan for wind turbine plant

CHINA - Sinovel Wind Group has announced plans to invest 3 billion yuan (£285 million) in a plant to produce turbines for the domestic and international market.

Siemens forced to repair coroding bearings on 3.6MW offshore turbines

OFFSHORE: Siemens is carrying out essential maintenance work on four offshore wind...

Copper thieves shut down 93MW wind farm

New Zealand's Taraua wind farm: broken into by thieves

NEW ZEALAND: Thieves have shut down a 93MW New Zealand wind farm...

Romanian wind farm protestors shot by rubber bullets

A separate CEZ wind farm project at Fantanele, Romania -

ROMANIA: Protestors were yesterday injured by rubber bullets in extraordinary scenes during...

UTC backs Clipper with warranty guarantee

US: Clipper Windpower has reached an agreement with its shareholder UTC for...

DOE grant enables veterans' wind energy training

US: Military veterans making the transition to civilian life as wind industry...

Offshore monopile failure - a solution may be in sight

The recently completed monopile filling process at the Dutch OWEZ wind farm

OFFSHORE: A remedy may have been found for the design flaw that...

Investigators still reviewing Horns Rev I shutdown

DENMARK: Investigators at the 160MW Horns Rev I offshore wind farm are...

Enercon tops German servicing satisfaction survey

GERMANY: Inadequate spare parts, insufficient service technicians and miscommunication are all issues...

EWEC: Technology debate erupts at summit

We still do not really know what is going on inside a...

Slipping turbines trigger investigation into design

Laying of foundation at the Horns Rev 2 wind farm

OFFSHORE: The wind industry has been rocked by discovery of possible flaw...

More Plant Operations news

Cutting the cost of offshore wind energy

Kentish Flats. Serving accounted for half of its running costs in one year

EUROPE: Estimates of offshore operation and maintenance costs vary considerably. Although a...

How to measure up to expectations

Anemometors are sited at regular intervals

The more accurate the wind measurements on a proposed site, the more...

'My job is to make sure the project can be built'

Planning delivery of turbine parts is just one of the many jobs to be co-ordinated

EUROPE: Guiding the process of building a wind farm calls for an...

Windicator: Quarterly update of industry share price performance and global installed capacity

As world capacity growth continues to slow and cheap gas in North...

Scotland banks on North Sea once again

UK: Scotland is today a major supplier of petroleum and gas. But...

Investment in offshore research will prevent costly errors

Turbine testing. Narec has the only full-scale blade testing facility in the UK

UK: Looking back to the early days of wind power, it's clear...

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