Products of year 2018

And the winners are…

Gold for Goldwind… China takes away the main prize in the 3MW-plus class

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Turbines of the year: Onshore turbines 3MW-plus

2 January 2018 by Eize de Vries

WORLDWIDE: The fast-growing sector, especially in low- and medium-wind sites in developed markets.

Art installation… SGRE’s B82 builds on lessons learned from B75 series, on show when Hull launched its tenure as the UK’s city of culture in 2017

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Products of the year: Rotor blades

8 January 2018 by Eize de Vries

WORLDWIDE: Ease of manufacture plays a growing role in development as blades continue to grow in size.

Evolution… ZF gearbox for V164-9.5MW has increased rated input torque without increasing mass

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Products of the year: Drivetrains

2 January 2018 by Eize de Vries

WORLDWIDE: Sector adapting to higher power outputs and changing grid demands.

Power boost… MHI Vestas takes V164 to 9.5MW

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Turbines of the year: Offshore turbines

2 January 2018 by Eize de Vries

WORLDWIDE: Consolidating market draws breath before the next big step into 10MW-plus waters.

Radical vision… Aerodyn’s two-blade, twin-rotor 15MW floating concept

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Turbines of the year: Innovations

2 January 2018 by Eize de Vries

WORLDWIDE: Wind power has not lost its ability to surprise, as this year's selection indicates.

Prototype… Vestas V116-2.1MW at the Technical University of Denmark’s test site in Høvsøre

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Turbines of the year: Onshore turbines up to 2.9MW

2 January 2018 by Eize de Vries

WORLDWIDE: Still the most fiercely contested and volume end of the market, especially in China and the US.

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Long-distance wake affects nearly all US sites

Vestas opens Russian blade factory

German wind output to increase in 2018

Portugal's 2019 federal budget extended an extraordinary tax on energy producers (known as CESE) to include renewables (pic: Enel)

'Volatile market conditions' in Portugal need reforming