Nordex last week reported net losses tripling to €150.5 million in the first quarter of 2022 and Ebitda losses widening to €88.9 million

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Acciona invests €140 million in Nordex

27 June 2022 by Craig Richard

Anchor shareholder backs Nordex against short-term headwinds as German turbine manufacturer reports widening losses

Doosan supplied ten 3MW turbines to the Tamra offshore wind farm in South Korea (pic credit: Korea South-East Power Company)

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SGRE eyes Korean offshore with strategic Doosan cooperation

27 June 2022 by Janet Wood

Siemens Gamesa and Doosan sign agreement to investigate strategic cooperation in South Korea's nascent offshore wind sector

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Ørsted installed 12 artificial reef structures on the seabed at its Anholt wind farm in the Danish Kattegat

Ørsted installs 3D-printed reefs at Anholt offshore wind farm

From 1 July, Thomas Alsbjerg will be executive vice president of digital solutions and development

Vestas boosts digital solutions and project development

End the 'arms race' on new turbines and you can win the war on value, argues Ben Hunt

Opinion: Distribution of value in the wind industry is broken – it’s time for a new settlement

Turkey has 10.8GW of operational wind power capacity, according to Windpower Intelligence (pic credit: GE)

Turkey awards 850MW in onshore wind tender

The Maverick wind farm in north-central Oklahoma was commissioned in 2021 and consists of 12 of GE’s 2.5-116 turbines and 91 of its 2.82-127 turbines

AEP to probe GE turbine collapse in Oklahoma

Alinta consists of 54 of Vestas’ V82-1.65MW turbines and has been operating since 2006 (pic credit: Iberdrola)

Iberdrola rests wind farm after turbine collapse in Australia

Offshore wind vessels are to be designated as ‘Vessels of National Interest’ by the Biden administration (pic credit: Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith)

Biden administration launches federal partnership to boost US offshore wind

Eni's headquarters in Rome

Eni halts renewables IPO amid ‘volatile and uncertain’ market

HWS’s integrated technology solution features a pre-cast concrete AirBase foundation, a self-climbing AirCrane and the AirTower

Wind turbine towers: is it time to ditch steel for prefab concrete?

Hi-voltage cabling can help deliver cost savings for offshore wind farm (pic credit: NKT)

Offshore industry urged to act fast and switch to cost saving 132kV array systems

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SGRE in line for RWE’s Polish offshore wind farm

Vestas confirms firm order for French floating project

CIP backs 1GW Spanish onshore wind portfolio

Siemens Gamesa wins 913MW offshore wind turbine order

RWE targets French floating offshore wind tender

GE to build Turkish wind-solar hybrid project

Nordex to supply first N149 turbines in Poland

RenewableUK appoints first head of offshore wind

Uruguay eyes wind energy expansion to support green hydrogen

Record offshore wind activity but injury rate low - report

Ukraine war prompts Finnish military to block wind projects

Vattenfall buys majority share in 2.8GW of Swedish floating wind projects

Vestas wind turbines to power Finnish distillery

GE buys large minority stake in Indian wind farm

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The offshore wind industry must work together to achieve 2030 deployment targets, argues Anders Nielsen

Opinion: Slow down turbine development to speed up the offshore rollout - Vestas CTO

21 June 2022 by Anders Nielsen

It's time for a more collaborative approach to meet 2030 offshore wind deployment targets

The disputed Haliade-X turbine (Pic credit: GE Renewable Energy)

Jury awards royalties after verdict in GE vs SGRE court battle

20 June 2022 by Ros Davidson

Verdict has implications for Vineyard Wind 1 project which might use the disputed technology

Tebulo is developing this automated solution using rollers in parallel to pursuing a precision spray painting option at the request of turbine and blade manufacturers

How can automated blade coating meet industry, quality and volume demands?

14 June 2022 by Eize de Vries

Tebulo Industrial Robotics tells Eize de Vries how it is working with industry to take its blade-painting robot technology to the next stage

Net zero will not be achieved without gender diversity, argues Katie Jackson

Opinion: Lack of female leadership is an uncomfortable truth for the wind industry

9 June 2022 by Katie Jackson

Building a net zero workforce means a step change on the representation of women

Vestas EnVentus and V236-15.0 MW powertrain interface ring elements; the largest ring connects the main bearing unit and gearbox of the V236 powertrain

Exclusive analysis: the Vestas V236-15.0 MW powertrain

24 May 2022 by Eize de Vries

ZF Wind Power invited Windpower Monthly’s Eize de Vries to take a look at the fully integrated 15MW powertrain being developed with Vestas

The offshore wind sector needs 70,000 skilled workers but where do we find them, asks Robert Fradley

Opinion: How do we close the offshore wind skills gap?

26 May 2022 by Robert Fradley

A three-pronged approach is required, including seeking people with transferable skills as well as a diverse workforce

REPowerEU is a big step in the right direction but there’s more to do, argues Giles Dickson

Opinion: RepowerEU action plan hits the nail on the head

20 May 2022 by Giles Dickson

War in Ukraine has opened everyone’s eyes to the risks of over-reliance on foreign energy imports

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Will war in Ukraine lead to faster energy transition?

4 May 2022 by Ian Griggs

Vestas, Acciona and the European Commission discuss whether the war has sharpened minds on green energy roll-out

The proposed buyout of SGRE is a step in the right direction for the wind industry, argues Will Sheard

Opinion: Proposed SGRE buyout is correct response to wind industry economics

19 May 2022 by Will Sheard

The potential buyout of Siemens Gamesa makes sense for the industry's health if it is to meet the huge demands placed on it by energy transition

Draft plans to cut permitting times should be given a cautious welcome, writes Peter Dickson

Opinion: Don’t lose sight of ESG as we streamline EU permitting

13 May 2022 by Peter Dickson

Draft legislation to cut permitting time is welcome but we also have a responsibility to the environment

Turbines of the Year

Windpower Monthly turbines of the year 2021

Windpower Monthly Turbines of the Year 2021

17 January 2022 by Eize de Vries

The wind industry continues to raise the bar with new innovations and evolutionary developments, as our selection shows

The Nordex N163/5.X prototype was installed last summer

Turbines of the Year 2021: Onshore turbines 4.7MW-plus

18 January 2022 by Eize de Vries

Low wind pioneer takes top spot with new model, but Chinese OEMs with super-size rotors are making headway

MingYang's MySE4.0-166 illustrates the trend towards large rotors with relatively modest ratings to compensate for the loss of onshore wind subsidies in China

Turbines of the Year 2021: Onshore turbines up to 4.6MW

18 January 2022 by Eize de Vries

End of Chinese onshore subsidies creates new 3.5-4MW-plus “large-rotor” segment with focus on cutting levelised cost of energy

Siemens Gamesa’s SG 14-222 DD prototype was installed in October at a site in Denmark

Turbines of the Year 2021: Offshore wind turbines

17 January 2022 by Eize de Vries

Extensive track record pays dividends for major offshore player, but as sector expands beyond Europe, competition is getting fiercer

Winergy oil-cooled medium-speed PMG uses transformer oil to directly cool the stator coils

Turbines of the Year 2021: Drivetrains

20 January 2022 by Eize de Vries

Focus on lowering costs as turbine sizes increase, with the winning solution ready for future 20MW-plus powertrains

About 95% of the original materials in Siemens Gamesa's RecyclableBlade can be recovered, according to the company

Turbines of the Year 2021: Wind turbine rotor blades

19 January 2022 by Eize de Vries

Blades are still getting longer, but as the R&D focus on recyclability gathers pace, the winning concept has the edge

Wallay Boats' 18-metre prototype crew transfer vessel is due to be ready in May and will be chartered by utility EnBW

Turbines of the Year 2021: Innovations

21 January 2022 by Eize de Vries

The wind industry’s supply chain continues to innovate in response to growing turbine sizes and cost pressures, both onshore and offshore

Stiesdal Offshore's TetraSpar prototype is currently being tested off the Norwegian coast

Turbines of the Year 2021: Floating systems to watch

21 January 2022 by Eize de Vries

While floating wind is still a small offshore segment, it is seeing a lot of innovative design work. We look at some systems to watch

Technology

CfD reform could attract £175bn in wind investment

US grid systems are set to receive an overhaul under the proposed changes (pic credit: John Paraskevas/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

Proposals to speed up grid connection in US get unanimous FERC approval

GE's Haliade-X is currently operating in the Port of Rotterdam at 14MW

SGRE vs GE court case: ‘60GW US offshore wind exposed to intellectual property risk'

Wind Catching Systems' technology is due to of 117 turbines in a frame 350 metres wide and 300 metres tall

General Motors backs multi-rotor floating wind concept

Suzlon appointed Ashwani Kumar (above) as CEO in October 2020

Exclusive: Suzlon launches 3MW onshore wind platform

Fears over offshore wind farms’ effect on bird populations have consistently caused delays to deployment (pic credit: Jiande Wu/Getty Images)

Ørsted backs AI bird-tracking at offshore wind farms

The partners explained that their smart energy island concept can help northern Europe “meet the ever-growing demand for massive data volumes” and make the region more attractive to the world’s largest technology companies

Ørsted plans digital hub for North Sea energy island bid

Saitec's Sath platform can align itself around a single point of mooring, according to the direction of the wind and waves

Saitec plans 50MW Spanish floating offshore wind pilot

When fully operational, EnergyLoop believes the plant could process about 10,000 tonnes of wind turbine blades per year (pic credit: Iberdrola)

Exclusive: Iberdrola JV plans €10m blade recycling plant

Deme Offshore and Eiffage Métal started installing the foundations at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm in spring 2021

All foundations installed at flagship French offshore project

Business and finance

Workers at the Ananthapur Wind Farm in India (Pic credit: SGRE)

India needs $223 billion to meet 2030 renewables targets

A signing ceremony for the offshore project will take place in Hanoi today (pic credit: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP via Getty Images)

Corio’s offshore project spree continues with Vietnamese JV

Nordex confirms 2022 loss forecast as war and supply chain disruptions take toll

RWE's 295MW Nordsee Ost project (Pic credit: Luftfoto Scheer/RWE)

RWE and Commerzbank plan 1GW offshore wind with new German fund

Aker Offshore Wind will complete its merger with Aker Horizons today

Aker Offshore Wind to complete merger deal with Aker Horizons

Since returning to onshore wind, Ørsted has targeted development in the US, the UK, Ireland and Spain

Ørsted 'close to deal' for German onshore wind firm

The project developers intend to supply renewable power to customers in the local Pilbara mining region (pic credit: Stringer Image/Getty Images)

BP to buy into green hydrogen mega-project in Australia

Octopus Energy Generation already manages 3GW of renewable energy assets across Europe

Octopus Energy enters German onshore wind market

Ørsted has formed several partnerships ahead of Spain's upcoming renewable energy auctions

Ørsted eyes entry into Spanish onshore wind market

Women are not fairly represented in the UK energy sector according to a new report (pic credit: Getty)

‘Glacial’ progress of gender diversity in UK energy sector

Market and policy

China leads the way with the deployment of offshore wind, according to the report (pic credit: MingYang)

Global offshore wind pipeline doubles

Commissioned in 1995, Tunø Knob is the oldest operational Danish offshore wind farm (pic credit: Vestas)

Why wind turbines are more reliable than wind

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers’ study surveyed 908 commercial-scale wind farms in the United States (pic credit: RES)

Wind gets cheaper as industry gets smarter – study

Brazil's iconic Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro (pic credit: Gonzalo Azumendi/Getty Images)

Brazil leads global offshore wind pipeline race

The 998MW Traverse Wind Energy Center in Oklahoma, owned by AEP and developed by Invenergy, was the largest wind farm to come online in Q1 2022

ACP flags policy hurdles as US wind growth slows in Q1

Nordex cited the war in Ukraine – among other factors – in downgrading its guidance for 2022

War and lockdowns ‘likely to send Nordex to 2022 loss'

New Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese visiting a wind farm in New South Wales while on the election trail (pic credit: Anthony Albanese/Twitter)

Australia’s new PM eyes ‘renewables superpower’ status

The UK has nearly 10.5GW of operational offshore wind capacity, according to Windpower Intelligence (pic credit: Ørsted)

Offshore wind sector ‘boosts UK investment case’

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen explained the RepowerEU packaged was designed to help the bloc wean itself off Russian fossil fuels (pic credit: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

EU boosts renewable energy ambitions for 2030

The Horns Rev 2 wind farm in the Danish North Sea (pic credit: Ørsted)

North Sea quartet commits to 65GW offshore wind by 2030

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Project development

Siemens Gamesa's SG 14-222 DD turbine installed at the test centre in Østerild, Denmark

Siemens Gamesa wins firm order for Moray West

The Twelve Apostles landmark off Victoria's Great Ocean Road (pic credit: Christopher Chan/Getty Images)

BlueFloat grows Australian offshore wind pipeline to 5GW

The planned Trollvind site in the Norwegian North Sea (pic credit: Equinor)

1GW floating wind farm planned off Norway

Facebook, Google and Microsoft have large data centres in Iowa (pic credit: Facebook)

Tech giants oppose 2GW Iowa onshore wind hub

Nordex supplied turbines to Colombia's first operational wind farm (pic credit: Jorge Maheca/Wikimedia Commons)

Nordex wins large wind turbine deal in Colombia

Glennmont's Piiparinmaki project is the largest operational wind farm in Finland

Glennmont commissions Finland’s largest wind farm

Ocean Winds aims to have 5-7 GW of projects in operation, or construction by 2025

Ocean Winds unveils 15GW Brazilian offshore wind plans

Shell is building or developing more than 20GW of offshore wind capacity worldwide

Shell eyes entry into Polish offshore wind sector

Brazil recently topped a ranking of global offshore wind markets’ pipelines (pic credit: Christian Adams/Getty Images)

Corio unveils 5GW offshore wind pipeline off Brazil

Nordex is due to supply 22 of its N149/4.X turbines from its Delta4000 series for the 105MW Krivaca wind farm

Nordex wins debut turbine supply deal in Serbia

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