TURBINE MANUFACTURERS

The latest news, analysis and opinion on some of the world's largest turbine manufacturers, including Vestas, Siemens Gamesa, GE Renewable Energy, Goldwind, Nordex, Enercon, MingYang and Suzlon.

Vestas

Exclusive: Vestas’ cable-stayed rotor achieves ‘technology leap’

Field testing of Vestas' cable-stayed rotor system, based on a standard Vestas V136-4.2 MW turbine with a 112-metre hub height, is to run from May 2023 to Q4 next year

‘Ready to go’: Vestas awaits orders in post-IRA US

Vestas CEO Henrik Andersen was optimistic about the future of the US wind market, but less so about Europe

Vestas returns to profit – but CEO sees challenges ahead

Vestas recorded a firm order of intake of 3,303MW in the first quarter of 2023 – a slight increase year on year

Fortum launches arbitration against Vestas over Russian wind farm contracts

Vestas signed agreements to supply Fortum wind farms in Russia prior to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 (pic credit: Frank Boutrup Schmidt)

Analysis: European wind turbine demand remains in doldrums as Q1 ends

Windpower Intelligence collated the details of 4.6GW of firm turbine orders reported in March (pic credit: Vestas)

Vestas turbines to power German green hydrogen energy facility

The project will power an electrolysis plant just outside the city of Lauchstädt, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt (pic credit: Harald Lange/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

BloombergNEF highlights global turbine supply leaders in 2022

Goldwind became the first Chinese OEM to top BloombergNEF's ranking of wind turbine suppliers in 2022

EnBW sells minority stake in 1GW He Dreiht offshore wind farm

The EnBW offshore wind farm at Hohe See in the German North Sea (Credit: EnBW / Rolf Otzipka)

Vestas wins first order for V163-4.5MW turbine

Vestas's V163-4.5MW turbine can be used globally, but is particularly suitable for sites in the US, Latin America, South Africa and parts of southern Europe

Vestas plans New York blade factory as offshore wind giants target state

Vestas aims to build an offshore wind blade manufacturing plant near Albany, New York

China dominates 2022’s record wind turbine order intake

Chinese OEM Envision secured the highest total firm turbine orders in 2022, according to Wood Mackenzie

Former Vestas CEO to take over as chair

Bert Nordberg (left) due to stand down as Vestas’ chair next month. He is due to be replaced by Anders Runevad (right)

Vestas in line for 1.9GW wind turbine orders in Brazil and South Korea

Korea South-East Power Company plans to build its project off the coast of South Jeolla (pic credit: shinnascf/Imazins via Getty Images)

Moody’s: Western turbine makers to return to profitability in 2024

Inflation and higher raw materials prices have hit the wind power supply chain hard in recent years (pic credit: Vestas)

Ukraine’s DTEK installs '100MW wind capacity' despite Russian war

Ukraine has lost 90% of its operational wind power capacity during the war, according to DTEK's CEO (Image credit: STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

Video: ‘Self-installing’ wind turbine solution set for UK test

An artist's impression of how SenseWind's technology will look lifting the nacelle and rotor into place on top of a turbine tower

Moody’s downgrades Vestas rating as wind giant flags slower recovery

Moody’s flagged “weakened credit metrics” in downgrading its rating for wind turbine giant Vestas

Vestas plans offshore wind nacelle plant in New Jersey

Vestas intends to build an assembly plant for its offshore wind turbine nacelles in New Jersey

Which wind turbine maker dominated US installations in 2022?

GE's 2.82-127 model was the most popular turbine for 2022 installations in the US

Vestas' breakthrough recycling solution for all epoxy-based blades

Vestas is due to launch a two-year pilot phase to assess its newly discovered chemical process

Siemens Gamesa

Siemens Gamesa targets North America with new 4.4MW turbine

Siemens Gamesa plans to make blades for the SG 4.4-164 turbine at its factory in Fort Madison, Iowa

Siemens Gamesa to divest Windar stake

Windar makes towers and foundations for wind turbines – both onshore and offshore – and has factories in Brazil, India, Mexico and Spain

Siemens Gamesa deal for vessels to transport next-generation turbine parts

Artist impression of the vessels designed with the aim of reducing energy consumption and transporting the largest offshore wind components

Siemens Gamesa's losses widen as ‘onerous projects’ hit

Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch

GE has learned a hard lesson from its patent battle with Siemens Gamesa

The settlement is the best possible outcome for everyone, argues Shashi Barla

Siemens Gamesa unveils 'GreenerTower' using low-carbon steel

Siemens Gamesa's 'GreenerTower' is made using a third of the emissions of conventional steel (pic credit: Siemens Gamesa)

Cadeler to install Siemens Gamesa's 11MW turbines in the Øresund strait

Cadeler will deploy one of its O-class vessels to install the turbines (Image credit: Cadeler)

Siemens Gamesa signs turbine deal to power Indian steel giant

Siemens Gamesa plans to produce the turbines at its manufacturing plants in India

Siemens Gamesa secures rare earths for offshore wind turbines

Arafura is due to supply Siemens Gamesa with rare earth materials under the initial five-year deal

JP Morgan Chase chief calls for US to seize land for energy transition

JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon told shareholders the state may need to invoke 'eminent domain' in order to secure new wind and solar projects (Credit: Alex Wong / Getty Images)

Analysis: Why did Siemens Gamesa and GE settle their legal battle?

(Image credits: Getty Images U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts)

GE and Siemens Gamesa settle wind turbine patent disputes

GE and Siemens Gamesa had been entangled in patent disputes in Europe and the US, including over GE's Haliade-X offshore wind turbine

Siemens Gamesa to supply 1.4GW East Anglia Three with its largest offshore turbines

Siemens Gamesa's offshore blade factory on the banks of the River Humber in Hull, north east England. (Credit: PAUL ELLIS / Getty Images)

Recyclable blade trial as RWE offshore wind farm begins regular operations

The Kaskasi wind farm, 35km off Heligoland in the German North sea, features three turbines with recyclable blades.

EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act scope ‘too narrow’ for wind self-sufficiency

A view of a rare earth mine at Bayan Obo Mining District, Inner Mongolia autonomous region of China (pic credit: VCG/Contributor/Getty Images)

Siemens Gamesa offshore wind prototype with 236-metre rotor fully installed

Siemens Gamesa lifting the nacelle for its SG 14-236 DD prototype turbine at Østerild

Siemens Gamesa plans New York factory for offshore wind nacelles

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

Doosan to assemble Siemens Gamesa offshore wind turbines in South Korea

Siemens Gamesa has previously supplied turbines to offshore wind farms elsewhere in the Asia Pacific region, including Taiwan (pic credit: Swancor Renewable Energy)

GE-Siemens Gamesa patent battle: Judge doubles royalty fee but slams both turbine giants

A US judge had previously ruled that GE’s flagship offshore wind turbine breached a Siemens Gamesa patent and banned the sale, import and installation of Haliade-X turbines in the US (Credits: GE and SGRE)

Siemens Gamesa boss sees ‘much work ahead’ as €884 million net loss confirmed

Challenging results underline the magnitude of the task of returning to profitability, said Siemens Gamesa boss Jochen Eickholt

GE Renewable Energy

Major OEM launches online store for spare turbine parts

Turbine components supplied by LM Power (pictured) and used by GE will be available in the online store

GE plans New York assembly line for 6MW onshore wind turbines

A 6MW GE turbine at a site in New York state

Tax credit uncertainty throttles Q1 onshore wind installations in US

GE's turbines accounted for 74% of US onshore installation in the first quarter of 2023 (pic credit: Rich Crowder/GE Renewable Energy)

Why IRA changed everything: Windpower Monthly talks to GE onshore chief Vic Abate

GE is now focused on fewer products and core customers, in core markets says Vic Abate

GE sees heavy losses continue despite sharp rise in Q1 turbine orders

Orders for onshore turbines in North America helped nearly double GE's Q1order intake year on year (pic credit: GE Renewable Energy/Rich Crowder)

GE working on 18MW Haliade-X turbine – energy chief

CEO of GE's energy businesses Scott Strazik told investors the company was working on a 17-18MW offshore wind turbine

GE to cut onshore wind turbine variants in push for 2024 profit

GE's CEO of onshore wind Vic Abate speaking at the US company's investor day event

Video: RWE probes GE wind turbine collapse in Illinois

RWE’s Pioneer Trail wind farm in Ford County, Illinois consists of 94 of GE’s 1.6-100 turbines and was commissioned in 2011 (pic credit: GE)

GE commissions first commercial spiral-welded wind turbine tower

Keystone's spiral-welding tower equipment at its factory in Pampa, Texas

GE to build New York plants if Haliade-X patent ‘work-around’ succeeds

GE has now redesigned its Haliade-X in a way that does not infringe Siemens Gamesa's patented IP, it says, and has asked the court to remove the injunction on selling the turbine in the US

‘IRA a real gamechanger’ for US renewables – GE chief

General Electric CEO Larry Culp Jr described the Inflation Reduction Act as a "gamechanger" for renewable energy

GE Renewable Energy confirms $2.2 billion 2022 loss

GE Renewable Energy confirming its $2.2 billion loss for 2022 comes as turbine manufacturers report continuing heavy losses amid inflation and supply chain disruptions

Ørsted acquires remaining stake in US wind farm named in patent dispute

The Ocean Wind 1 project is planned off Long Beach, New Jersey (Pic credit: Pam Ullman)

UK ruling in GE-Siemens Gamesa case could impact all offshore wind patents

The UK judge's decision in the patent case cold have major implications for all offshore patents, argues Robbie Gauld

GE eyes South Korea offshore wind factory with Hyundai Electric

GE Renewable Energy’s Haliade-X turbine in the Port of Rotterdam (pic credit: Danny Cornelissen for GE Renewable Energy)

UK judge rules Siemens Gamesa patent ‘invalid’ in GE case

GE's Haliade-X offshore wind turbine in the Port of Rotterdam

Two dead after wind blade truck overturns in South America

Two died when a truck carrying a wind turbine blade overturned on a highway (Pic credit: Policía Rodoviaria Federal, Brazil)

Firms to produce ‘sustainable’ turbine blades made from wood

Stora Enso's sawmill in Austria (Pic credit: Stora Enso)

GE plans to use Egyptian offshore wind to power oil and gas

The companies plan to use wind turbines to power oil and gas facilities in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt (Pic credit: DeAgostini/A Vergani/Getty Images)

‘Histrionic rhetoric’: GE hits back at Siemens Gamesa's criticism of Haliade-X workaround

GE's Haliade-X turbine (pictured) is at the centre of an ongoing patent dispute with Siemens Gamesa (pic credit: GE)

Goldwind

Work paused at Australian wind farm after reports of safety concerns

Andrew Forrest (centre), former CEO of Fortescue Metals Group and head of Fortescue Future Industries, owns Squadron Energy. (Credit: The Washington Post / Getty Images)

Goldwind launches largest onshore wind turbine

Goldwind has supplied turbines to more than 1,000 wind farms globally, mainli in mainland China (pic credit: Li Hua/VCG via Getty Images)

Chinese turbine firm joins wind supergiants with 100GW installed worldwide

Goldwind joins a select few wind manufacturing giants including Vestas and Siemens Gamesa in passing the threshold of 100GW of capacity installed worldwide

Chinese OEM considers $29m manufacturing facility in Brazil

Salvador is the capital of Bahia state in Brazil (pic credit: Gonzalo Azumendi/Getty Images)

Low wind offering with offshore dimensions and big order book

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Goldwind and CTG roll out nacelle for 16MW turbine

Goldwind and China Three Gorges unveiled the 16MW turbine's nacelle in Fujian, China (pic credit: VCG via Getty Images)

Goldwind wins 'milestone' 500MW order in central Asia

Goldwind will supply 111 of its GW155-4.5MW turbines for Masdar's wind farm

Goldwind claims breakthrough in 3D printing using old blades

Goldwind aims to recycle 100% of its wind turbines by 2040

Nordex

‘High costs of old projects’ hit wind turbine maker Nordex

Nordex's losses widened in the first quarter of 2023

Nordex eyes gigawatt-scale green hydrogen projects with Acciona

Nordex H2 plans to develop green hydrogen projects in areas where green hydrogen can be produced at competitive cost

Nordex posts heavy losses in ‘exceptionally intense’ 2022

Nordex posted heavy losses in 2022, but CEO José Luis Blanco believes the company will be more competitive in 2023

Nordex posts heavy loss for 2022 in ‘extremely challenging year’

Nordex CEO José Luis Blanco described 2022 as an "extremely challenging year for the industry" (pic credit: U Mertens)

Nordex kicks off serial production of 6MW-class onshore wind turbines

Nordex installed the first N163/6 X in May 2022 (pic credit: Klaas Eissens)

Nordex eyes €375m Acciona boost to ease inflation pressures

Nordex – and the wider wind power industry – has been hit by inflation of raw material and transportation costs, higher interest rates, and persistent supply chain disruptions

Nordex’s wind turbine order intake falls in ‘challenging’ 2022

Nordex saw "robust demand" for turbines in the 5MW and 6MW class in 2022 (pic credit: U Mertens)

Nordex to supply cold-climate Canadian wind farm

Nordex will make a series of adaptations to the turbines to endure sub-zero temperatures

Nordex and Fraunhofer IWES develop new wind turbine testing method

Nordex and Fraunhofer IWES have validated results from the test bench against field-testing of one of the manufacturer's 5.X turbines

Nordex expects 2022 loss as cost inflation continues to bite

Despite expecting Nordex to make a loss in 2022, CEO José Luis Blanco said he remains “confident” about the wind power industry’s future (pic credit: U. Mertens)

Nordex turbine orders fall amid ‘significant’ Q3 price hike

Nordex CEO José Luis Blanco said the firm's N163/5.X sold especially well in Europe and Latin America (pic credit: Klaas Eissens)

Nordex probe finds cause of collapsed turbine in Germany

The hybrid tower holding a Nordex turbine in the Haltern forest suddenly collapsed last September (image credit: RAG Montan Immobilien)

Analysis: Nordex takes evolutionary step in Delta4000 series with rotor-size leap

The Nordex N175/6.X likely sets a new record for onshore rotor-size (Pic credit: Nordex)

Nordex boosts 6MW onshore wind turbine rotor to 175 metres

Nordex's new N175/6.X retains several components from its existing Delta4000 platform. It installed its first N163/6.X turbine earlier this year (pic credit: Klaas Eissens)

Waking the 'sleeping giant' of German onshore wind

Nordex blames turbine collapse on ‘overspeed condition’

Nordex’s N90/2500 turbine collapsed at Pennant Walters’ 25MW Pant-y-Wal wind farm in southern Wales on 14 February (pic credit: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Nordex’s losses widen amid war and supply chain woes

Nordex explained that the indirect effects of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine were "clearly visible" in its operating results

Nordex turbine collapses at new RWE wind farm in Sweden

The turbine collapsed at the weekend and the cause is being investigated (Pic credit: Birgitta Jansson)

Nordex turbine supply agreement for leading German wind developer extended

Nordex has received a boost to its order books

Nordex to raise €212 million from rights issue as short-term headwinds bite

Nordex will try to raise €212 million from a rights issue (pic credit: Getty)

Enercon

Enercon to install E-175 EP5 prototypes in Turkey

The 6MW Enercon E-175 EP5 prototypes will have a 175-meter rotor with 86-metre-long blades

Odfjell Oceanwind targets 15MW turbines with new floating wind platform

Odfjell Oceanwind's Deepsea Star concept is a column-stabilised, semi-submersible steel design in which the turbine tower would be positioned centrally

Enercon appoints CEO for western Europe

Johan Terpstra has been appointed CEO of Enercon's wester Europe operation (credit: Enercon)

Enercon CEO Jürgen Zeschky discusses the hurdles facing the wind industry

Jürgen Zeschky: "We need this ‘whatever it takes’ moment to speed up the permitting and realisation process for onshore wind.”

Enercon signs 1GW wind turbine supply deal in Turkey

Enercon has installed just over 2.2GW of wind capacity in Turkey to date

Enercon installs first EP3 turbine with E-nacelle technology

Enercon installed the first EP3 turbines to feature E-nacelles at a site in the Netherlands (pic credit: Klaas Eissens/Enercon)

Exclusive: Enercon unveils 6MW turbine with 175m rotor

Enercon will try to fill gaps in the market with its 6.0MW EP5 model, featuring 86m blades (Pic credit: Enercon)

Germany loans Enercon €500 million to stabilise supply chain

The loan is intended to stabilise Enercon's supply chain

VSB plans 330MW onshore wind cluster in Croatia

VSB Group has helped to develop 575MW of operational wind power capacity, according to Windpower Intelligence

New milestone in the evolution of Enercon

Enercon is installing its first commercial 5.56MW E-160 EP5 E3 turbine with E-nacelle at a wind farm in Lower-Saxony

Green Trust and Enercon plan 425MW wind farm in Croatia

Enercon and the Green Trust previously worked together on the Krammer wind farm in the Netherlands (pic credit: Goncalo Silva/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Enercon-owner and EWE joint venture names first CEO

Frank May will start as sole managing director and CEO of Alterric on 1 April 2022

Enercon selects former Nordex boss as new CEO

Jürgen Zeschky (above) will replace outgoing Enercon CEO Momme Janssen from 1 January 2022

Enercon CEO Janssen to leave the company

Momme Janssen took over as Enercon's CEO in December 2020 following the retirement of Hans-Dieter Kettwig

Enercon set to test E-nacelle prototype for E-160 EP5 E3

The E-160 EP5 E-nacelle features a new design for the cast main carrier

MingYang

MingYang signs deal to supply onshore wind farms in Philippines

MingYang currently boasts an installed fleet of over 36GW worldwide according to Windpower Intelligence, the data and research division of Windpower Monthly, with the vast majority of turbines operating at wind farms in mainland China

MingYang announces fish farms on offshore wind foundations

MingYang said it aims to produce around 15,000 fish using devices attached to turbines at the 500MW Qingzhou 4 offshore wind farm in the South China Sea (Image credit: Ming Yang)

MingYang 'first Chinese OEM' to launch recyclable turbine blade

MingYang recently produced a prototype 126-metre blade for its MySE14-260 offshore turbine

Chinese giants push boundaries to cut LCoE

Top turbines 5.6MW-plus

MingYang launches 18MW offshore wind turbine with industry’s largest rotor

MingYang's newly unveiled MySE 18.X-28X features a power rating of 18MW and a rotor diameter of more than 280 metres

MingYang plans 8.5MW onshore wind turbine

MingYang Smart Energy "recently released" its 7.15MW model, which is in the same platform as its 8.5MW turbine

MingYang continues European expansion with UK floating deal

Hexicon says its TwinWind system makes better use of sea space and has a lower environmental impact

MingYang plans $700m London listing to fund international growth

MingYang increased the amount it hoped to raise due to "strong investor demand"

MingYang wins 1GW offshore wind order in China

MingYang launched its MySE 11-230 typhoon-proof hybrid-drive offshore wind turbine in July 2020

MingYang sets sights on UK offshore wind

MingYang’s MySE 5.5-155 turbines at the 198MW Zhanjiang Wailuo offshore wind farm off the south-east coast fo China

Suzlon

Suzlon wins 200MW-plus order in India

The 3MW turbines will be installed on hybrid lattice tubular towers, as seen above

Suzlon’s net profit more than doubles in last quarter

Suzlon plans to prioritise pursuing orders with higher value and better margins (pic credit: Sam Panthaky/AFP via Getty Images)

Founder of Indian wind giant Suzlon Tulsi Tanti dies

Tulsi Tanti founded wind turbine maker Suzlon in 1995 and drove it to become a global force in the wind industry

Exclusive: Suzlon launches 3MW onshore wind platform

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

Indian wind OEM Suzlon’s US unit files for liquidation

The challenges facing Suzlon's new CEO

New Suzlon CEO bullish on Indian renewables growth

Suzlon CEO Chalasani stands down