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  • Adwen, LM Wind Power Present World’s Longest Blade

    21 June 2016
    Technology

    Adwen and LM Wind Power have presented an 88.4-metre blade, specifically designed for Adwen’s AD 8-180 wind turbine model. The first of the longest blades in the world has just been manufactured at LM Wind Power’s factory in Lunderskov, Denmark, and will be transported to a facility in Aalborg in the following days, where it will […]

  • Denmark: Siemens Opens World’s Largest Test Facilities

    12 March 2013
    R&D

    Siemens Energy has opened two major Research & Development test facilities for wind turbine technology in Denmark. The new test center in Brande features test stands for major components of Siemens wind turbines, including generators, main bearings and complete nacelles. In Aalborg, seven blade test stands are capable to perform full scale tests of rotor […]

  • Germany: Vestas, SNCF Geodis Transport Wind Turbines by Rail

    13 September 2012

    Vestas and SNCF Geodis are pioneering the transportation of massive wind turbine blades by railway. Transporting up to nine 55 meter long blades at a time by train reduces cost, time and CO2-emissions as well as freeing up space on congested European roads. Vestas, the world’s leading wind turbine manufacturer, once again takes an innovative […]

  • MingYang Rolls Out First 99-Metre Blade for Its 11 MW Offshore Wind Turbine

    30 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Technology

    MingYang Smart Energy has produced the first 99-metre blade for its MySE 11MW-203 wind turbine at the Guangdong Shanwei offshore blade production facility in China. The company said its independently developed MySE 11-99A1 blade was designed for high-wind IEC IB sites and typhoon-class conditions, with extreme wind speed of 70 m/s or 156 mph. “MySE […]

  • ATAM Tests Robotic Crawler for Blade Inspection at ORE Catapult

    22 November 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Great Yarmouth-based ATAM Group has tested its robotic crawler, developed for the inspection of wind turbine blades, on the full-size turbine training tower and along test blades at ORE Catapult’s facilities in Northumberland, which is offered as part of a GBP 50,000 grant awarded to ATAM from the GBP 6 million SCORE Innovation fund.

  • Newly Discovered Chemical Process Renders All Existing Wind Turbine Blades Recyclable

    8 February 2023
    Business development, Environment, Innovation, Research & Development

    A new chemical process discovered as part of a Vestas-led project allows for epoxy-based blades to be broken down into raw material that can be reused in new wind turbine blades. The wind turbine manufacturer has revealed plans to scale up the newly discovered chemical disassembly process into a commercial solution by teaming up with […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES Develops Test Stand for Rotor Blade Coatings

    6 January 2014
    R&D, Technology

    Fraunhofer IWES, in collaboration with industrial and research partners, is building a test stand which is to help in developing weatherproof coatings for rotor blade surfaces. Rotor blades are exposed to severe environmental conditions: rain, hail, sand, salty sea water and dirt all gather on the surfaces and lead, especially on blade leading edges, to […]

  • First Galloper Blades Reach Great Yarmouth

    11 April 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    The first consignment of Siemens wind turbine blades for the Galloper offshore wind farm have arrived at Peel Ports Great Yarmouth, the turbine maker’s assembly and installation base for the 336MW project.

  • Taiwanese Blade Facility Breaks Ground

    16 June 2020
    Ports & Logistics

    MHI Vestas supplier Tien Li Offshore Wind Technology has started construction on a 210,000 square metre facility in Taichung Harbour to supply blades in Taiwan. Both production and storage facilities are being developed for the mass manufacture of blades to be installed at offshore projects in Taiwan and eventually, throughout Asia-Pacific, MHI Vestas said. Along […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES Making Room for XXL Blades

    11 February 2019
    Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    German research institute Fraunhofer IWES has received funding to build a test bench for rotor blades measuring up to 115 meters in length. Fraunhofer IWES received funding to the tune of around EUR 12 million for the `Future Concept Operational Stability Rotor Blades Phase II` project. To this end, a new test bench is set […]

  • Germany: Composites Blowing in the Wind

    19 July 2013

      Energy generated from wind is now an integral part of the power supply for all major economies and it is composites that form the rotor and capture the wind. The blades have grown in length to over 70 metres as the market matures and moves offshore. All aspects of this vital windmill component are […]

  • Danes Bankroll Blade Maintenance Research

    4 January 2019
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology

    Denmark’s Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP) has awarded financial support to the CORTIR project proposed by a partnership of 21 industry companies and 2 universities headed up by Bladena ApS.

  • TWD: Floating Blade Exchange Tool Cuts Jack-Ups Out of Equation (Expertise Hub VIDEO)

    5 December 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D, Technology, Vessels

    Replacing a jack-up with a barge equipped with a Blade Exchange Tool to remove and install blades and other turbine components offshore leads to significant cost reductions, Guido Vletter, Project Engineer at Temporary Works Design (TWD) said.

  • Autonomous Inspection and Repair Project Reports Several Breakthroughs

    24 June 2020
    R&D, Technology

    The two-year, Innovate UK-funded MIMRee (Multi-Platform Inspection, Maintenance and Repair in Extreme Environments) project has revealed breakthroughs achieved during its first year. The MIMRee project has made concrete steps toward reaching its ultimate goal of having an autonomous system capable of planning its own operational missions to offshore wind farms and deploying the system for demonstration. […]

  • Palfinger’s New Blade Access System to Debut at Thornton Bank OWFs

    15 September 2016

    Palfinger Marine has secured the first order for its newly introduced Palfinger Blade Access (PBA) system with Senvion, which will use it at the Thornton Bank I, II and III offshore wind farms in Belgium. Dirk Reinhold, Head of Maintenance at Senvion, said: “Safe effective maintenance work on the rotor blades is crucial to ensure our high quality standards. By […]

  • Vattenfall Joins In on Wind Turbine Blade Landfill Ban

    13 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment

    Vattenfall has decided to commit to a landfill ban on decommissioned wind turbine blades, effective immediately, and to increase blade recycling rate over the next decade. With this move, the Sweden-headquartered offshore wind major has joined several other developers and OEMs on the now industry-wide initiative. The company has set specific targets on dealing with wind […]

  • GL Shop Approval for Chinese Wind Turbine Blade Production

    26 January 2011

    Tianjin Dongqi Wind Turbine Blade Co. LTD received their first GL Shop Approval from GL Renewables Certification (GL) for the production of rotor blades fabricated from fibre reinforced plastics. Based in Tianjin, China, Dongqi at present is the only rotor blade manufacturer in China with GL Shop Approval, certifying the high standard of their rotor […]

  • Catapult Tackles Turbine Blade Erosion

    14 July 2015
    R&D

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is asking offshore wind industry leaders to join a £1 million project aimed at tackling turbine blade leading edge erosion, one of the key operations and maintenance challenges facing the offshore wind sector. The innovation and research body is inviting expressions of interest from industry to be involved in […]

  • Vestas to Produce 99 Seagreen Blade Sets in UK

    2 June 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Vestas will manufacture 99 out of the 114 V164 wind turbine blade sets for the Seagreen offshore wind project in the United Kingdom. 297 blades in total will be produced by Vestas in the UK for installation at the 1,075 Seagreen off the Angus coast by the end of 2022. Production is currently underway for […]

  • Greensolver Launches Blade Inspection Service

    24 February 2015

    Greensolver has launched its wind turbine blade inspection service thanks to Cornis Blade Inspection Camera.  The service, based on a Cornis camera, enables owners and operators to assess 6-7 onshore turbines, or a minimum of 3 offshore turbines, every day. This significantly increases the current speed and accuracy at which most traditional blade inspections are undertaken and […]

  • LM Wind Power Starts Building Cherbourg Factory

    22 March 2017

    LM Wind Power has started the construction works on its new offshore wind turbine blade factory in Cherbourg, France, the company’s spokesperson confirmed to Offshore WIND.

  • REpower Acquires PowerBlades from SGL Rotec (Germany)

    10 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Effective from December 31, 2011, REpower Systems SE has acquired by purchase the remaining 49% stake in PowerBlades GmbH from SGL Rotec GmbH & Co. KG, a majority company of SGL Group. PowerBlades, headquartered in Bremerhaven, was founded in 2007 as a joint venture for the production of rotor blades for wind turbines. Since the […]

  • Offshore blades: The cutting edge – LM Wind Power

    11 April 2012

    LM Wind Power is the largest and most well-known blade manufacturer in the world but its origins are perhaps surprising. In an exclusive interview with Offshore WIND Peter Hansen, Senior Project Manager LM Wind Power, Technical Account, outlines the development of the offshore blade and the journey that took the company from making mobile fish […]

  • Wind Blade Composites Market Grows as Offshore Wind Energy Advances (Germany)

    16 January 2012

      Many nations have set challenging targets for renewable energy production and it was in this setting that AMI held the latest global conference on Wind Turbine Blade Manufacture in December 2011 in Dusseldorf, Germany. The UK Minister for the Environment had announced potential plans for another 29,000 wind turbines mainly offshore, and Siemens Energy […]

  • MHI Vestas Offshore Wind to Produce V164-8.0 Blades on Isle of Wight

    12 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind will serial manufacture the 80m blade for the V164-8.0 MW, the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine on the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of the UK. The announcement is the first part of a wider industrialisation strategy in the UK which is expected to result in up to […]

  • ABB Robotics Makes Wind Turbine Manufacturing More Efficient (Switzerland)

    27 December 2010
    Technology

    ABB’s robot-based surface finishing concept for wind turbine rotor blades reduces paint shop energy consumption by up to 60 percent and paint consumption by 25 percent compared to alternative methods of applying surface coatings. Most importantly, it provides a perfectly applied layer of protection for one of the most demanding operating environments on earth. Few […]