Wind

Portugal's Technological Free Zones to Turbo-Charge Floating Wind Take-Off

Tuesday, 13 December 2022 REM Portugal is accelerating efforts to become a world leader in the rapidly emerging floating wind sector through specially adapted 'Technological Free Zones', offering innovation spaces to develop new technology. Building ...

X1 Wind Successfully Installs Floating Wind Platform in spain

Friday, 28 October 2022 REM X1 Wind's floating platform has been successfully installed at the PLOCAN test site in the Canary Islands. As summer trade-winds abated, a suitable weather window allowed X1 Wind and partners from the ...

Iberia to Strengthen Case as World Leading Hub for Floating Offshore Wind

Thursday, 27 October 2022 REM Iberia will strengthen its case as a world-leading hub for floating offshore wind as energy sector heavyweights descend on the Portuguese capital to direct the region's future roadmap. Leaders from the ...

Spain

Perceptual Robotics gives a rare preview of its wind inspection capabilities

Monday, 24 October 2022 Robin Whitlock

Perceptual Robotics has given the wind inspections and maintenance industry a preview of its unique capabilities by holding exclusive demonstrations with potential partners.

Mammoet Performs Load-Out of spain's First Grid-Connected Floating Wind Turbine

Wednesday, 19 October 2022 REM Mammoet has completed the transport and load-out of what will be the first grid-connected floating wind turbine in spain. The Saitec-manufactured DemoSATH floating unit, or 'floater', is a prototype for ...

Siemens Gamesa announces new 5.X platform upgrade to 7 MW

Tuesday, 04 October 2022 Robin Whitlock

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has announced the launch of a new product of the Siemens Gamesa 5.X platform with a rated power of 7 MW.

ONYX Insight Reports Rapid Global Expansion as it Surpasses Pivotal Commercial Milestones

Tuesday, 06 September 2022 REM ONYX Insight, a leading provider of data analytics and engineering expertise to the global wind industry, reports exponential international growth as it surpasses a plethora of milestones including 10,000 ...

MIT Unveils Method to Boost Wind Farms’ Energy Output, Without New Equipment

Thursday, 11 August 2022 Virtually all wind turbines, which produce more than 5 percent of the world’s electricity, are controlled as if they were individual, free-standing units. In fact, the vast majority are part of larger ...

Germany

Siemens Energy wins largest grid connection order to date

Friday, 22 July 2022 Robin Whitlock Siemens Energy has won a grid connection order in the high three-digit million-euro range for two new power links, DolWin4 and BorWin4, to transport up to 1.8 gigawatts (GW) of green wind power from several ...

Wind industry charts path out of energy crises with action plan for world leaders

Tuesday, 19 July 2022 Robin Whitlock The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has today (19th July) published an action plan for policymakers to steer a way out of the current energy and climate change crises, which addresses the need to restore ...