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Hunterston Exports Power for the First Time
SSE Renewables has exported power from its offshore wind turbine test facility at Hunterston on the North Ayrshire coast for the first time. Hunterston is the UK’s first onshore test site for offshore...
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Siemens say UK “Recognise the Potential of Offshore Wind Energy”
It has just been announced that manufacturing giant Siemens and the UK’s Associated British Ports are to invest a total of £310m in UK wind turbine factories, creating 1,000 jobs at the Green Port...
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Who’s Who in Wind Power: Henrik Stiesdal
If you have to ask who is Henrik Stiesdal, then it’s clear you don’t know much about wind power. In Denmark and also around the world, Henrick Stiesdal is revered and admired as a father of the wind...
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UK Needs To Get its Wind Power Act Together!
Wind watchers and commentators around the globe have been confused and wrong-footed by the UK Government’s on/off like/dislike g0/stop attitude to the future of wind farms. Is it any wonder that...
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Siemens Notch up Second Project in Peru with Cobra Energia
Cobra Energia, the Spanish wind developer, has awarded Siemens Energy another order to expand its onshore wind power fleet in Peru by an additional 97MWs. The Tres Hermanas wind power plant will...
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Siemens win Big Dutch Offshore Contract
Siemens has just clinched a deal with the Dutch Offshore Wind consortium called the Gemini Project. The contracts are for the construction, financing, and operations in Dutch offshore waters- a first...
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Plans “Floated” for Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm
Plans have been unveiled for a floating offshore wind farm project in Scotland. The Kincardine offshore wind farm is a proposed demonstrator floating project located near Aberdeen, approximately eight...
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Three Blades or Two Blades?
Just when we all thought that the three-bladed wind turbine was the industry standard, several major wind-power companies are testing a departure by dropping one of the three blades and spinning the...
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What is a Suction Bucket Jacket??
It’s sounds like something you’d need in your loft water tank, or maybe something to fix a leak in your plumbing system? No. The Suction Bucket Jacket is something which could profoundly affect the...
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Drivetrain Technology
The end of this month sees an important conference, to be held in Bremen, Germany from 27 to 29 October, 2014: It is the 5th International Conference on Wind Turbine Drivetrains. What do we mean by...
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