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Sulzer Schmid completes multi-GW blade inspection campaign for Vestas in Europe
Sulzer Schmid, a Swiss company pioneering UAV technology for wind turbine rotor blade inspections, announced that it has completed a massive blade inspection campaign for Vestas, covering close to 4,000 wind turbines across 14 countries of northern and central...
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Vattenfall commits to landfill ban and to recycle all wind turbine blades by 2030
Vattenfall has set?ambitious?targets in how to deal with wind turbine blades at?end of life. An immediate commitment to a landfill ban on decommissioned wind turbine blades has been made. The next decade there will be an intense work increasing...
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DNV awards Design Certification to the highest wind tower ever developed: Nabralift 2.0 HH190
Nabralift 2.0, the new family of Nabrawind´s self-erecting tower (SET), has been awarded with the Design Evaluation Conformity Statement by DNV. Nabralift 2.0 portfolio consists in three different towers ranging from hub heights of 140 meters to 190 meters....
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GE Renewable Energy launches second 107-meter wind turbine blade mold at its Cherbourg factory, France
The company will recruit and train 200 new employees, taking the site’s total workforce to 800. Additionally, GE Renewable Energy plans to expand the site with the construction of an additional hall for finishing blades. Cherbourg plant has established...
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UL Wins Siemens Gamesa Contract to Certify Eind Turbines in the Onshore Wind Energy Industry
UL, the global safety science leader?and one of the world’s top testing, inspection and certification providers for renewable energy projects, has been awarded certification contracts by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) for the company’s most advanced turbine designs. Part...
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RWE successfully completes onshore construction works for Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm
RWE has successfully completed all the major onshore electrical system construction works for Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm; this follows hot on the heels of the final Turbine.
The works, which commenced in September 2018, involved laying 57km of 220kV...
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Nabrawind introduces BladeRunner, a system that drastically reduces the cost of blade replacement and installation operations
The system is crane-free and can be used for blades up to 80 meters long
BladeRunner, the new blade installation and de-installation system developed and patented by Nabrawind Technologies, reduces the cost of blade replacement by 70% compared to maintenance...
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