Wind Energy

BladeBUG and ORE Catapults robot completes first blade walk on UK turbine

The UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has announced that the inspect-and-repair robot being developed with BladeBUG has achieved the world’s first blade walk on an offshore wind turbine. The robot is being developed by the companies under a £1m...

Newly constructed Nxuba wind farm ready for energy generation

With the commissioning of its final wind turbine at 140 MW Nxuba Wind Farm in the Eastern Cape, Enel Green Power (EGP) commenced with the generation and delivery of energy, despite challenges attributed to Covid-19 containment measures and national...

Wind power industry to install 71.3 GW in 2020, showing resilience during COVID-19 crisis

Wind energy will continue to show record growth over the next five years despite the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, and will make a crucial contribution to economic recovery. 71.3 GW of wind power capacity is expected to be...

Mainstream to co-develop a 500 MW offshore wind energay project in Ben Tre province, Vietnam

Mainstream Renewable Power has signed a Joint Development Agreement with Vietnamese company Advance Information Technologies Corporation (AIT), a specialist in providing EPC services to power projects and a strong local developer of renewable energy projects, to co-develop a 500MW...

China to build Europe’s biggest onshore wind park in Ukraine

PowerChina agreed to construct an 800 MW wind power plant in Ukraine’s troubled Donetsk region with local partners. It would be the biggest onshore unit of its kind in Europe. WindFarm signed a contract with PowerChina for the joint wind...

PowerChina, WindFarm unveil 800-MW wind project in Ukraine

Chinese energy construction firm PowerChina has joined hands with Ukrainian developer WindFarm to build an 800-MW wind farm in Ukraine without using any state subsidies. The parties have signed a joint implementation agreement last week, pledging to invest more than...

Vestas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries strengthen partnership in sustainable energy

Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Vestas), a world leader in sustainable energy solutions, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), a leading global manufacturing and engineering firm, have signed an agreement to expand their partnership in sustainable energy. The strengthened partnership...

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