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Barney horner
Vattenfall chooses Port of IJmuiden as maintenance hub for Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm
Vattenfall has chosen the Port of IJmuiden as its home base for operational and maintenance activities related to the Hollandse Kust 1&2 wind farm. Once the wind farm is completed and commissioned (by 2023), all maintenance and management tasks required to keep the wind farm operational will be performed from this maintenance hub.
Deutsche WindGuard Consulting accredited for calibrating nacelle lidar
Calibration laboratory for remote sensing devices completes accredited range of services
New software for airborne wind energy systems
Academics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid have created novel software which analyses the activity AWES – tethered kites or drones which offer a new source of wind energy
Ingeteam commissioned over 4GW of wind converters in 2018
Ingeteam Power Technology, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion equipment, announced today that it contracted over 4GW of wind energy converters globally in 2018. With a total of 45GW installed capacity to date, the company remains the unchallenged number one supplier of wind power converters in the world.
Europe’s wind industry to meet in thriving wind hub Bilbao
Europe’s wind industry will converge on one of the continent’s most flourishing wind hubs this spring: Bilbao. From 2-4 April, Bilbao will host the WindEurope 2019 Conference & Exhibition, the most important gathering for the wind industry, attracting 8,000 professionals and over 300 exhibitors from 50 countries.
51.3 GW of global wind capacity installed in 2018
New wind energy capacity added in 2018, according to Global Wind Energy Council
Increase in wind capacity in Africa and Middle East
The Middle East and Africa saw a rise in new wind capacity in 2018, according to figures from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).
Offshore wind energy engineering master’s to launch
Tufts University, Massachusetts, will be offering a master’s programme in offshore wind energy engineering from autumn 2019
Partnership for Irish offshore wind
Ireland’s Energy Supply Board (ESB) has joined forces with Belgian offshore wind firm Parkwind to create two offshore developments
Wind farm for Melbourne University
A new wind farm, supported by a group which includes Melbourne University, has begun operation at Crowlands in the Australian state of Victoria.