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julian turner
Scana Offshore secured prestigious offshore wind contract
Kvaerner ASA has awarded Incus-owned Scana Offshore AS a contract for the supply of mooring equipment to Hywind Tampen, Equinor’s new floating wind farm. The contract is Scana Offshore’s first hardware contract in the floating wind power market.
Liebherr Group increases turnover to more than €11 billion
In 2019, the Liebherr Group completed another very successful business year with turnover of €11.750 million. This represents an increase of € 1.199 million or 11.4% compared with the previous year.
Wind Europe: Production of critical wind turbine components must continue – and will help cushion the blow of COVID-19
Wind Europe says the COVID-19 crisis now has reaching impacts on the wind energy supply chain as European countries apply measures to contain the outbreak.
Heavy lift crane HLC 295000 reaches next milestone
Liebherr’s maritime manufacturing plant in Rostock has achieved the next milestone in their outstanding heavy lift project.
TÜV SÜD presents Siemens Gamesa with type certificate for wind turbine SG 2.1-122
At the Global Wind Summit in Hamburg, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy received the type certificate for its new wind turbine of the type SG 2.1-122. The SG 2.1-122 wind turbine was developed specifically for low-wind sites.
Wind energy breaking new ground
Everywhere we look – geographically, politically, technologically and financially – wind energy is breaking new ground.
Smart Energy at WindEnergy Hamburg: world’s leading wind industry expo to showcase future of wind energy production, integration and storage
The urgency to drive down turbine product lifecycle costs and in parallel combine wind with other smart energy solutions has become key wind industry topic. From 25 to 28 September the Global Wind Summit will highlight the future of wind energy production, its integration and storage as well as sector coupling projects.
Cost Efficiency A Key Driver: WindEnergy Hamburg to Showcase Optimised Products and Solutions for Success in Global Competition
In recent years, increasing pressure to drive down wind turbine manufacturing prices has spurred enormous advances in technology.
TÜV SÜD wins contract for Danish offshore projects
TÜV SÜD will support the realization of the new offshore wind farms, Danish Kriegers Flak in the Baltic Sea off Denmark and Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd in the North Sea.
Blocking onshore wind penalises consumers, warns new CCC report
RenewableUK is welcoming the publication a new report by the Committee on Climate Change which urges the Government to take advantage of “simple, low cost options” like onshore wind to help meet the UK’s legally-binding targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.