Global wind turbine order intake increased by an impressive 111% in the second quarter of 2019, according to new figures published by renewable energy research firm Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, overtaking the previous record set in the fourth quarter of 2018.
Danish wind energy giant Vestas Wind Systems A/S finished off the second quarter of 2019 with its trademark flurry of activity, announcing 1,775 megawatts (MW) of new wind turbine orders over the last four days of the quarter, pushing its total orders for the first half of the year to 7,605 MW, a 40% increase over the same period in 2018.
Wind energy powerhouses Vestas Wind Systems A/S and GE Renewable Energy announced this week that they had reached an “amicable settlement” over all disputes related to multiple patent-infringement claims in the United States which will subsequently discontinue the case pending in the US District Court for the Central District of California as well as all other pending proceedings related to the patents-in-suit.
The Global Wind Energy Council published figures on Wednesday which confirmed that Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems A/S dominated turbine supply in 2018, accounting for 1 out of every 5 turbines installed during the year.
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems A/S reclaimed the number 1 spot atop the global wind turbine manufacturing pile in 2018, news announced at the same time as the company finished 2019’s first quarter with a flurry of turbine order announcements worth 1,380 megawatts and including two subsidy-free projects.
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems A/S was once again the world’s leading onshore wind turbine supplier in 2018 and led a group of four manufacturers which accounted for 57% of all wind turbines commissioned in 2018.
Danish wind turbine manufacturing giant Vestas Wind Systems A/S announced today that, with the installation of a V110-2.0 megawatt (MW) turbine at MidAmerican Energy’s Wind XI project in in late 2018, the company has become the first to install 100 gigawatts (GW) of wind turbines.
Danish wind turbine manufacturing giant Vestas Wind Systems A/S continued to flummox efforts to report its total wind turbine order book for 2018 right down to the wire, with five announcements made on December 31 (and a sixth on January 1), bringing its total for 2018 close to the 13 gigawatt (GW) mark.
Danish wind turbine manufacturing giant Vestas Wind Systems A\S had a lot to celebrate over Christmas as it announced seven orders over the Christmas period, and a flurry of eight announcements Friday, worth a total of 1,722 MW in total, likely bringing its total order book for 2018 over the 12 gigawatt (GW) mark, a new company record.
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems A/S announced this week that it had received an order to supply 220 megawatts (MW) worth of wind turbines to a wind project in the United States, which in and of itself is not the biggest news, but the order subsequently took the company passed the 10 gigawatt (GW) mark for 2018.
