Recycling Wind Turbine Blades
Wind turbines have increased in size and quantity to meet clean energy capacity demands
Wind turbines have increased in size and quantity to meet clean energy capacity demands
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.
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.
A new outlook has concluded that the top 5 wind turbine original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) will account for over two-thirds of the market share by 2020, a market consolidation which will also be reflected in the home-bound Chinese market.
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.
The Indian spree of wind energy auctions seen over the last two years has resulted in an upsurge in orders for some of the leading wind turbine manufacturers. This recent jump in orders comes as developers look to meet the deadlines to commission their respective projects.
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.
Offshore wind energy giant MHI Vestas made two landmark announcements last week with the official opening of its European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Scotland, and the signing of a turbine supply order of the world’s most powerful turbines for the WindFloat Atlantic floating offshore wind farm in Northern Portugal.
June 30th brought with it the end of the financial year in some spots around the world as well as the end of the second quarter, and Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas finished the month with a flurry of activity, announcing 9 wind turbine orders worth 803 megawatts (MW) and a renewed service agreement for 1,150 MW across the United States.