A consortium of companies, academic institutions and research organizations is planning to develop an experimental offshore floating wind farm sponsored by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The consortium comprises Marubeni Corp., the University of Tokyo, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, IHI Marine United, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Nippon Steel,...

Well, well. This reads like a spy novel. I am sure none of us would have been surprised if we were told that there was not much rule of law in China. After all, the country is more known for thinking big and getting things done than about having moral...

Hempel has won the 2011 Frost & Sullivan Product Line Strategy Award for its accomplishments in the wind turbine protective coatings market. Gaurav Vyas, Research Analyst at Frost & Sullivan, comments: “Hempel’s strong foothold in the wind turbine protective coatings market is a result of the customer-centric strategy that it...

Danish consultancy BTM Consult released data about turbine OEM performance a few months back, which clearly shows the growth of the Chinese OEM's at the cost of European leaders such as Vestas. BTM also said Europe lost out to Asia as the largest wind power continent last year. It said...

Most times, I keep hearing how Europe is a dull place for renewables with most solar and wind companies packing up and looking for markets elsewhere. But this article from Bloomberg make me wake up and start looking at things in a different light... As the report opens up, not...

Something that we all have been waiting for is beginning to happen. Sheikh Zaki Yamani, one of the most famous Middle East officials Saudi Arabian who served as his country's oil minister three decades ago, famously said, "The Stone Age did not end for lack of stone, and the Oil...

Increasing energy capture through the use of larger rotors has the single largest impact on wind turbine cost of energy. Turbine OEMs are pushing the envelope of design, moving toward aero-elastic tailored blades that enable heightened turbine performance while minimising fatigue loads. Carbon fibre and automated production processes are being...

Here is a cool idea that read about - a wind turbine that produces power and uses this power to condense water from the atmospheric air. Sounds a bit weird? Read on... Farmers have been using renewable energy for over 130 years in the form of windmills used to pump...

Whatever be the reason, the state of Tamil Nadu has a an unenviable infrastructure when it comes to wind power. While it might not strictly be the responsibility of the OEM to build this infrastructure (it is similar to asking a car manufacturer to build and maintain roads), in India...

A wind turbine's lifetime is about 20 years, but when you consider that there are moving parts, you naturally expect need for repairs and maintenance. Was curious to find out how well and faultless the old turbines were, when I came across this interesting report from Bloomberg. In Apr 2012,...