Vestas Cutting Jobs Despite Leading Wind Installations

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:06:44 +0000

Vestas occupies the top spot when it comes to market share among global wind turbine manufacturers, according to a new analysis, but the Danish business is not immune to the challenges facing several of the leading companies in the wind power sector. Supply chain issues are buffeting wind energy, as they have other industries. Though […]

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Siemens Gamesa Will Supply Turbines for Polish Offshore Wind Farms

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 23:07:51 +0000

Poland’s pursuit of offshore wind took a step forward with the announcement that Siemens Gamesa will supply turbines for two new installations in the Baltic Sea. The MFW Baltyk II and MFW Baltyk III projects, being developed by Equinor and Polenergia, will use SG 14-236 DD offshore wind turbines, as part of two “Preferred Supplier […]

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Vestas, Siemens Gamesa, GE Top Wind Turbine Growth

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 22:35:33 +0000

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An energy and finance research group on Feb. 18 said Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy’s (SGRE’s) offshore wind installations make it far and away the market leader in that category, while Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas continues to lead the onshore and overall wind turbine market. The report published Tuesday from BloombergNEF (BNEF) said Vestas took […]

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Siemens-Gamesa Bags Deal for Mammoth 2.64-GW Virginia Offshore Wind Project

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 00:17:38 +0000

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Dominion Energy’s proposed 2.64-GW Virginia Offshore Wind project—the world’s largest single offshore wind project proposed to date—will likely feature turbines supplied by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE). A Jan. 7-announced preferred supplier agreement signed by the two companies could give the wind turbine maker a stronghold in the burgeoning offshore wind U.S. market. While the […]

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Subsidy-Free Onshore Wind Farm Will Host First Siemens Gamesa 5-MW Turbines

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 15:06:05 +0000

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Three first-of-their-kind Siemens Gamesa 5-MW wind turbines will be installed on the island of Thyholm in Denmark at a project that will be operated without subsidies. The company announced on Dec. 19 it has entered into a contract with Torp Vind I/S for the delivery of three SG 5.0-132 models for the 15-MW Torp Vindmoellepark […]

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Floating Offshore Wind Buoyant on New Developments, Projects

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 05:00:00 +0000

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Floating offshore wind made a remarkable splash this fall. As two much-watched projects sailed toward construction, optimism about the industry’s accelerated growth was buoyed by projections from the

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First Floating Offshore Wind Farm to Power Oil and Gas Platforms Kicks Off

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 14:52:16 +0000

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Siemens Gamesa has bagged a lucrative contract to supply 11 8-MW offshore wind turbines to Equinor’s 88-MW Hywind Tampen floating wind farm, a first-of-its-kind project that will power oil and gas platforms 140 kilometers offshore Norway.  Equinor—as Statoil, Norway’s state-owned oil company, is now named—announced a final investment decision to build Hywind Tampen on Oct. […]

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Taiwanese 376 Megawatt Formosa 2 Offshore Wind Farm Takes Step Closer To Construction

Credit to Author: Joshua S Hill| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:56:46 +0000

Offshore wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy announced this week that it had received a firm order for 47 of its 8 megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbines for the 376 MW Formosa 2 Offshore Wind Farm project off the coast of Taiwan. 

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Uptake of GE’s Biggest Wind Turbines Gain Traction

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:33:55 +0000

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GE Renewable Energy has made major gains in orders for its 5.3-MW Cypress onshore wind turbine and the 12-MW Haliade-X offshore wind turbine. Prototypes of both are still being tested in the Netherlands. Key Contracts for Innovative 5-MW Onshore Machine  The GE business division introduced the first turbine in the Cypress platform, a 4.8-MW machine, […]

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German Turbine Maker Senvion Eyes Asset Sale To Siemens Gamesa

Credit to Author: Saurabh| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 20:05:31 +0000

Senvion recently reported that it entered an agreement with Siemens Gamesa to discuss the sale of some assets. The agreement is part of insolvency plans agreed upon by Senvion with its creditors. The company is reportedly looking to sell some wind energy projects to Siemens Gamesa, which would be an attractive venture for the latter

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