The Molded Fiber Glass Companies announced that their field service organisation, Wind Energy Services Company has been officially renamed MFG Energy Services
Siemens Open World’s Largest Wind Turbine Testing Facilities
Siemens Energy has opened two major Research & Development test facilities for wind turbine technology in Denmark
3A Composites & Dow Join Forces to Market Core Materials
3A Composites Core Materials and the Dow Chemical have entered into a strategic cooperation to market innovative core material solutions for the wind energy industry.
Vestas Reduces its Workforce at Colorado Blade Factories
Vestas has reduced its manufacturing workforce at its blade factories in Windsor and Brighton, Colorado. The workforce reduction represents about 10 per cent of Vestas’ 1,100 manufacturing employees in the state. Vestas while regretting to lay off highly skilled employees, claim the dismissals are necessary in order to adjust manufacturing capacity to the expected market [...]
Vestas Transfers Staff to Aarhus
As part of the companies plan to streamline and reduce costs, employees at Vestas’ facilities in Copenhagen and Randers have been informed that their positions will be transferred to Aarhus at Vestas’ addresses in the northern part of Aarhus as of 1 July 2013. Vestas maintains its warehouse at Langelandsvej in Randers. Group Senior Vice [...]
ETI Invests In New Turbine Blade Design with Blade Dynamics
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) have appointed Blade Dynamics to develop and demonstrate the technologies for constructing what are expected to be the world’s longest wind turbine blades ever built. As part of the £15.5 million project the ETI will become an equity investor in the Isle of Wight-based blade developer, helping with technology development [...]
Areva Set to Develop Wind Turbine Manufacturing Site in Scotland
Wind turbine manufacturer Areva and Scottish Enterprise have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create a wind turbine manufacturing plant in Scotland. The new agreement is a further step towards establishing an AREVA factory in Scotland that will manufacture its 5 MWe turbines for offshore projects in the United Kingdom, the new site will complement [...]
LM Wind Power Expands into Brazil
LM Wind Power have confirmed plans to expand the company’s position in the Americas through the construction of a new blade manufacturing facility in Brazil. The factory will be established in conjunction with LM Wind Power’s joint venture partner Eólice and will deliver blades to wind farms in Brazil and throughout South America. The location [...]
Vestas Announces Further Workforce Reductions
Vestas have announced an increase in the expected fixed cost reduction to €250m from the earlier stated €150m. This is based on a forecasted shipment of around 5GW in 2013 which will result in a lower activity level in 2013 to which the company will naturally have to adapt. The company had previously announced that [...]
Construction Finished on UK Wind Turbine Test Facility
The contractors have handed over the new wind test facility to the National Renewable Energy Centre based in Blyth, Northumberland. The project is the second of three buildings to be completed in Blyth as part of a £80 million investment in facilities for accelerated testing of offshore renewable energy technologies. The new blade test facility [...]
GBT Launch Brazilian Manufacturing Operation
Flessak Energia Eolica Ltd located in Francisco Beltrão, Brazil and Global Blade Technology from Wieringerwerf in the Netherlands have announced the start of GBT do Brasil Equipamentos Eolicos The new company will concentrate on mould and blade production for the Brazilian wind energy market, a new plant with a two blade production line is to [...]