The Belgian Society of Testing and Environmental Engineering (BSTEE), The Offshore Wind Infrastructure Application Lab (OWI-lab) and Sirris are hosting a study day on Reliability and Efficiency in Renewable Energy Sources with a focus on offshore wind energy applications on Friday, February 22th,...More

At this very moment the world's longest wind turbine blade is waiting at SSP Technology's factory in Kirkeby. The blade has just been loaded on the truck and is now ready to be transported to the test facilities in Bremerhaven.

The world’s first open-access Global Atlas of renewable energy resources went online yesterday, announced at the annual general assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

Four of the largest wind turbine installation vessels in the world are currently positioned in the Port of Esbjerg, where Blue Water Shipping is acting as agent and handling stevedore assignments.

US energy companies are racing to install wind turbines before a federal tax credit expires at the end of this year. Experts say that wind power has exceeded the construction of natural gas plants in recent months.

Siemens has already become somewhat of a leader in this field producing the world’s longest rotor blades for wind turbines. Measuring 75 meters in length, the blades are almost as big as the wingspan of an Airbus A380.

The test bench is among the most advanced in the world and besides testing of durability, function and mechanics of the nacelle, the facility can test wind turbine stability and capacity in a wind farm with many turbines and analyse how the entire wind park relates to a specific grid code.

PLANO, Texas, November 8, 2012 - Siemens expands its portfolio of industry software by acquiring LMS International NV (Leuven, Belgium), a leading provider of test and mechatronic simulation software including model-based systems engineering to the automotive, aerospace and other advanced...

NARCE opens two offshore testing facilities; Companies and organisations mentioned: National Renewable Energy Centre, Greenpeace, WWF, Cambridge Econometrics, Narec, Turner & Townsend, Repower, Munich Re, Nordwest Assekuranz, The European Parliament’s Energy and Research Committee,...

new MAterials and REliability in offshore WINd Turbines technology MARE-WINT is Marie Cuire Initial Training Network founded under 7th Framework Programme. MARE-WINT main goal is training of 14 researchers in multidisciplinary area of future generation of Offshore Wind Turbines.