It may sound like a bad joke, but the night vision goggles used by the pilots of rescue helicopters to detect obstacles in the dark can suppress the red light emitted by conventional LED obstruction lighting. A British LED manufacturer has now introduced an alternative that ensures that pilots can see wind turbines in the dark while wearing night vision goggles.
The last foundation for the Nordsee One offshore wind farm is completed and all 54 monopole foundations have been fitted with the associated transition pieces for the installation of the tower segments.
In the first quarter of 2016 wind turbine manufacturer Nordex received three new orders for wind energy plants in Turkey. For the projects the company will deliver 18 turbines with a total capacity of more than 40 MW to different regions of the country.
The German wind energy company Vortex Energy Deutschland GmbH has announced the ground-breaking for eight wind turbines in the district of Gadegast, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The company has been developing the project for three years now and has succeeded in selling it to a large German institutional investor.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that there are currently 4,223 GW of untapped offshore wind energy in the USA. Wind Energy Update has now released the whitepaper “Opportunities in the U.S. Offshore Wind Market” to help wind developers and EPCs to use this potential.
The Belgian Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering group (DEME) and Siemens Financial Services will join the project company Kriegers Flak ApS, which was founded by the German utility company EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG in September 2015 to participate in the tender for the Danish offshore wind energy project Kriegers Flak in the Baltic Sea.
The wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa has announced two new orders in China. The company will install 32 MW at the Bainijing wind farm at an altitude of 3,200 metres and another 50 MW for phase three of the Senjitu II complex.
Fugro has completed offshore works undertaken in preparation for full construction of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre at Aberdeen Bay, Scotland. This new facility will provide a platform for the first run of production offshore wind turbines to demonstrate their potential.
Siemens wants to build a new offshore service hub in the Dutch port of Eemshaven. The site will be used as a base port for the operation and maintenance services that Siemens will supply for the Dutch Gemini wind farm.
After merger clearance by the relevant competition authorities has been approved, the Nordex group can now merge with Acciona Windpower (AWP). Together, the two companies want to address 80% of the global wind power market.
The interactive infographic map is showing the cumulative installed wind power capacity per country and continent from 1981 to 2013.
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