


Wagenborg wins large turbine shipment for ro/ro liner service
Wagenborg has secured a large wind turbine transport contract for its ro/ro liner service between the Netherlands and Sweden. The company will ship 33 windmills and additional components which will take 17 voyages to complete. Read more
Siemens Gamesa challenges GE with new 14MW offshore turbine
Siemens Gamesa has announced a new 14 MW offshore wind turbine to challenge GE’s 12 MW Haliade-X turbine. Figures show it will be slightly bigger than the Haliade-X but the nacelle will be 100 tonnes...Read more
Western turbine manufacturers increase grip on wind market
Consolidation among wind turbine manufacturers is set to intensify. Wood Mackenzie expects the top five global turbine OEM’s will control three-quarters of the market by 2028. Western manufacturers will become even more dominant, although Chinese...Read more
Jumbo delivers second Haliade-X prototype
PRESS RELEASE – Jumbo Maritime has delivered the nacelle of the second prototype of GE’s new Haliade-X mega offshore wind turbine. It was shipped to the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s testing facility in Blyth,...Read more
Spliethoff delivers 107-metre Haliade-X blade for testing
Testing of the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine is in full swing. While GE’s first prototype of the 12MW Haliade-X ha just produced its first kilowatts in Rotterdam, Spliethoff delivered a 107-metre blade in...Read more
GE lands first orders for new mega wind turbine
GE has found the first commercial buyer for its new Haliade-X mega wind turbines of 12 MW. Ørsted will deploy the units on two offshore wind farms in the United States. The Haliade-X currently is the...Read more