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Proving Ground: This U.K. Facility Is Preparing To Put The World’s Largest Wind Turbine To Test

Dorothy Pomerantz
May 30, 2018
Marc Sala has a huge challenge on his hands. The giant turbine he’s helping bring to market, the Haliade-X, will stand 260 meters tall, about the same height as New York’s iconic 30 Rockefeller Plaza skyscraper. With blades that are longer than a football field, the turbine will have a generator capable of producing 12 megawatts — 2.5 MW more than current turbines and enough to supply the equivalent energy needed to supply 16,000 homes.
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The X Factor: Here’s What It Takes To Build The Tower For The World’s Most Powerful Offshore Wind Turbine

Tomas Kellner
May 25, 2018
"Some 6 million people from around the world travel to Paris each year to climb Gustave Eiffel’s eponymous tower. Industrial engineer Daniel Castell is now working on a structure that will also reach great heights. An engineering marvel in its own right, chances are that very few people will ever see it — but millions will benefit from it.
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GE Renewable Energy and ORE Catapult sign five-year R&D agreement to advance offshore wind technologies in the UK

April 24, 2018
  • Haliade-X 12 MW next generation offshore wind turbine will be tested at Catapult's UK facilities
  • Advanced research program will enhance existing technology performance and accelerate delivery of next generation of offshore wind turbines
  • Collaboration will enable UK supply chain growth and support to innovative SMEs.

Blyth, Tuesday 24th April 2018 - GE Renewable Energy and the UK's Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult have signed a five-year research and development agreement to test and develop next generation offshore wind tech

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GE instala la primera turbina offshore del parque eólico Merkur, con palas fabricadas en España

March 13, 2018
  • Las palas, desarrolladas en la planta de LM Wind Power de Castellón, son las más grandes fabricadas en España y unas de las más grandes de Europa

Castellón, 12 de marzo de 2018.- GE Renewable Energy ha instalado la primera turbina offshore GE HaliadeTM de 150-6MW en el parque eólico de Merkur (Alemania). Con 396MW, el parque está ubicado a aproximadamente 35 km al norte de la isla de Borkum, en el Mar del Norte.

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GE installe sa première éolienne offshore dans le parc éolien Merkur

March 09, 2018

Paris, le 8 février 2018 -GE Renewable Energy annonce aujourd’hui l’installation de sa première éolienne offshore GE HaliadeTM 150-6MW dans le parc éolien offshore Merkur de 396 MW, situé en Allemagne, à environ 35 km au nord de l’île de Borkum, en mer du Nord. Le navire d’installation SeaFox 5 a quitté la base logistique de Merkur à Eemshaven, aux Pays-Bas, et transporté les pales, les mâts, les nacelles et les autres composants nécessaires au lancement de l’installation du premier lot d’éoliennes en mer.

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GE installs 1st offshore wind turbine at Merkur Windfarm

March 08, 2018

Paris, March 8th, 2018 - GE Renewable Energy announces today the installation of the first GE HaliadeTM 150-6MW offshore wind turbine at the 396MW Merkur Offshore Windfarm in Germany, located approximately 35km north of the island of Borkum, in the North Sea. Installation vessel SeaFox 5 sailed from Merkur's logistic hub in Eemshaven (Netherlands) carrying blades, towers, nacelles and other components needed to start the installation of the first set of wind turbines at sea.

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GE annonce le lancement de la plus puissante éolienne en mer au monde : l'Haliade-X

March 01, 2018

 

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GE announces Haliade-X, the world's most powerful offshore wind turbine

March 01, 2018
  • Haliade-X brings higher value to customers by producing more energy from the wind with a 12 MW generator rating, an industry-leading capacity factor1 and advanced digital capabilities
  • Haliade-X 12 MW is currently being bid for projects that will ship in 2021
  • Haliade-X 12 MW will produce 45 percent more energy than any other offshore wind turbine available today and will generate up to 67 GWh annually2, enough renewable power for up to 16,000 European households2
  • $400 million program will fund engineering, testing and supp
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After Epic Road Trip, This 241-Foot Wind Turbine Blade Is Ready To Get Down To Business In Germany

Maggie Sieger
December 22, 2017
In October, employees at LM Wind Power’s wind turbine blade factory in Castellón, Spain, briefly left their posts to send off their biggest achievement to date — all 241 feet of it.
They sent the huge blade — four times longer than a bowling lane and the largest ever produced in Spain — to the local port, loaded it on a boat and shipped it to Germany, where it will harvest wind at the Merkur wind farm in the North Sea.

GE's French Wind Turbine Factory Will Power Germany's Renewables Revolution

Tomas Kellner
September 08, 2017
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From a distance, the large blacktop parking lot behind GE’s wind turbine factory in Saint-Nazaire, France, looks like the Galactic Empire’s base for AT-AT walkers. Over the last few months, the field has been slowly filling up with rows of massive gray-and-red behemoths rising 10 meters from the ground.

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