Areva under pressure as M5000 turbines malfunction

Areva Wind is under pressure to replace all six of its Multibrid turbines at Germany’s Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm, after two of its 5MW units malfunctioned only a couple of months after being commissioned, Recharge can reveal.

"It's not unlikely that all six [turbines] will need to be replaced"
"It's not unlikely that all six [turbines] will need to be replaced"
Published 24 June 2010, 12:18Updated 26 September 2016, 15:04
Middle East & Africa