Collaborate Disseminate
When a wind turbine reaches the end of its working life, components like towers and nacelles can be recycled but blades often end up in landfill. Vestas is looking to commercialize a new chemical process that can break down all epoxy-based turbine blad… Continue reading Vestas looks to recycle turbine blades headed for landfill
One of the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturers, Vestas Wind Systems, says its contending with a cyberattack that forced the firm shut down some of its IT systems. The Danish company said Monday that its investigating the security incident, discovered Nov. 19, and mitigating the impact. Vestas has “together with external partners worked around the clock to contain the situation and re-establish the integrity of its IT systems,” it said in a statement. “The company’s preliminary findings indicate that the incident has impacted parts of Vestas’ internal IT infrastructure and that data has been compromised.” Vestas, long considered an industry leader with a reported $34 billion in market value, watched a dip in stock value as word of the apparent breach spread. “There is no indication that the incident has impacted third party operations, including customer and supply chain operations,” the company’s Monday update states. “Vestas’ manufacturing, construction and service […]
The post Wind turbine giant Vestas says data was compromised in security incident appeared first on CyberScoop.
Continue reading Wind turbine giant Vestas says data was compromised in security incident
Denmark’s Vestas is looking to become an industry leader in offshore wind, and has introduced the V236-15.0 MW turbine to take the fight to GE. The new design’s blades offer the largest swept area in the world.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, ScienceT… Continue reading Vestas reveals offshore turbine with world’s largest sweep