News Archive January 2011

USA - China’s Push Into Wind Energy Worries U.S. Industry

This year only 5,500 MW of new capacity has been added in the U.S.

Germany - Vestas receives 51 MW wind power order

The Groß Eilstorf Wind Farm is located in Lower Saxony, Germany

Cyprus - Sixth wind farm on the way

The total cost of the wind energy project is estimated at 22 million, while total output is expected to be 29.500 MWh (megawatt hour) per year

UK - RES Receives Consent for Wind Farm in Scotland

The Scottish Government today gave the green light for RES's 99MW Dunmaglass Wind Farm

Tanzania - U.S.$123 million wind energy project deal sealed

The Tanzanian National Development Corporation (NDC) and Power Pool East Africa have entered into a contract to generate electricity from wind power in the Singida region

Iran - Iranian company to develop wind energy in Pakistan

Sanir will construct a 1,000 MW wind power plant in Sindh

AREVA has succeeded in gaining a wind power contract worth 400 million Euros from Trianel, a German urban utilities association, to provide forty 5 MW M5000 wind turbines

Siemens receives its largest-ever onshore wind order from the U.S.

MidAmerican Energy Company will add new wind farm projects in the state of Iowa that will foster economic development while demonstrating the company’s commitment to environmental respect

Glen Dhu Wind Energy achieved commercial operation of Phase 1 of its 62.1 MW Glen Dhu wind power project in Nova Scotia comprising nine wind turbines with a nameplate capacity of 20.7 MW

Denmark - Wind Power Hub

“Denmark – Wind Power Hub” introduces some of the key competencies in the wind industry and the activities of our many members

EU will exceed Renewable Energy goal of 20 percent by 2020

LZFRP establish sixth blade factory

Improved design, longer operation

New generator for Vestas® 2 MW turbines from Availon

A new electric pump designed specifically for bolt tensioning applications in the wind turbine industry has been launched by specialist bolt tensioner manufacturer Boltight Ltd. Called the TowerPack, the pump delivers a maximum pressure of 2000 bar/29,00

African Wind Energy Association is proud to announce the 2nd annual Wind Power Africa Conference and Exhibition to take place on 9-11 May 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa.

USA - GWS Technologies to Develop Colorado Plateau Wind Energy Project

Arizona utilities are required to generate 15 percent of their power from renewable energy sources, such as wind turbines and solar power by 2025

Wind pioneer Volker Friedrichsen joins the Board of Supervisors of the BGZ Group – Martinus Scherweit becomes the new CEO

"CanWEA's commitment to enhanced public consultation and stakeholder engagement recognizes the right of citizens to have a meaningful role in discussions about developments that affect their community"

PowerWind has commissioned its first 2.5 MW wind turbine

The prototype of PowerWind 90 was installed early December 2010 - A product version with a rotor diameter of 100 m is in preparation

A windNavigator platform provides project developers and stakeholders with information needed to evaluate project risk, performance, and profitability potential for wind projects

Product Pick of the Week - VENTOS® - Complex flow analysis

Free web help for siting wind farms on complex terrain

The wind farm will be located southwest of the central city of Homs. Vestas, the world’s largest maker of wind turbines, will develop a wind energy project with generation capacity of 50 to 100 MW

Denamrk - Wind energy Vestas’ sustainability figures now available online

A new site under Vestas.com will disclose the naked figures, making the company more transparent

Mexico - Iberdrola buys Mexican wind farm from Gamesa

Iberdrola Renovables has bought the 26MW Beii Nee Stipa wind farm in Mexico from Gamesa. In Mexico, Iberdrola already operates the 80MW La Ventosa wind farm

Suzlon Group, the world's third leading wind power company, announced a MoU of 1,100 MW wind power in Gujarat. Suzlon has over 1,100 MW of wind turbines. The wind farm in Kutch is one of the largest in Asia

EWEA - Empire State Building switches to wind energy

The US wind power sector received two huge endorsements last week involving the first proposed offshore wind farm in the country and the nation’s favourite building

AMBAU Windservice and PowerWind

AMBAU Windservice GmbH and PowerWind construct the prototype PowerWind 90 in Bremerhaven

USA - Gamesa wins second wind turbines order from Western Wind

Gamesa has received a wind energy order totalling 10MW for a wind farm being developed in Arizona.

USA - GE further increases investment in wind power

The wind farm has 100 GE 1.5-megawatt SLE wind turbines. The Alta Wind I farm is the initial phase of the Alta Wind Energy Center, a 3,000 MW wind power project

The Brazilian Wind Energy Association aims to install 10 GW (gigawatts) of wind power by 2020. The country currently has around 600 MW of wind farm capacity, with another 450 MW of wind turbines under construction

USA - Changing direction for wind as post warranty crisis sets in

The US wind industry has reached a utility scale wind capacity of 36,698 MW, with many of the turbines fast approaching the end of their warranty periods

Two more wind power plants in Poland commissioned. The Piecki wind farm in the northeast of Poland was developed by Gamesa, with 16 wind turbines (G90-2.0MW). The Tychowo wind farm located in Western-Pomerania.

Honduras - Mott MacDonald celebrates for first wind farm in Honduras

Cerro de Hula, which is to be built close to Tegucigalpa, will have 102 MW of installed wind energy capacity from 51 two megawatt Gamesa G87 wind turbines

Germany - Vestas wins German wind energy order for 38 MW

Another wind power order for V90-2.0 MW wind turbines from Boreas for a wind farm in Germany

EWEA - Serbia's Wind Energy resources are considerable

According to a new report by EWEA on Serbia Wind Power, Serbia has no current wind farm installed but expected to reach 100 MW by the end of 201

UK - Record For Wind Energy in Ireland: 33% of all electricity

The amount of wind power capacity connected on the Irish power system is now 1,425 M

REpower and Saint-Laurent Énergies Consortium sign a 300 MW contract for Canadian wind projects

Brazil Windpower 2010: Timely event in a booming market

EWEA - The Battle of the Grids

If we can integrate 265 gigawatt (GW) of wind energy into Europe’s grids by 2020, we can save at least €41.7bn per year in the cost of electricity because wind power replaces power sources

The wind power contract includes the installation of 10 Gamesa model G90-2.0 MW wind turbines, plus operation and maintenance services for a period of 16 years of the wind farm

Canada - CanWEA introduces Best Practices for Community Engagement and Public Consultation

New guidelines aimed at enhancing local communications about wind energy developments

Windemuller began working with Northern Power systems early on in their process of designing the first utility grade wind turbine manufactured in Michigan. The 2.2 MW turbine has blades that measure 45.2 meters long

Germany - PowerWind has commissioned its first 2.5 MW wind turbine

The prototype of PowerWind 90 was installed early December 2010 / A product version with a rotor diameter of 100 m is in preparation

About 80 MW of new wind power has been installed and up to five wind farm installation teams have been working. In August Enercon delivered 18 E-70 wind turbines for Castledockrell wind farm

Exhibition Ticker - COMPOSITES 2011

Closed-molding demo (think blades) at Composites 2011 show, Feb 3-4

USA - New turbine on the banks of Louisiana

”The information we gather will help us determine if wind power is a practical option for Cleco customers”

Dynamics embedded softly

Technical Conference „Drivetrains in wind power installations - requirements for gears, couplings and bearings“

Norway - Norwegian offshore wind project gains ground

30 domestic and international providers signed up to participate in this US$1.2 billion project

Product Pick of the Week - Switch full-power converters (FPC) work with the company’s permanent magnet generators

The converters allow easy power factor control

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) announced the first-ever recipients of its new Seal of Approval for wind turbine service technician training programs

UK - AMSC Announces Orders for Grid Interconnection of Wind Energy Plants

Nordex is committed to providing optimal wind power. Orders for AMSC's D-VAR solution for wind farm grid interconnection reached a new record in 2010

Company partners WISE to bring advanced wind resource assessment to South African wind energy industry. The country has a relatively modest 10MW of installed wind farm capacity today

Under the hydro project, 25 plants will be built on the river Bosna for 450 MW, while the construction of the first wind farm (46 MW) has started, to be followed by six additional wind energy projects for 117 MW

The DOE's 2008 report, "20% Wind Energy by 2030," found that producing 20% of the nation's electricity from wind power by 2030 would reduce consumers' natural gas costs by a cumulative $150 billion

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The Schenectady facility is the birthplace of GE and home to GE Energy’s Power & Water division, which develops and manufactures steam turbines, generators, wind turbines and solar power technology

The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) also strongly endorses this new initiative as an excellent way of giving consumers choice, and making people more aware of wind power

First Minister Alex Salmond welcomed the announcement by world-leading wind turbines company Gamesa of plans for a research base for offshore wind power technology in Scotland

USA - US company to build wind energy plant in Pakistan

A 150 megawatt (MW) wind power project will be setup by an American power firm, AES, at Gharo, in Sindh province

PEIKKO DELIVERS 0.8 KM OF DELTABEAMS AND CONNECTIONS TO SKANSKA'S GREEN TOWERS PROJECT IN WROCŁAW, POLAND

Meteodyn 4.1 is now released!

These figures are published by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) in its "European offshore wind farm industry - key trends and statistics 2010"

Plans for a delayed 300 MW wind farm in Kenya can now proceed. Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) project will sell its output to the country's sole power distributor Kenya Power

New Member On Windfair.net: UmweltBank AG

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SGS Renewable provides a fully comprehensive program of services for the Wind Power. Wind Farm Project Certification services help to minimize the technical project risk in wind turbines projects

Progress in the wind energy industry is optimistic. Wind farm generation has grown 10-fold since 2003. This year alone wind turbines capacity will grow nearly 25 per cent as three new wind farms are commissioned

Here Enterprises, a developer of wind energy, is engaged in developing wind farm facilities and will implement A&C Green Energy's wind turbines to generate clean wind power at its Cycle Ranch wind farm

France - Tender for 3 GW offshore wind energy launched

France will invest EUR10bn in a 3 GW offshore wind farm. The wind power project will involve the construction of 600 offshore wind turbines

RWE npower renewables is currently finalising the establishment of construction port facilities close to the site of the wind farm. Construction of the €2billion Gwynt y Môr wind farm began in November 2009

ABB has been awarded a $32 million wind power contract from Renova Energia. It would construct transmission lines to serve 14 wind farm plants having a 300 MW wind turbines capacity

LZFRP starts production of the worlds largest blade

“The GL Strength Design certification confirms our engineering concept and clears the way for the industry to install turbines above up to 140 m”

Exhibition Ticker - News from Offshore WindPower 2011

1-2 February 2011, Boston, United States / Providing a clear roadmap for commercially successful offshore wind projects in North America

AWEA - The best of AWEA’s recent Best-Practices conference

We’ve picked the six best presentations in the bunch and present them here

Libya - First wind energy plant in the planning

Libya has been planning to join the wind energy society after completing the 61.75 megawatt wind farm at Al-Fetaih, in Dernah on north east coast

America's wind energy industry built 5,115 megawatts of wind power last year, barely half of 2009's record pace, but entered 2011 with over 5,600 megawatts currently under construction

Vestas declared that it has obtained an order from BOREAS Energie for the supply of 19 VestasV90-2.0 MW wind turbines with 125 meters hub height for a wind energy project in Germany

Peikko Group continues its expansion in Europe and has established a new sales and technical support team in Minsk, Belarus. Peikko BelRus FLLC will serve customers in the pre-cast industry as well as to develop the sales of Deltabeam frame concept with B