News Archive October 2007

EREC Position Paper on the Renewable Energy Framework Directive.

The 20% target can be met with strong legislation coming soon

WWEC 2007 opened today in Mar del Plata/Argentina

Latin America looks for wind energy to ensure energy supply

With a 20% renewables mandate set at the beginning of the year, the Nova Scotia government has launched new initiatives to encourage timely wind power project development

New Member On Windfair.net: SINOI GmbH

* WPP suppliers: rotor blades

Russia - Spanish power company to build wind farm in Russia

1,000 MW turbines to be built in the region's resort cities on the Black Sea coast by 2011

World Wind Energy Award 2007 goes to Government of Brazil for Proinfa Programme

Honorary Award for Secretary for Environment of Buenos Aires Province

GL ready to certify Spanish Grid Code Compliance

East Africa - EAC Seeks German technology for new energy solutions

Efforts to alleviate crippling power crisis in Uganda and Tanzania

USA - Clipper establishes development center for 7.5 MW turbine

Services and test facilities of the Blyth-based New and Renewable Energy Centre to be used in this project

Horizon Wind Energy signs deal with Suzlon

Contract calls for delivery of 200 MW of turbine capacity in 2008 and another 200 MW of capacity in 2009

USA - Training Opportunity at AWEA Wind Energy Fall Symposium 2007

Does your organization have new staff that could benefit from a quick introduction to wind energy topics?

REpower inaugurates new production facility in Trampe (Brandenburg, Germany)

WWEA General Assembly elects new Board

Anil Kane re-elected unanimously as WWEA President

REpower cooperates with Hamburg University of Technology

Company sponsors best in year in new electrical engineering Bachelor course with a total of EUR 30,000.00

UK - Capacity of wind energy installations to reach 134.8 GW in 2010

Rocsearch Report

New Member On Windfair.net: RUD Ketten Rieger & Dietz GmbH u. Co. KG

* WPP suppliers: mechanical

Australia - 1 GW wind farm in the planning

Construction start on the $1.8 billion project planned for 2009

Chinese Wind Power Report 2007

Wind energy cost expected to reduce by 30% by 2010

Second International Renewable Energy Storage Conference (IRES II)

Bonn, World Conference Center, November 19th - 21st, 2007

New Member On Windfair.net: OTT Industry Services Ltd.

* service: edification of wind power plants

European Offshore Wind Conference

Berlin, 4 – 6 December

REpower General Meeting resolves to change financial year

Germanischer Lloyd joins forces with Hélimax

UK - Wind industry to agree new CO2 reduction figures with Advertising Standards Authority

Canada - New ENMAX Wind Farm Largest in Alberta

The 37 Enercon turbines located southeast of the town of Taber have a total generation output of 80MW

AAER signs licensing agreements with American Superconductor for 2 MW wind turbine technology

India - Suzlon Energy seeking approval amidst plans to raise up to Rs 5,000 crore to fund expansions

Increase of wind turbine making capacity from 2,700 to 5,700 mw

Peak Oil could trigger meltdown of society

The Sendix absolut family is growing: The new EtherCAT field bus model has arrived!

New Member On Windfair.net: Helukabel GmbH

* WPP suppliers: cable

European Offshore Wind conference (EOW2007) - Berlin / 4 – 6 December

5 additional side events confirmed

UK - Leaked draft government energy strategy ‘could endanger UK security of supply and even raise our carbon emissions.’

EWEC 2008 in Brussels

NEWSFLASH - The right people, in the right place, at the right time

Garrad Hassan Launches New Asset Management Group

This month Garrad Hassan (GH) launches their new international Asset Management and Optimisation Services group, AMOS.

Renewable Energy Information System on Internet - REISI

The new statistics of wind energy use in germany is available.

Portugal - GE, EDP Ink $730M Wind Turbine Agreement

GE signs global frame agreement with Energias de Portugal SA (EDP) to supply wind turbines totaling more than 500 MW of new wind energy capacity

UK - BWEA welcomes strengthening of Climate Change Bill

Announcement by Secretary of State Hilary Benn to further strengthen the Climate Change Bill

China - Wind energy more than doubled

Research and Markets group shows extent of China's wind power boom

New Member On Windfair.net: Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH

* WPP suppliers: cable

Denmark : LM Glasfiber opens second turbine blade factory in Karnataka

New factory expected to produce approximately 800 blades per year

REpower announces preliminary financial figures

- Total performance up by 32.5 percent to EUR 394.1 million

Yemen - British company to generate wind power

Output of 1000 Megawatt during the five forthcoming years

USA - Minnesota wind turbines third in nation in producing megawatts of power