News Archive December 2007

Canada - Largest wind turbine order in Ontario

Nova Scotia power investing in 240 MW of wind power

Largest investment in new power generation in Nova Scotia since construction of the Point Aconi generating station in 1992

REpower sells 25 MW “Büttel” wind farm to Allianz

Renewable Energy Information System on Internet - REISI

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

Offshore Wind necessary to meet EU’s 20 % renewables target

Garrad Hassan advises Queensland Government on AUD 460 million wind farm sale to Transfield Services Infrastructure Limited.

Barriers must be removed for full exploitation of offshore wind

Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH is delivering Power Cables for the Wind farm „BARD Offshore 1“

AWEA Wind Power Project Siting Workshop

February 14 - 15, 2008, Austin, TX

HUTTON TO ANOUNCE MAJOR OFFSHORE WIND PUSH: "By 2020 enough electricity to power all of UK's homes"

BWEA welcomes new offshore wind proposal

UK Offshore Wind: Moving up a Gear

Industry outlines plan to deliver wind revolution

Canada - New wind power for Nova Scotia

Largest investment in electricity generation since 1992

Invenergy Secures 800MW of wind turbines for 2009 North American and European projects

Contracts with General Electric for '07, '08 and '09 total 2,100 MW

REpower celebrates the topping-out ceremony for its offshore factory in Bremerhaven

Nordex Italia delivering turnkey wind farm

Largest Nordex multi-megawatt wind farm with S77 turbines completed in Sardinia

USA - Vectren to add wind energy to generation portfolio

Canada - Softree introduces RoaEng Version 5

RoadEng allows to interactively balance volumes to maximize savings in earthwork

USA - GE receives contract for wind turbines from Noble

$650 million to provide 333 wind turbines

New Member On Windfair.net: LAWEA - Latin America Wind Energy Association

* associations and societies of wind energy

USA - Timken and XEMC announce Chinese wind energy joint venture

Joint venture to manufacture ultra-large-bore bearings for main rotor shafts of multi-megawatt wind turbines for the Chinese wind energy market

Vestas receives order for V90-3.0 MW wind turbines in Canada

Sardinia - Nordex Italia delivering turnkey wind farm

Largest Nordex multi-megawatt wind farm with S77 turbines completed in Sardinia

USA - Wind power explored off California's coast

"California Offshore Wind Energy Potential"

Bali - Joining hands to fight global warming

Over 190 countries agreed at the UN-led talks in Bali to launch negotiations on a new pact to fight global warming after a reversal by the US allowed a historic breakthrough

India - Suzlon to build wind power projects in Punjab

Two wind power projects worth Rs.5 billion to be set up

Vestas receives research grant from the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation

AWEA statement on senate rejection of energy bill

WINDEXPO LAWEA 2008

USA - Garrad Hassan releases GH WINDFARMER V3.6

Easier complete uncertainty calculation with standard deviations, comparison of turbine design parameters and detailed shadow flicker calculations

Siemens and the Technical University of Aachen (RWTH) to cooperate in wind energy research

France - EDF Energies Nouvelles orders 300 MW of wind energy for its continued expansion in the USA

New contract signed with General Electric Wind covering the supply of 200 turbines

Turbines installed on 120 meter high hybrid towers

REpower agrees upon projects about 306 MW in total with the clients Eolfi and Scottish and Southern Energy

UK - Wind Prospect in the Top 100 fastest growing companies

Season´s Greetings!

REpower and EDF EN conclude framework agreement for Europe and the US about 690 MW

Total volume of incoming orders of single contracts and framework agreements is above the 1,500 MW announced in July

Siemens receives major order for offshore wind farm in Denmark

Kenya - Wind energy driving rural growth

Electricity generated from wind power is now reality in Kenya

Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke deliver and install Power Cables for the first German Offshore-Wind Farm „alpha ventus“

REpower and Energiekontor sign agreement for Nordergründe offshore wind farm about 90 MW

AWEA and CanWEA Wind & Transmission Workshop

March 18 - 19, 2008, Detroit, Michigan

V82-1.65 MW order for Vestas in the USA

New managing team for Siemens Wind Power GmbH

Italy - Sorgenia completes French wind power SFE buy

99.9 percent acquisition of French wind power operator Societe Francaise d'Eoliennes (SFE) for 246.1 million euros

Poland - EDP buys Polish wind power firm for 54 mln euros

portfolio of projects equivalent to total gross capacity of 1,022 mega watts

Germany - Series production of Conergy PowerWind 56 from January 2008

France - Theolia and Ventura announce industrial commissioning of 12 MW wind farm

Scheduled annual electricity production of the Moulin de Froidure wind farm will be 24.7 million kWh

Canada - New wind power project sends electricity to Ontario grid

India - Suzlon to float $400 m wind energy fund

Three more ultra mega projects need to be cleared and attractive investment opportunities are there in alternate energy sources

Canada - Hanwei commences production of windpower blades

RMB 1.7 billion ($232 million) of wind power equipment to be provided over three years

Finnland - WinWinD delivers the largest wind park in Estonia and the Baltics for Eesti Energia

The total value of the wind park investment is approximately 57 million euros.

Mexico - Guadalajara is proud to host the WIND EXPO – LAWEA 2008

Wishing all Windfair.net members a prosperous 2008!

From your Windfair.net Team

Denmark - Vestas set for years of solid growth

948 megawatts in turbine capacity ordered from one company in one month

Germany - 160 metres hub height provides considerably more wind-produced electricity

FL 2500 prototype exceeds 6 million kilowatt hours

USA - WINDPOWER 2008 Conference & Exhibition

Wind: Thriving at the Epicenter of Energy