News Archive August 2007

AWEA Wind Resource & Project Energy Assessment Workshop

September 18 - 19, 2007 in Portland, OR

USA - Small-scale wind turbine named a 2007 top 10 green building product

Skystream 3.7™ backyard wind generator, from Southwest Windpower, has been named a 2007 Top 10 Green Building Product by Sustainable Industries

USA - Maglev Wind Turbine Technologies launched

Wind turbine floats on a magnetic cushion and incorporates a linear synchronous motor

Company announcement from Vestas Wind Systems A/S

Vestas receives major orders from the Chinese market

USA - GE Energy to expand wind group in Schenectady, NY

Sustainable Energy Developments helps make history – The first wind turbine at a mountain ski resort begins producing power

Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in Hancock, MA begins generating its own power today

France - Boralex announces the start-up of a seventh wind farm

Site includes six Enercon wind turbines with a capacity of 2.3 MW each

REpower and EPURON sign framework agreement for a total of 160 MW

Chile & Tanzania - Gold company Barrick looks to wind power

US$68 million to be invested in projects that will harness the advantages of clean energy and enhance existing power infrastructure

Nordex’ range of multi-megawatt turbines extended

N100: High-yield 2.5 MW turbine for inland sites

Canada - SUEZ Energy North America affiliate to acquire

Ventus’ portfolio includes 25 wind energy development projects in six provinces in eastern Canada

Garrad Hassan advises Trinergy on €1.8 billion wind farm sale to International Power Plc.

UK - Government and industry join forces to secure a renewable energy future in Wales

200 delegates flock to Cardiff for the inaugural BWEA Wales Conference

REpower receives orders for wind farms in Italy and Australia with a total output of 160 MW

- Italy: contracts signed for three projects in Sicily and southern Italy (total output 114 MW)

Canada - Manitoba Hydro Receives Wind Proposals

300 MW wind farm would generate enough electricity each year to satisfy the requirements of about 90,000 natural gas-heated houses

USA - American Wind Energy Association hails House Endorsement of renewable energy

“Today’s vote was a landmark referendum on the direction of the nation’s energy policy,”

China - First wind energy research center targets Hebei

Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands to reportedly invest approx. EU $200,000 for the study

New Member On Windfair.net: Stork Gears & Services B.V.

* service: maintenance and service of WPP

New Member On Windfair.net: Dabelstein & Passehl

* service providers: lawyer / tax consultants

New Member On Windfair.net: Baumer Hübner GmbH

* WPP suppliers: measurement

AWEA Wind Power Finance & Investment Workshop

October 10 - 11, 2007 in New York, NY

UK - Renewable energy industry can meet EU 2020 target with effective Government support

Wind energy capacity in the UK doubled over the past 20 months

Conference Announcement

Conference "Hamburg Offshore Wind" on September 6 in Hamburg

REpower Systems AG announces financial figures for the first half year 2007

- Sales increase to EUR 200.2 million

First shipment of blades from Siemens' new wind turbine blade factory in U.S.

New factory allows Siemens to better meet strong U.S. demand for wind power

AES - First U.S. power company to enter into China's wind power sector?

Canada - N.W.T. wind energy conference blowing into Tuktoyaktuk

Nov. 28-30

Nordex awarded further contracts in the UK

20 multi-megawatt turbines ordered for 2008 delivery

Germany - Nordex substantially more profitable in the first half of 2007

Sales increased to EUR 323 million / EBIT up double to EUR 15.3 million.

New Member On Windfair.net: Balluff GmbH

* WPP suppliers: electrical and electronic

John Deere Wind Energy announces Canadian expansion

Big interest in WWEC 2007 reflects importance of wind energy to provide sufficient electricity in Latin America.

High-level representatives from Governments and Industry will prepare new strategies and alliances

AWEA Wind Power - Finance & Investment Workshop

October 10 - 11, 2007 in New York, NY

EWEC 2008 in Brussels

Newsflash - Abstract submission deadline extended: 7 September 2007

Vestas and Aalborg University set up comprehensive strategic research programme – reception on Friday, 31 August 2007 at 2 p.m. at Aalborg University

Canada - WEICan seeks Expressions of interest

WEICan seeks Expressions of Interest from manufacturers of small wind turbines for wind turbine testing at North Cape

UK wind resources ‘best in Europe’

Trade body slams claims as ‘nonsense’ and ‘bizarre pseudo science’

Renewable Energy Information System on Internet - REISI

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

Germany - E.ON announces plans to build another wind farm off the UK coast

The Group has earmarked an investment volume of around EUR 3 billion until 2010