News Archive September 2007

USA - Wind energy costs boosted by turbine shortage

1.5-megawatt turbine cost a developer $2.5 million this year compared with the average cost of $2.2 million last year

Wales - Solar energy company to use wind

Strategy: Manufacture renewable energy products (solar cells) only using renewable energy.

Taiwan - Ministry of Economic affairs to open six offshore areas for wind turbines

Power generation capacity of 300,000 kw estimated in the first stage

Canada - McGuinty Government Set To Double Achievements On Renewable Energy

Ontario Power Authority Directed To Acquire Additional 2,000 Megawatts

Lars Landberg joins Garrad Hassan

On October 1st 2007 Lars Landberg will join Garrad Hassan (GH). Lars will be based in Copenhagen, Denmark where he will open a new GH office.

AWEA Wind Resource & Project Energy Assessment Workshop

September 18 - 19, 2007 Portland, OR

Garrad Hassan advises DONG Energy on wind portfolio of €722 million sale to E.ON

USA - Wind Energy seeks place in coal-powered Kentucky

New support structures for renewables in Kentucky may help one developer build the commonwealth’s first wind farm on mountaintops stripped for coal mining.

New Member On Windfair.net: Itaco s.r.l.

* WPP suppliers: electrical and electronic

Garrad Hassan software leads the way in China

India - NTPC plans to add 1,000 MW of renewable energy capacity

650 MW from wind energy

REpower to construct five REpower 5M 5-megawatt turbines in Büttel/Schleswig-Holstein

Official ceremony today attended by Minister of Economic Affairs Austermann and Secretary of State de Jager

Load indication in tool display

First wind turbine with coded sensor bolts in operation

Canada - Toyota dealership eyes wind turbine

Owner says it could power 500 homes

European Offshore Wind 2007 - Conference Programme Now Available

Reduction of energy costs and CO2 emissions through use of speciality lubricants – is that possible?

Offshore Wind Energy Is on the Rise

USA - Utility stores wind power in huge batteries

American Electric Power, has invested in movable banks of sodium sulphur batteries to store wind-generated energy

New Member On Windfair.net: DrehPunkt GmbH

* service: monitoring systems

New Member On Windfair.net: FTI Systems Ltd.

* service providers related to wind energy

PFW Technologies GmbH renamed as Intellifast GmbH

India - NTPC mulls 650 mw windpower unit

Strategy to add 1,000 mw generating capacity from renewable sources

Bolt identification with barcode

Permits for 22MW secured for Phase 1 of St. Riquier wind farm

First French office set to open in Caen

Canada - Wind farm developer in Ottawa wants in enterprise zone

New Member On Windfair.net: Time Out Composite oHG

* WPP suppliers: raw materials

USA - First wind turbine to be dedicated today

First modern, direct-grid-connected, electricity-producing wind turbine in the Michigan, Kalamazoo area

India - CLP and Enercon to jointly set up 100 MW wind farm in Gujarat

Cost of project estimated at more than 125 mln USD

Garrad Hassan to host a seminar and offer training in conjunction with the CanWEA conference

Namibia - Second firm to build wind energy plants in Namibia

Roll out of a 120-million Euro, 100 MW wind energy plants in the coastal parts of Namibia planned

New Member On Windfair.net: softEnergy GmbH

* service: software

USA - Raycap Eliminates Wind Turbine Downtime Due to Lighting Strikes

New Member On Windfair.net: Energy Autonomy - Der Film GmbH

* media

Garrad Hassan and Insensys announce collaboration for Individual Pitch Control

Energy Autonomy at the HUSUMwind

Germany - HusumWind 2007 - Trade Fair for Wind Energy

18 – 22 September 2007

India - Suzlon acquires repower and signs series of wind turbine deals

Suzlon to accelerate its expansion into the European wind energy market

New Zealand - Carbon neutral wind energy the best option

Carbon neutral wind energy can close off nuclear option

UK - BWEA response to John Hutton’s speech

REpower goes offshore

<ul><li>Offshore power plant REpower 5M is “first mover“</li><li>Company awarded as “Landmark of Ideas” for 2007</li></ul>

Joint international premier event for the wind industry – HUSUM WindEnergy Agreement signed by Hamburg Messe and Messe Husum

AWEA Wind Energy Fall Symposium

November 1 - 2, 2007/Carlsbad, CA

Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind secures large turbine deal with Siemens

UK - BWEA supports calls to upgrade Ofgem’s green remit

Leading renewables body backs Sustainable Development Commission report on electricity regulator’s sustainability performance

REpower participates in call for tender of Hydro Québec Distribution in Canada

Bulgaria - Mobile Phone Chargers : Now With the Help of Wind

Orange wind charger prototype uses stored kinetic energy to fully charge a mobile phone in up to two hours

Canada - Naturener purchases West WindEau Inc. and expands wind energy development in Alberta

1000 MW of new wind generation will make a significant contribution to renewable energy supply in Canada

Siemens opens new wind turbine blade facility in the USA

USA - AWEA Wind Energy Fall Symposium

Registration Deadline EXTENDED to Friday, September 28!

Denmark - Recycling Wind Turbines

New Member On Windfair.net: J H Wind

* service providers: consultancies

BWEA29: UK leading renewable energy conference comes to Glasgow

8.30am Tuesday Oct 9th – 11.30am Thursday Oct 11th

New Member On Windfair.net: goracon systemtechnik GmbH

* service: access platform technology

Renewable Energy Information System on Internet - REISI

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

European Offshore Wind 2007

USA - Goldman Sachs makes significant investment in Nordic Windpower

The investment will enable Nordic Windpower to become a market and technology leader in the $20 billion global wind energy industry