News Archive December 2008

Vestas receives order for 19 V90-3.0 MW turbines in Ireland

Vestas receives 300 MW offshore order in the United Kingdom

USA - Renewables Energy Industries ready to lead U.S. economy recovery

Trade Association Leaders Outline Key Policies Required

USA - Rural landowner wind energy production concerns examined by new studyNew study examines

“Wind Energy Production: Legal Issues and Related Liability Concerns for Landowners in Iowa and Across the Nation“

UK - Wind industry welcomes climate change report

Report explains the case for the new 80% emissions reduction target and recommends the level for the first three national carbon budgets under the Climate Change Act

Peter Rae elected as Vice Chairman of REN21

American Wind Energy Association inducted into the National Environmental Hall of Fame

Acknowledgement of the Association’s decades for accomplishments in promoting the use of clean, home-grown wind power

Editor's Choice - Windfair Member Pick of the Week

Garrad Hassan is to provide short-term forecasting services to the Kashmina Wind Farm

REpower Systems AG installs prototype of the REpower 3.XM onshore wind turbine near Husum, Germany

UK HAS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP WORLD CLASS MARINE LEGISLATION

Renewable energy interests must be protected offshore

The wind turbines are to be installed in the region of Drama in the northern part of Greece and will have a total installed capacity of around 20MW

China - Inner Mongolia's Kerqin Region strives to expand wind power capacity by developing mega watt wind power center

Included will be the construction of 22 wind power plants covering 1,800 square kilometers

Spain - Endesa signs 190-MW wind turbine supply deal

The orders amount to more than €175 million [US $222.52 million] and include the delivery, start-up, installation as well as service and maintenance of the wind turbines

Australia - $1.9b push behind wind power

Union Fenosa to develop a 130-megawatt, 68-turbine wind farm at Ryan Corner and a 60MW, 31-turbine wind farm in Hawkesdale

“We are currently in the process of assembling two A-1500 turbines to be delivered to U.S. customers and the Devon Canada project will represent the first AAER wind turbine to be delivered in Canada..."

USA - New headquarters for Vestas Americas

Business unit to be responsible for wind turbine sales, installation, and service and maintenance in North America

New Member On Windfair.net: Green Energy World GmbH

* Manufacturers and Distributors of large Wind Turbines

New Member On Windfair.net: SeaCom Digitale Mess- und Übertragungstechnik GmbH

* Suppliers: Control Technique

Climate negotiators need to pay attention to more recent science

SINOI starts production of the 2.5 MW rotor blade SI 50.3

REpower: New orders in France and the USA for a total of 88 Megawatt

Europe’s energy future changed today

China- Navajo pursuing wind projects

Company is negotiating to finalize the installation of a wind turbine equipment facilit

USA - Wind energy feasible for livestock producers

A recent study found that wind turbines can pay for themselves in as little as nine years

New Member On Windfair.net: RS Randack Spezialschrauben GmbH

* Suppliers: Connection and Fastening Systems

Korea - Country to develop 3-MW offshore wind turbine

The class 1A machine features three blades with a 92 meter diameter mounted on an 80 meter tower

USA - CPS Energy purchases wind power from E.ON

Amount purchased will provide enough energy to power around 25,000 homes

“WIND” TRADE FAIR IN HANNOVER, GERMANY: SIEMENS IN THE MIDST OF A BRITISH OFFSHORE OFFENSIVE

USA - Michigan poised to see its first wind turbine manufacturer open

State officials grant a $7.3 million tax incentive to a startup company

India - GSPC invites bids for 200 MW wind power plant

Final date for submitting technical bids has been fixed on January 5, 2009

Canada - Wind power in line for $1.38b grid boost

$1.38-billion transmission "loop" to add up to five times as much wind power capacity to the provincial grid over the next 10 years

USA - Puget Sound Energy planning new wind power projects State

New facilities to be located in Washington state’s Columbia and Garfield counties

China - Metal fabrication shop to start building wind-turbine towers

Operation to be located in a 8,000-square-foot building

UK - Scots company’s radar invisible turbines to expand wind industry

Technology would allow renewables developers to build beside airports and flight paths for the first time

USA - New York company says Nikiski good for wind power

Company envisions perhaps as many as 10 towers, each about 250 feet tall

Product Pick of the Week - Flodesign's new wind turbine

High efficiency wind turbine based on jet engine technology

USA - Pedernales joins American Wind Energy Association

Vote to continue moving toward previously adopted conservation and renewable energy goals

Austria - EVN teams up with Germany's Enetrag to build a 50 megawatt wind farm at Bulgaria's Black Sea coast

Project estimated at 100 million euros

UK - Wind turbine planned for Tesco car park

"Where sites are suitable for the installation of wind turbines then we are putting those forward"

USA - PPG increases role with wind turbine industry OEMs

PPG is assisting original-equipment manufacturers with the development and application of advanced coatings and materials for wind turbine blades

USA - Pickens gambles on wind energy

Plans to help fuel America's energy future

Mabry Castings Completes Casting Finishing Department Kaizen Project

Ambitious EU climate change and energy package

USA - Deep-water wind farms on the rise

The race is on to build the world's first deep-water wind farms, ones that would operate on floating platforms in waters hundreds of feet deep

USA - Wind-power firm sees added growth

Southwest Windpower said it will increase production and distribution of its turbines in order to meet growing overseas demand

Venezuela - Gamesa wins 116 mln EUR wind power deal

Start planned for 2009

USA - Reno Co. could be site of new wind farm

Horizon Wind Energy meets with landowners in the area

USA - Wind turbine could pay for itself in 14 years

A household success story

USA - PG & E enters agreement for renewable wind energy

Purchase of up to 103 megawatts (MW) of wind energy planned

First REpower 6M turbines assembled in Bremerhaven

New Member On Windfair.net: Federal-Mogul Deva GmbH

* Suppliers: Bearings

WinWinD to build large wind turbine factory in Hamina, Finland

UK - Sainsbury’s to buy renewable electricity direct from Scottish Wind Farm

Big users of electricity are currently desperate to get their hands on green electricity

Germany - Largest German utility to build country's largest offshore wind farm

Plans are to erect 150 to 180 turbines off the German coast to create a 960-megawatt wind farm

Taiwan - Shanghai Electric Group bolsters wind power business

Aim is to become one of the country's top three wind power equipment manufacturers

USA - Study shows wind power much better than ethanol

Wind power emerged as the overall victor in the study

Canada - Major wind power project developers and financiers to gather at industry's annual deal-making event

Wind Power Finance & Investment Summit / San Diego, CA, February 11-13, 2009

USA - Oil and gas platform technology to be used for deepwater offshore wind power generation

The next frontier for wind developers

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USA - NorthWestern Energy announces purchase of wind power for South Dakota Electric Customers

“Wind power is important to our customers and to the economic development of South Dakota”

New system opens doors for wind energy companies seeking to prospect optimal sites for wind turbine installation and manage ongoing wind energy operations more efficiently and profitably

USA - Maine researcher tests new wind turbine design

"What we're looking at are long-term solutions for this country"

Product Pick of the Week - The Vertical Axis AR-10 Tilt Rotor from Boise

A newcomer to the selection of small wind turbines that can be used for rooftop and a wide variety of wind applications

Thailand - WAESE 2009 (World Alternative Energy Science expo)

5 to 8 March at Maungthong Thani, Bangkok

Spain - Gamesa wins 295 MW China wind farm orders

Gamesa to supply Chinese renewables energy group Longyuan Electric Power Group Corp. with 347 wind turbines

Canada - New Alberta transmission to connect 2,700 MW of wind power

AESO estimates the first stage of the transmission development will cost approximately $750 million and incorporate as much as 1,200 MW of additional wind power

The new 6 MW offshore wind turbines will be installed at the Westre civic wind farm on the German-Danish border for a testing program and checks for certification according to the DIBT classification

Wind energy installations are well ahead of the curve for contributing 20% of the U.S. electric power supply by 2030 as envisioned by the U.S. Department of Energy

Nicaragua - Country turns to wind power and builds 19 windmills

Energy-starved Nicaragua is turning to wind as it tries to reduce its dependence on oil-based power

BP is pleased to be developing another project with Clipper Windpower as part of the strategic alliance the two companies signed in July 2006

USA - AeroVironment Architectural Wind System Installed at Boston’s Logan International Airport

Installation at the airport office center comprises 20 five-bladed wind turbines

USA - American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) notes top wind industry accomplishments of 2008

U.S. becomes “Number One” in wind

UK - Talks over £52m wind turbine deal begin

Wind Energy Direct is in talks with a group of large energy user companies about installing their own on-site wind turbines

Editor's Choice - Windfair Member Pick of the Week

Global Wind Industry Milestone: GE Energy Ships its 10,000th 1.5-Megawatt Wind Turbine

USA - America’s environmentally-friendly print shop purchases 100% wind energy

Every computer, printing press, folding machine, and light PFL uses is powered by a nearby wind farm

China - Vestas receives 100MW wind turbine supply orders

"... As of June 2008, Vestas has delivered more than 1,000 turbines to China, and we continue to have high expectations for the growing Chinese market"

Vestas - Order for 100 MW in China