News Archive January 2009

TorcUP Industrial Bolting Tools Launches the ULTRA – Hydraulic Torque Wrench– A 3 YEAR TOTAL WARRANTY TOOL

Canada - CanWEA applauds announcement of Canada’s largest wind farm

The wind farm will feature 130 turbines producing 300 MW of electricity.

USA - NACEL Energy updates Channing Flats Texas Wind Energy Project

Analysis indicates that the construction of a series of 10 MW phases is optimal at Channing Flats

Strong Reasons make Strong Actions – Support Structures for Wind Turbines

Haus der Technik Technical Conference: Towers and Foundations for Wind Energy Converters in On- and Offshore Operation

ISET offers first estimation of wind energy production in 2008

Canada - Wind energy for potato farming

"This is a way of reducing our environmental footprint"

South Africa - Denmark to host wind energy seminar

January 23 in Pretoria

New Member On Windfair.net: WeserWind GmbH

* Offshore: Foundations

Expansion of incentive programme

Product Pick of the Week - The Mag-Wind™ wind turbine

The wind turbine is built using magnetic levitation technology that reduces friction, noise, vibration, and energy

Malaysia - Study on Sabah wind power potential

A professional wind mapping survey under way throughout Sabah should soon identify specific sites where wind power potentials can be tapped

Korea - Darby Infrastructure Fund invests in Korea’s largest wind farm

"... Of all renewable energy sources, wind power is one of the most efficient in terms of cost per unit of electricity generated"

Statement by WWEA Secretary General Stefan Gsänger at the occasion of the Energy Watch Group presentation of the study “Wind Power in Context – A Clean Revolution in the Energy Sector”:

USA - Kinesis builds combination wind/solar recharger for mobile devices

Recharging in less than 8 hours by both simultaneously

India - GSPC to sign MoU with Gujarat for wind power plant

Plant to produce 200 MW of wind energy

A cylindrical wind turbine with a space in the centre could be mounted around any vertical or horizontal structure that will fit inside, making it possible to harvest wind power in new places

USA - Gamesa announces changes in operations

By this coming Spring, all of the company's wind turbine blade manufacturing will be done at this plant

American Wind Energy Association: Wind power trends to watch for in 2009

AWEA looks ahead to further progress in 2009

South Africa - Electricity sector turns to wind energy

Work soon to start on the first comprehensive wind resources map of the 3 000km South African coastline

China - A-Power wind turbine base starts production in Shenyang

Base will be able to produce 600 sets of wind turbines, and generate output values of more than tens of billions of Chinese Yuan per year

Wind currently supplies about 1 per cent of Canada’s electricity demand, with 85 wind farms representing approximately 2,246 MW of generating capacity producing enough power to meet the needs of 671,000 homes

USA - Boat manufacturer installs 100-foot wind energy tower

"This year will see the lowest electric bill in Happy Days Boating's 42-year history"

USA - AWEA statement on economic stimulus speech by President-Elect Obama

USA - Rhode Island signs pact for off-shore wind farm

$1.5-billion project is expected to generate 1.3 million megawatt hours per year of renewable energy, or 15 percent of all electricity used in the state

USA - Wind energy continues to expand in Iowa

“The state is primed because the Iowa Department of Economic Development has laid the groundwork for this in the state of Iowa”

UK - Cameron’s green economy plan ‘recognises need for energy revolution’

BWEA welcomes Conservative proposals for decarbonising the economy as positive step forward

GLOBAL WIND POWER – new markets await

UK - Location, Location: Proper turbine placement key to viability

Wind trials confirm importance of good sites for small wind systems

Romania - Vestas awarded 67-unit wind turbine order

Wind turbines to be delivered to two projects in the region of Constanta in Romania during 2009 and 2010

Sri Lanka - India's Suzlon Energy bags order to supply wind turbines

Project to be commissioned in 2010

The Zorlu Enerji wind farm would be one of the cleanest power plants in the country displacing 10,500 tons of carbon dioxide every year

French company VERGNET will be attending Environment 2009 to show its range of Farwind® twin-bladed wind turbines, which are specially adapted to areas with limited infrastructures and extreme weather conditions

USA - Nordex USA CEO congratulates President-Elect Obama on Renewable Energy Plan

Stresses the critical role of legislation and policy in developing renewable energy; Urges action during credit crunch

South Africa - SA and Denmark sign energy co-operation deal

Agreement aims at providing wind energy solutions to South Africa in light of its energy crisis

"This country has great wind potential that can and should be capitalized on as part of a necessary transition toward a more sustainable energy model, thereby creating wealth and employment in a sector with a future"

USA - South Dakota Wind Energy Association is formed

SDWEA also will act as a forum for education, research and information about wind development

"... We anticipate generating a total of 70 MW of clean, renewable power upon build-out of our three projects...enough energy to meet the daily requirements of an estimated 20,000 average American homes."

Germany - Hanover fair "WIND" set to put a major spin on wind energy

“No other industry can boast such excellent future prospects; the wind sector has recorded growth rates of over 30% for the last three years in a row,”

Spain - Wind power sets new records

Spain's government has encouraged the development of renewable energy in recent years to cut greenhouse emissions

"We look forward to further announcements of new procurement processes from the Government of Ontario that will continue the province's momentum in growing wind and other renewables"

UK - BIG DAY FOR OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Two environmental assessments show ‘huge scope for development’

Product Pick of the Week - Robot inspector developed for wind turbines

RIWEA, a robot that checks the rotor blades of wind turbines

Canada - $1.38b grid boost in line for wind energy sector

Transmission loop to add capacity

KVCC officials are developing a 35-credit-hour certificate to equip wind-energy technicians and the college's Michigan Technical Education Center also will provide training

USA - National Grid and Beacon Power sign agreement to evaluate Flywheel Technology for grid applications

Evaluation to focus on benefits of fast-response regulation and heightened demand for regulation due to wind power

Vestas at World Economic Forum to “Shape the Post-Crisis World”

Europe - Wind now leads EU power sector

"Investing in wind energy means supporting technology leadership, climate protection, energy independence, commercial opportunities and jobs."

The 20-megawatt farm, which Deepwater aims to complete by late 2011, would fall in waters just inside the three-mile state limit and provide electricity to the island and the mainland