News Archive February 2010

REpower and RWE Innogy sign contract for about 295 MW for offshore wind farm off Helgoland

Global wind power boom continues despite economic woes

China doubles installed capacity for fifth year running - Global markets up 31%

More wind power capacity installed last year in the EU than any other power technology

Garrad Hassan’s strategy experts release wind energy market reports

Local Company benefits from Government’s new offshore wind developments

SSB Service takes V80 under its wings

"We need to be proactive in trying to determine what problems to expect as towers inevitably encroach closer to our more urban areas"

Kenya - Commercial deal signed for wind-energy project

20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) 
between the developer of the project, 
Lake Turkana Wind Power Consortium (LTWP), and Kenya Power & Lighting Company signed

Armenia - Listening to the Wind of Change

A look at Armenia's renewable energy prospects

China - Chinese partner orders $70M in wind power parts from AMSC

Largest initial electrical control system order that AMSC has won to date from any wind turbine customer

Vietnam - Construction of a wind power plant in the southern province of Ninh Thuan planned

AWEA - Highlighting Feasibility of 30% Wind, Study Shows Large Carbon Reductions

"Adding wind energy to the grid significantly reduces fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions"

AWEA - Proects Update: January 2010

First Wind gets Maine OK; National Wind Buys REpower; Western Wind Energy Clears FAA

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Europe - Wind energy sails through European Union

“It is a remarkable result in a difficult year” / 39% of all new capacity installed in 2009 attributed to wind power

Africa - Wind Power Africa 2010: Conference & Renewable Energy Exhibition

12-14 May 2010 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in Cape Town

New solution against Erosion and icing on leading edges.

SSB Service obtains further major order for maintaining 54 wind turbine generators from Danish investors

Wind energy key to meeting Turkey’s rising power demand

Canada - Company wins contract to supply wind energy to Nova Scotia Power

An international renewable energy company is set to bolster its expansion into Canada with a wind energy project in Antigonish County

UC San Diego researchers will shake a 80-foot, 23,400- pound wind turbine in a series of simulated earthquakes of up to 7.0 magnitude, to see how “non-building” structures can be built more temblor-resistant

UK - PowerWind enters UK market

First UK turbine installations planned in 2010

India - New wind power market report published

New report provides detailed analysis of the Environmental market

Vietnam - Ninh Thuan wind farm to get official nod

REpower Systems AG announces financial figures for first nine months of fiscal year 2009/10 (2009/04/01 - 2009/12/31)

REpower constructs first turnkey wind farm in Canada

Italy - Nordex flexing its muscles

Share of the high-growth Italian market reaches 15 percent

REpower supplies 26 Wind Turbines for Project in Northeastern France

EU nations expect to meet the EU’s renewable energy target

Fulfillment of all current grid code requirements by ingenious controller

NEW BLADE ENCLOSURE SYSTEM KEEPS WIND TURBINES IN TOP FORM

Seven hundred offshore wind turbines are being proposed for Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair including 165 wind turbines north of Lakeshore and wind farms off Amherstburg, Colchester, Kingsville and Leamington

USA - Wind energy potential estimate off by a third?

According to a new analysis, wind energy technology could generate 37,000,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity per year

UK - Clipper Windpower announces groundbreaking for offshore wind blade factory

The new factory, a 4000 m2 facility, is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2010

India - Suzlon Energy wins L&T wind power order in Tamil Nadu

The wind energy project is set to have an output of 8.7-MW

USA - Prisons turn to the wind for energy

Prisons are turning to wind power to supply energy for their around-the-clock operations

REpower and Akuo Energy close contracts about 51 MW for wind farm projects in France

EU nations expect to meet the EU’s renewable energy target

Wind power and shipyard industries make joint call for investments in ships for offshore wind expansion

UK - Does offshore wind have the potential to deliver thousands of British jobs?

The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) puts it at 45,000, while the Carbon Trust says it could be as many as 70,000

AWEA - American Wind Energy Association response to American University Study/ABC world news story

Are stimulus or Recovery Act funds being used to create jobs overseas?

Product Pick of the Week - Controllable Rubber Trailing Edge Flap

Successful wind tunnel test of controllable rubber trailing edge flap for wind turbine blades

USA - 2010 Outlook for renewable energy

Industry leaders call for immediate passage of key policies to create jobs and maintain American competitiveness

Algeria - First wind fram

Total investment of 3.05 billion Algerian Dinars (AD) and 9,620 AD per kW/h

Spain - Gamesa and BARD sign MoU regarding collaboration in the offshore wind market

The creation of a marketing joint venture, and the possibility that GAMESA may manufacture BARD offshore wind turbines under licensing contracts

UK - Power to the people: Green energy bonanza announced today

Feed in tariff rates published

Africa - Wind Power Africa 2010 - Conference and Renewable Energy Exhibition

12 - 14 May 2010 / Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa

Turkey - Wind energy key to meeting rising power demand

Turkey has wind potential to produce 160 TWh (48,000 MW) of electricity, which is twice the current electricity consumption

www.windfair.net editorial - How do offshore wind farms work?

A short description

Germany - Global wind power boom continues despite economic woes

China doubles installed capacity for fifth year running – Global markets up 31%

USA - AETI solves wind farm arc-flash safety risks with introduction of the industry’s first wind switchgear solutions

Solution designed specifically to provide safer, more reliable, higher-performing wind farm operations