News Archive March 2010

Offshore electricity grid needs a coordinated approach

Portugal - Getting creative at MEGAJOULE

Innovation branch explores new approaches to Mesoscale and CFD

Foundation of Friedberg Asia Inc. in Busan, South Korea

European Commission's 'Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth' published today contains grid and market commitments that will boost the growth of wind energy in Europe

AWEA - American Wind Energy Association statement on senators Schumer, Casey, Brown and Tester urging administration to suspend stimulus program

The following statement from AWEA CEO Denise Bode was issued today

AWEA - U.S. Wind Energy Projects

US projects as of 12.31.2009

Africa - South Africa's renewable energy future?

An Eldorad for foreign wind enrgy companies and investors

Sweden - Minister Maud Olofsson aims to build 2000 wind turbines in the next 10 years

Project to be completed before 2020

EWEA - EU money injects new life into electricity interconnection

European Commission today allocated over €903 million to electricity interconnection projects as part of its broader European Economic Recovery Plan

Germany – Bachmann Electronic defies crisis and continues success course in tough environment

Sales growth of 3.8% in 2009 / Bachmann continues to bet on its employees in 2010 - 55 new employees planned worldwide

Nordex to launch Gamma generation

2.5 MW efficiency class on a new technical platform

juwi becomes global player

Project developer expands in Germany and abroad / many new jobs

WINWIND JA SKF EXPAND THEIR CO-OPERATION TO WIND TURBINE MAIN BEARINGS WITH A DEAL WORTH 20 MILLION EUROS

Hawaii - U.S. Department of Energy commits $117 Million for wind farm development

30MW wind farm in Kahuku to be financed

UK - Offshore wind energy boosted by 32 GW

Projects planned under Round 3 alone aim to deliver a quarter of the UK’s total electricity needs by 2020

USA - Wind energy in Texas sets a new record

Turbines shut down due to over production

Suzlon Wind Energy Corp. to install more than 700 MW in 2010

Construction of Nine Wind Power Projects Expected to Funnel $1.5 Million into Communities

Israel - Can Israel’s wind power sector compete with solar energy?

As old turbines are replaced with more advanced models, a handful of other wind energy projects attempt to break through a cumbersome bureaucratic process

NREL Study Shows 20 Percent Wind is Possible by 2024

Analysis shows transmission upgrades, offshore wind, and operational changes needed to incorporate 20 to 30 percent wind

Australia - REC scheme is splitted to release $19n of projects

Household market from large renewable project investments separated

Canada - Developers lose wind subsidies

Canadian Wind Energy Association expresses disappointment with the federal government’s recent decision not to expand or extend the so-called ecoEnergy program

South Africa - Western and Northern Cape could get 500 wind turbines

Supply of 10 000 gigawatt hours (GWh) of renewable energy by 2013 planned

AWEA - Wind industry leaders address Congress

Pass National Renewable Electricity standard to create jobs and maintain American competitiveness

AWEA - Wind industry applauds Release of Nebraska Wind Integration Study

Groundbreaking study finds that Nebraska and the other states in the Southwest Power Pool region can reliably obtain 40% of electricity from wind energy

LAWEA Workshop: Supply Chain Opportunities for wind projects in Latin America

April 29th & 30th, 2010, in Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Brazil - Alstom enters the Brazilian wind market with a wind turbines assembling plant in Bahía

Investment estimated at approx. 20 million Euros

Germany - KEMA wins wontract for 1,200 MW offshore wind farm FEED Study

Project key to realizing german wind energy goals

Panama - Panama wind Union (UEP) obtains provisional license for installation of 337 MW

4 wind parks to be installed

Product Pick of the Week - The Energy Ball

Another Innovative Option in Home Wind Turbines

Norway - Europe's battery for energy

It won’t be Norway supplying Europe with electricity, it will be the North Sea

REpower appoints Andreas Nauen as new CEO, joining REpower at the latest on October 1st 2010

Jens-Peter Saul with immediate effect new CEO of Wind Power Business Unit

BASF at “JEC Composites Show 2010”

Puerto Rico - Government approves 25 wind turbines capable of generating electricity for 20,000 households

Wind farm is designed to produce an estimated 120,000 kilowatts a year

Europe - Renewable energy goals not met by five European countries

Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium, Denmark and Malta could also buy renewable power from other EU members like Germany, which is on track to beat its quota

Russia - Wind energy to remain a dwarf in the Russian energy market

too much fossil fuels available at too low prices to make the country big on wind power

AWEA - Wind industry applauds Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition Recommendations

Call for actions by Congress and the Administration

WWEA - World Energy Report 2009 - Part I

Worldwide wind power capacity reached 159,213 MW, out of which 38,312 MW were added in 2009

WWEA - World Wind Energy Report 2009 - Part II

All wind turbines installed by the end of 2009 worldwide are generating 340 TWh per annum, equivalent to the total electricity demand of Italy

France - CSO Energy acquires two new customers

France’s biggest wind farm is now almost completely in the hands of CSO Energy

Pakistan - Delivery contract signed by Nordex for a 50 MW wind farm

The first Nordex wind power systems to be installed in Pakistan this year

USA - Beacon Power connects Flywheel Energy Storage System to California wind farm

Project intended to demonstrate transmission line capacity enhancement and facilitate wind power growth

Product Pick of the Week - The SpiralAirfoil Wind Turbine

The future of wind power? Turbine technology to revolutionize wind energy market ?

Dominican Republic - Vestas receives order for 25 MW

Order for 14 units of the V90-1.8 MW wind turbine

REpower delivers 15 wind turbines for project in Poland

Energy and climate to dominate European Council agenda

Thanks to laser projectors several teams can work on the same project simultaneously and independently

Workflow optimization in the manufacture of rotor blades - Multi-tasking feature speeds up complex work sequences

Siemens receives wind turbine order from Canada

NEW PRODUCT RELEASE

HIGH PERFORMANCE, ROBUST, ELECTRICAL ENCLOSURES

PCS Power Converters yet more Compact, Reliable, and Durable

New Product Generation Launched at the EWEC Specialist Trade Fair in Warsaw

Siemens to build wind turbine production plant in the UK

Target: Expansion of market leadership in offshore wind power