News Archive December 2011

New Member On Windfair.net: ADDINOL Lube Oil GmbH

Categories: * Suppliers: Lubricants and Lubrication Systems

Suzlon eyes $1-bn worth of new wind energy orders every qtr

Wind power Suzlon Energy, which recently took complete control of its German subsidiary REpower, has said it will focus on value engineering to remain competitive

Vestas has announced that the nacelles for prototype and pre-series versions of offshore turbine, the V164-7.0 MW, will be assembled at Lindø, Denmark

Global Wind Powers Ahead – Can cover up to 70% of Pledges

EU wind power makes step to 30% EU emissions cut possible

Canada - McGuinty Government continues to build Ontario's Clean Energy Economy

Ontario is moving forward with its commitment to review its clean energy Feed-in Tariff (FIT) Program

Mexico - Finance approved for country's largest wind power project

IDB financing will help finance construction of 396 megawatt wind farm in Oaxaca

Alstom moved to capitalize on a booming Brazilian wind power market by inaugurating a new wind turbines manufacturing plant in northeastern Bahia state Wednesday, its first in Latin America

Germany - Nordex announces decline of operating profit in 1st nine months of 2011

Nordex SE has announced that its operating profit declined in the first nine months of 2011 in comparison to the previous year

“I believe the UK will remain the world’s most attractive offshore wind turbines market for many years to come. We have abundant natural advantages and a world-leading marine engineering base

The Netherlands - Government explains why spending on offshore wind energy has been cut

Dutch minister: “I agree on the potential of offshore wind power”

DIARY DATE Event: All-Energy 2012 – incorporating Offshore Maintenance – where offshore wind meets oil and gas Dates: Wednesday-Thursday 23-24 May 2012 Venue: Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK Organised by: Reed Exhi

Measuring tower supplies data for efficient control of Nordsee Ost windfarm. Latest laser technology to capture wind data at a height of up to 200 metres. Large air bubble curtain tested for noise attenuation

“Worldwide demand for rare earths is expected to exceed supply by some 40,000 tons annually by the end of the decade,” says Larry Allard, a researcher in ORNL’s Materials Science and Technology Division

Europe - 7 MW offshore turbine unveiled by Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe (MPSE) is set to unveil its Sea Angel 7MW wind turbine at the EWEA Offshore show next week

Introducing a Windfair.net Member - The Fuhrlaender Group

Fuhrlaender is your answer in wind turbine supply whether the project comprises a single turbine application or a multi-hundred megawatt commercial wind farm

Australia - Vestas receives 168 MW wind energy order "down under"

Vestas has received a wind power order to supply 56 wind turbines of the V90-3.0 MW wind turbine to a wind farm in Australia

New accelerometer from ASC specifically designed for off-shore applications

The ASC OS 115LN

Head in the clouds, but feet firmly on the ground!

5th HDT Conference: Towers and Foundations for Wind Energy Converters

Canadian Wind Energy Association opens trading on Toronto Stock Exchange

CANWEA talks record year for new wind developments

Eolice has signed an agreement with the company's wind energy LM Wind Power, a Danish group, for the installation of wind turbine blade factory in Pernambuco

According to the latest data from the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA), 1400 megawatts of wind power capacity was installed in 2011, more than doubling 2010's output

Global Experience Specialists(GES) a leader in exhibition, event and retail marketing services, announced today that American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has appointed GES as its official services provider

The US Offshore Wind Industry is Ready to Set Sail

Head of Wind Power, Julia Goddard speaks with Peter Mandelstam, President and Founder, NRG Bluewater Wind

Deutsche Windtechnik Service Shows Strong Growth

Deutsche Windtechnik Service boasts a positive balance for the financial year 2011:

Predictive Maintenance from Metravib in The Windfair Newsletter

Metravib's new version OneProd System in 5 key points

The price of American wind power has dropped by over 90% since 1980, benefiting utilities and consumers, and more than $60 billion of investment has been made since 2005

Since 2008 he has been working in his free time on the “I love wind power” project, which trains Malians to build wind turbines from locally available materials

Exhibition Ticker - The 4th Wind Power Africa Conference and Renewable Energy Exhibition

Cape Town, South Africa, from 28-30 May 2012

This week: Global Wind Energy Council: Climate Solutions Business Coalition Speaks on the Prospect of Investment Signal Coming out of Durban

Certainty = private investment = clean technology. Why don't they get it?

Canada - Wind turbines do not erode human health, Canadian doctor announces

Furthermore, all the power generation alternatives except solar energy are clearly worse than wind energy in terms of health and environmental effects

Uruguay - Expect to hire another 450 MW of wind power

Vestas and Impsa wind turbines produced in wind farm plants at very low price of just over $ 60 per MWh

AWEA - Newman misleads on wind energy incentives and more

Alex Newman has a column in New American magazine bashing wind power on a wide variety of grounds

Siemens and Shanghai Electric intend to set up two new joint ventures to form a strategic alliance for the Chinese wind power market.

Norway - Nordex awarded contract for 21 multi-megawatt turbines

Nordex’s Scandinavian business is continuing to grow

EWEA - 20 MW Wind Turbines are on the Horizon

Significant technological innovation and design will be then necessary, according to a feasibility study for the Upwind wind power project

Product Pick of the Week - Makani Power's Airborne Wind Turbines (AWT)

Leading offshore wind farm developers discuss launching a new American wind energy industry

This week: U.S. - Google builds a large wind farm

Wind farm to be equipped with GE wind turbines

This week: AWEA - New website launched to 'SaveUSAWindJobs'

“Eliminating a tax credit to rake in more tax revenue,” the video notes, “is a tax hike.”

Product Pick of the Week - The KiteGen Kite Wind Generator

Looking at the Kite wind energy turbine market, it seems as if the market is more diverse and more populated many think - Is this part of the wind energy revolution?

South Africa - Nordex preferred supplier for two wind farms

The South African government has awarded a total of 634 MW to project developers in this bidding process

UK - FMC Technologies celebrates a greener future

FMC Technologies celebrated the official opening of the organisation’s 1.5 megawatt wind turbine at their Pitreavie based manufacturing facility in Dunfermline

Romanian Wind Energy Association and Green Power Conferences' Wind Power Romania

The largest annual Romanian wind power conference on 17 January

New coating systems by AHC Oberflächentechnik protects aluminium-cast alloys from corrosion

The Global Wind Energy Council welcomed the agreement reached at COP 17 in Durban yesterday, but warned that both the level of ambition and the speed of the negotiations needed to increase dramatically to meet the challenge of global climate change.

With wind power leading the renewable industry, most countries are planning or implementing wind power integration strategies

This week: Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to offer our clients and friends a 15% discount on registration for Wind and Solar Integration Summit

January 18-20, 2012, Scottsdale, AZ

The 2nd annual Wind Power Romania 2012

17-18 January, Bucharest

This week: Interview with Christian Hinsch, Director Corporate Communications juwi Holding AG

New Member On Windfair.net: Wind on the Wires

Categories: * Associations

Siemens Launches New Turbine at EWEA Offshore in Amsterdam in The Windfair Newsletter

New 6-MW direct drive offshore wind turbine

Wind on the Wires Cheers the MISO Board’s

Approval of the Multi-Value Projects Portfolio

New Member On Windfair.net: Green Power Conferences

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EWEA 2012 - Back to the Future

16 - 19 APRIL 2012, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

DNV is launching new design software for ultimate strength and fatigue analysis of offshore wind turbine structures - Sesam GeniE Wind. Building on 40 years as a leading design tool for engineering floating and fixed offshore structures, the new Sesam mod

The fastest growing global meeting place for the US offshore wind industry

Register for next year's Offshore Wind Power USA event in Boston

This week: Siemens wins order for offshore wind park in Germany

Amrumbank West project with installed capacity of 288 megawatts to go online in 2015

Joint Ventures: Moving forward the offshore wind

Wind farm O&M: Best practice on cost containment elusive

GL Garrad Hassan Deutschland GmbH: 10th Hamburg Offshore Wind Conference

Developments leading the offshore industry

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SIAG Group is on the Rise

New Orders in Onshore and Offshore Business <b>Steel colossuses at the SIAG Nordseewerke – Foundation structures for offshore wind turbines</b>

Vestas has received two wind power orders from EDF Energies Nouvelles for delivery of 19 V90-2.0 MW wind turbines for the Gargano wind farm in Apulia (Italy), and for 12 V90-2.0 MW for the Eckolstädt wind farm