News Archive March 2011

USA - Obama Administration pushes on offshore wind energy

A globally competitive Strategic Plan was announced for the creation of a national offshore wind power industry, with 10,000 MW to be installed by 2020 and 54,000 MW by 2030

USA - MDA EarthSat Weather and Global Weather Corporation Partner

Two firms are better than one…at wind forecast

USA - Iberdrola Renovables announces earnings of €360 million in 2010

Last year the company also brought on stream the Penascal wind energy complex in Texas, the largest operated by Iberdrola Renovables worldwide

SIEMENS Energy Sector Renewable Energy Division: Siemens secures order for fifth offshore wind power plant in Germany

Borkum Riffgrund 1 will provide clean energy for approximately 330,000 households

The wind energy industry cannot support the guidance on wildlife issued last week by the Department of the Interior and its U.S. (wind power guidelines and the eagle-specific guidance)

Germany - DONG Energy to build German offshore wind farm

Borkum Riffgrund 1 will consist of up to 89 3.6 MW wind turbines from Siemens Wind Power with a total capacity of 320 MW

"...we will continue to be proactive in seeking solutions to common issues and improving siting practices as the industry continues to evolve and grow"

Product Pick of the Week - Nautilus from SKF Bearings

One main-shaft bearing does work of two

AWEA - Statement on Interior's proposed wildlife guidance for wind turbines II

Guidance released last week deviates significantly from the consensus recommendations

BBB Umwelttechnik GmbH: Günter Laubinger takes over the lead in the field of Contracting and Procurement

He is responsible for the examination of project specific contracts in the scope of technical due diligences (TDD).

Canada - Court upholds current regulations for wind turbine setbacks

Ontario Divisional Court dismisses claim government ignored its own Statement of Environmental Values (SEV) in developing setback regulation

Brazil - Bioenergy signs wind energy contract with GE

Bioenergy has agreed to purchase 18 wind turbines this year and 36 in 2012 for wind farm projects in Rio Grande do Norte. The cost of wind power is dropping rapidly in Brazil

Sweden - Arise Windpower AB Increase of the Share Capital

Arise Windpower is one of Sweden’s leading companies in onshore wind energy. Its business concept is to sell electricity generated at the company’s own wind turbines

This looming energy policy vacuum will be the focus of top level discussions at Europe's largest wind power conference and exhibition

USA - Canadian wind energy blog: a fresh, thoughtful voice

I've been impressed during the past few days by two separate posts on a Canadian wind power blog, Harvesting Wind Support, and want to recommend it to readers

EWEA - Indonesia begins embracing wind power

Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populated nation, is about to begin developing wind energy. The country’s first large-scale wind farm be built in Sukabumi

Both wind energy projects will be able to supply into ERCOT when the Central location of the competitive renewable energy zone (CREZ) transmission line is completed by early 2013

Wind energy generation will deliver savings to Irish consumers of €100m by 2020, the most detailed analysis to date into the value of the sector has revealed

Indonesia is all set to develop the wind energy as the large-scale wind farm being built in Sukabumi. The large-scale wind turbines plant in the country will be exactly set up at Sukabumi in West Java end of this year

India - Gamesa to invest €60m in wind turbines

India already accounts for eight per cent of Gamesa's global wind farm plants sales, following the launch of its first manufacturing facility in the country early last year

Portugal - Wind energy Vestas signs agreements with Iberwind

Vestas signs wind power agreements with Iberwind for the first repowering wind farm project in Portugal and 225 MW wind turbines service renewal

Three of the five top wind turbines companies in the world, Goldwind, Suzlon and Vestas will be the high profile participants at the upcoming African Utility Week

AMBAU GmbH: Major order for foundation structures for AMBAU

AMBAU has received its first complete order for offshore foundations This is the largest individual order in the history of the company.

Acciona Energy's wind farm will add to the increasing amount of wind turbines being installed in Poland. In 2010 the wind power capacity in the country increased by 53% to an accumulated figure of 1107 MW

Offshore wind energy project developers and prospectors are challenged to affordably acquire accurate, on-site wind data to assess the viability of a proposed or potential wind farm project

Windfair.net / WIndfair.us: New Address

c/o smart dolphin GmbH - Planckstr. 7a - 22765 Hamburg

Eolica Dobrogea has recently sold four wind energy projects in Romania to Iberdrola Renovables. The wind turbines projects will have a power of 80 MW. Iberdrola will later operate these wind farm plants

The three wind power developers of the London Array announced that the first of 177 foundations of wind turbines has now been installed at the London Array Offshore Wind Farm in the Thames Estuary

Germany - The European Investment Bank finances first offshore wind farm

The wind energy project involved the construction of 21 wind turbines. This as a pioneering project for German offshore wind power

Bangladesh - Could wind energy be a solution to power crisis?

Urban Green Energy (UGE) is a global leader in small wind power and renewable energy systems

Brazil - ABB Wins $19 Million Wind Power Order

Substation solutions to support wind energy farms installed by Suzlon, the world’s third-largest manufacturer of wind turbines for substation solutions to serve wind farm plants

USA - Juhl Wind and Suzlon Sell 20 MW Community Wind Energy Project

The Grant County Wind Farm in southwestern Minnesota consists of 10 Suzlon S88 – 2.1 MW wind turbines and at full capacity produces 20 megawatts of energy

Greengate Power Corp. said it has received provincial approval to build Canada's largest wind farm. Construction on the Blackspring Ridge I wind power project in southern Alberta is expected to begin in 2012

Denmark - New Vestas Sailrocket 2 aims for speed sailing record

Wind power from Vestas’ more than 43,000 wind turbines currently reduces carbon emissions by more than 40 million tons of CO2 every year

In the annual service survey of the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) which has just been published, REpower ranked second among the wind turbine manufacturers in Germany

Sweden - Statkraft Opens Its First Wind Energy Plant

Em wind farm, Statkraft's first wind power facility in Sweden, is officially opened today, and is comprised of four wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 9.2 MW

The wind energy converter, designed to meet US grid-tie requirements, low-voltage ride-through, dynamic VAR control and anti-islanding capabilities, incorporates the latest in power conversion technology

Siemens launches new gearless wind turbine for low to moderate wind speeds

Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC): Brazil Windpower 2010: Timely event in a booming market

AWEA - Arkansas governor shows passion for wind at AWEA Supply Chain Workshop

The Arkansas governor used the platform of AWEA’s Supply Chain Workshop this week in Little Rock to underscore that wind power is a no-brainer

Suzlon and REpower, if taken together, stand as the world’s third leading wind energy supplier group in terms of market share. Market share of 9.8 per cent is derived from BTM Consult ApS World Market Update 2009, ranking Suzlon with 6.4 per cent of globa

Kazakhstan - Projections show moderate penetration levels of wind energy up until 2030

250 MW production up until 2015 and approx. 2000 MW production by 2030: less than 1% in 2015 and 4% in 2030 respectively

Japan - Wind turbines survive both tsunami and earthquake

While some of Japan's nuclear plants have suffered disaster and are spewing dangerous radiation into the skies, Japan's wind energy facilities escape undamaged

AWEA - Special report: transportation & logistics issues bubble up

“Everyone in the wind transportation or logistics industry should get involved in the group.”

Flexible System-Integrated Converters for optimal network compatibility of wind turbines

PCS Green Line Makes Strong Showing at Hanover Fair

Energia will be the biggest purchaser of the wind power produced by Ireland’s new wind farm plants in 2011, based on figures from the Irish Wind Energy Association

Centralized Lubrication Systems for Clean Tech Power Plants

World Water Day: Wind power saves water

Gamesa, one of the world's leading corporations in the wind power industry and a top wind farm developer, has agreed to supply and commission wind turbines totalling 10 MW

SINOI and cp.max have agreed partnership in rotor blade service

Vestas Wind Systems A/S: Higher Flexibility, Superior Performance and Lower Risk

Vestas expands service options for customers with new industry leading product

Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC): GWEC projects recovery in global wind energy market

Troutman Sanders LLP: Bill to Prevent EPA from Regulating GHG Emissions Passes Full House Committee

The need for U.S. energy independence and economic security, coupled with the search for lower impact power sources, is driving demand for clean, alternative energy solutions such as wind energy

Denmark - Vestas underlines that success in wind energy is all about proper planning

Offshore wind farm at Horns Reef provides important lessons

Catch the Wind Presents Field Trial Data at EWEA Annual Event

The Vindicator® Laser Wind Sensor generated greater than 20% increased energy output by better aligning a turbine with the wind

USA - Nordex USA co-develops a 300 MW Michigan wind farm

"... Wind projects require specialized expertise in several complex areas, so having Nordex on our side has been a true asset.”

EWEA Wind Resource Assessment Technology Workshop

Register at early rates before 28 March

Europe - Ever-increasing size of wind turbines - Where is the limit?

Offshore wind farm plants are seeing wind turbines of 5 MW or more

Preliminary figures from the annual financial statements for 2010 confirmed / CEO Richterich: “Signs of further growth are already visible and will be reflected in sales and earnings in 2012”

It’s probably not what traditional wind farm developers have in mind when they are considering the many benefits of harnessing wind energy, but a popular American company has come up with two new reasons to appreciate the emissions-free technology — ice c

Sweden - Gabrielsbeget Syd Vind AB signs loan agreement with NIB for EUR 35 million for construction of new wind farm

20 wind turbines are planned and commercial operations are expected to be underway by July 2011

Germany - Universal Windkraft Logistik GmbH to purchase REpower's logistics subsidiary WEL

Contract will take effect on April 1, 2011

The 2011 AWEA Wind Power Finance & Investment Workshop / April 7-8 / Opportunity for achieving common ground in the current U.S. market between wind power developers and investors

35 3MW SWT-3.0-101 not only to be installed at Bison 2, but also for Bison 1 and Oklahoma Gas & Electric's Crossroads Oklahoma wind power farms

Middle East - With power demand growing rapidly, wind energy has still not taken off

The region's wind resource is excellent in some countries such as Iran, Oman, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Jordan

Wind energy is the fastest growing electricity generation technology. The level of annual installed wind farm capacity has grown at an average rate of 27.6% p.a. for the past five years.

Invitation to BalticFuture – the international conference and trade fair for renewable energy and the maritime industry - in Rostock

MOOG TO UNVEIL NEW CONTROL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS AT THE HANNOVER MESSE

Ultracapacitor System Technology / Energy storage without the use of Chemicals / A technology for optimizing the energy storage capacity of the surviving Japanese Wind Energy Sector?

Wind turbines accounted for 35% of new generating capacity installed in the U.S., and wind farm plants will produce nearly as much electricity as 10 nuclear power plants. Wind energy could supply 20% of U.S..

Meteodyn: Great Success for the 1ST international METEODYN WT Users’ Meeting!

Denmark - Offshore wind farm market is set to take off over the coming years

Vestas reveals details of its next generation of dedicated offshore wind turbines - the V164-7.0 MW series

Wind turbine investment levels increased by 34% in 2010, and wind energy remains the leading recipient of clean energy investments. Wind farm plants was the preferred technology for investments

Cyprus - Wind farm costing €170 million is first of its kind on the island

The Orites wind power consists of 41 towering white Vestas V90 2MW wind turbines, spread over the 16km site

The ship will take the transport of 48 wind turbines of the six-megawatt class. Full completion of the “Nordsee Ost” wind farm is planned for 2013. The wind power plant of 295 MW will supply 295,000 homes in Germany

France - The Germinon wind farm is Nordex's largest wind farm in the country

Germinon features the first Gamma Generation series wind turbines, which Nordex launched in spring 2010

Germany - Gamesa showcases its new wind turbine - the G136-4.5 MW Class IIIin Hanover Wind Energy Trade Fair

Visit Gamesa at the Energy 2011 Hannover trade fair (hall 27, stand M34)