News Archive July 2011

Catch the Wind, Inc: CATCH THE WIND REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2011 FINANCIAL RESULTS

Catch the Wind, Inc: Reminder of Conference Call

BBB Umwelttechnik GmbH: BBB reaches second round of the German medium-sized-business award

BBB Umwelttechnik, Joachim Binotsch, Frank Baranowski, Gelsenkirchen, medium-size-business award, Oskar-Patzelt-foundation

Mexico - Vestas receives order for sixteen V90-1.8 MW wind turbines for a wind farm in Chiapas

The order has been placed by REM Generación Electrica Mexicana (REM), a Mexican company established for this purpose

One of the most interesting news items in the past week was a report that energy-challenged China is planning to rapidly boost its offshore wind energy sector to 30 GW by 2020

Turkey - Wind energy potential estimated to exceed 83,000 MW

The wind power sector is developing fast and licenses to numerous wind farm projects have already been issued

AWEA - The American Wind Energy Association installs a new board

Having contributed 35 percent of all new electricity generating capacity since 2007, the U.S. wind power industry is generating electricity and economic development

Wind energy plants have become a common sight both on land and at sea – not least in Denmark, where wind turbines supply a quarter of the power. Risø DTU of Denmark introduces new simulation platform that can optimize the total economic benefits

Brazil - Further Vestas involvement based on 60 MW order

Wind energy Vestas has signed a wind turbines order for a total capacity of 60 MW for wind farm projects in Brazil

Windfair Newsletter presents new Member: ASM Automation Sensorik Messtechnik GmbH

Category: * Suppliers: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

This week: USA - Catch the Wind signs Letter of Intent for Collaborative Agreement with Technocentre Éolien

Will validate Vindicator® system operation in cold climates and complex terrain

Canada - New wind energy projects to benefit Ontario communities with jobs, economic development, and a cleaner electricity system

Ontario’s leadership in renewable energy attracts global investors

The G128-5.0 MW will enable customers to minimise down time, reduce maintenance work and achieve competitive energy costs and optimal returns throughout the lives of their wind farm plants

Two-thirds say they would be willing to pay more for products made with wind power. Overwhelmingly they either prefer or don’t mind seeing wind turbines in their daily life

Hungary - Wind energy sector on its back foot

Among the EU-27 Hungary comes last in terms of renewable electricity targets

This week: Ambau GmbH: Further major order for AMBAU

Windreich AG commissions AMBAU with the manufacture of 80 tripods for the MEG Offshore 1 project

Belgium’s Thornton Bank wind farm once fully completed will have a total installed capacity of 325 MW which will provide enough electricity to power 600,000 households with renewable energy

Europe- EU Representative Office opened by Vestas in Brussels / Belgium

New Brussels office to strengthen Vestas’ EU stakeholder relationships and EU presence

Whales, Bees, Birds, jellyfish are just a few examples of Nature's creations that have given birth to a multitude of new innovative developments and technological breakthroughs

The new BGB Axial Multimode Optilinc system has been produced to revolutionise the wind turbine slip ring market. Optilinc is the first of the new generation of contactless slip rings to be produced by BGB Engineering Ltd.

Exhibition Ticker - EWEA 2013 Annual Event

4 - 7 February in Vienna, Austria

A2SEA signs cooperation agreement with Teekay Corporation for marine services for the construction of offshore wind farms

“This will give our customers greater efficiencies, lower costs per unit, and shorter installation times”

Vestas Wind Systems: Information in the market regarding order in the USA

“The price set by the UARB for small and community wind will allow communities in Nova Scotia to take an active role in the province’s renewable electricity future"

The wind farm plants, which will comprise some 1,200 wind turbines off the west coast of France, should generate 3.5% of the country’s energy output

Excel-lent™ software from longtime builder of gears and gearboxes quickly determines optimum product parameters for various industries; time savings in hundreds of engineering hours being realized

Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA), a rural electric cooperative serving the interior of Alaska, recently approved the proposed 24-MW Eva Creek wind power project

AWEA - Wind power makes an impact in West Virginia

It's taken a while to get started, but wind energy is moving steadily forward in West Virginia, according to a recent report from Charleston, WV-based WOWK-TV

Windfair presents new Member: REM Surface Engineering

Category: Suppliers: Coatings / Corrosion Protection

GWEC: Wind power drives global renewable energy growth

AHC Oberflächentechnik GmbH: AHC’s website now also with English version

Offshore wind energy to have major role in green energy revolution, with higher target of 18GW by 2020. Offshore wind turbines industry costs set to come down by 30% as greater efficiencies achieved

Spain - Wind energy Gamesa supply 70 MW to two wind farm plants in Salamanca

Gamesa will install the newly-contracted 35 G90-2.0 MW wind turbines in 2011. The related O&M wind power agreement covers a five-year period

Availon GmbH: Availon offers new upgrade for Vestas® turbines

Improved design for transformer bracket

Jacksonville, Florida Landstar System, Inc., a non-asset based provider of integrated supply chain solutions delivering safe, specialized transportation, warehousing and logistics services, has named Randy Wescott, Sharon Lawson, and Pennie Merie July Emp

The number of countries using wind power for electricity generation increased in the first half of 2011 to 86. All wind turbines installed worldwide have crossed 200 Gigawatt and can generate 430 TWh per annum

Windfair: Mr. Schäfer, welcome to our Newsletter interview. Since becoming the Editor in Chief of ERNEUERBARE ENERGIEN what kind of changes have you made? Karsten Schäfer: I joined ERNEUERBARE ENERGIEN a year and a half ago. Since then, we have constan

Going back to 1997, when the EC first talked about targets for renewable energy, set a non-binding goal of 40 GW of wind power by 2010. This target was exceeded by more than double

Exhibition Ticker - AWEA OFFSHORE WINDPOWER 2011 Conference & Exhibition

Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland / October 11 - 13

Cong Ly Company also has plans for a second phase of the project, which would add up to 120 megawatts of wind power to help resolve the country's chronic power shortages

USA - Nordex USA completes corporation’s largest wind energy project

60 N90/2500 wind turbines commissioned in Colorado for a wind farm

This past week has been notable for a spate of positive news items on U.S. wind power development, although the looming expiration of a key federal incentive is casting an increasing shadow over the wind turbines plants

Brazil - Vestas continues wind energy drive in South America

Vestas has received a wind power order for a total capacity of 90 MW for wind farm projects in Brazil

"...focus instead on the design of the wind farm itself, to maximize its energy-collecting efficiency at heights closer to the ground. While winds blow far less energetically at, say, 30 feet off the ground than at 100 feet, "the global wind pow

Exhibition Ticker - Wind Energy in Turkey - The 3rd annual WIND POWER TURKEY 2011

20 – 21 September 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey

China, the world's largest wind power market by installed capacity, had sold only 13 wind turbines abroad by the end of 2010, according the China Wind Energy Association

Special Report - Wireless data radios versus wired solutions for wind turbine monitoring

Monthly costs associated with satellite or cell phone systems have become a burden to operating budgets

In a few years from now, Africa’s 22nd largest country, Kenja, will become home to the continent’s largest wind farm – a project that will account for 20% of current electricity production

Vestas: Vestas receives 90 MW order in Brazil

LEONI Fiber Optics Inc.: Fiber Optic Solutions for Medical Laser Delivery Probes from LEONI Fiber Optics Inc.

Extensive Selection of Standard and Custom Fiber Optic Solutions for the Medical Laser Delivery System OEM

Windfair.net - Member News - Catch The Wind

Catch The Wind announces changes to board and management and provides update on financing

July 18, 2011 This past week has been notable for a spate of positive news items on U.S. wind power development, although the looming expiration of a key federal incentive is casting an increasing shadow over the wind turbines plants.

Vestas has secured a wind power service contract extension for 57 wind turbines of the V90-2.0 MW turbine representing a total capacity of 114 MW for wind farm plants

Estonia - GE supplies 18 wind turbines to the Paldiski Wind Farm

GE makES its debut in Estonia - one of Europe’s most promising wind power sectors

ALL-ENERGY: UK’S LEADING ALTERNATIVE ENERGY EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE - ACQUIRED BY REED EXHIBITIONS

Reed Exhibitions adds to its growing global portfolio of alternative energy events

AWEA - Energy policy tops list of needs at wind energy manufacturing conference

The most important U.S. policy encouraging wind power, the federal wind energy production tax credit (PTC), will expire at the end of 2012

This Week: Product Pick - The M5000 - A 5-MW hybrid-drive offshore wind turbine

The M5000 is well suited for offshore use because it is powerful, yet relatively compact and lightweight

This week: EWEA: The world's largest offshore wind energy event

Early bird registration deadline extended to 26 July

This Week: PCS Power Converter Solutions GmbH: Reactive Current for the Middle Kingdom

PCS Green Line 1000 Proves Itself in China’s Largest Trial Wind Park

* Market Overview and Update * Turbines: New Concepts & Requirements * Component Optimization * Rotorblade Innovations: Production, Surfaces & Monitoring * Condition Monitoring The first 50 attendees are booked for the Windfair Technical Sy

The Bac Lieu wind energy project further expands GE’s role in Vietnam. The GE wind turbines chosen for this project feature an 82.5 meter rotor for class III wind conditions

This week: Interview with Aaron Sabino, Product Manager, Automated Precision Inc.

This week: Troutman Sanders LLP - Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation Final Rule

Catch the Wind: Catch the Wind's Vindicator LWS Installed on Illinois Institute of Technology Wind Turbine

Siemens AG: Siemens to supply wind turbines for onshore projects in Brazil

Windfair presents new Member: Molins de vent Tarragó

Category: Manufacturers and Distributors of small Wind Turbines

Nordex UK awarded order for 52.5 MW wind farm

Installation of 21 N90/2500 turbines scheduled for summer 2012

This week: Vestas Wind Systems - Vestas receives 92 MW order in Asia Pacific

Encoders for all applications Pepperl+Fuchs delivers since many years encoders in various executions to a great number of well known manufacturers of wind turbines. The product range includes incremental as well as absolute encoders which offer custome

SGS Germany GmbH: InWind Chronicle features SGS Article on In-Service Inspections for Wind Farm Projects

South Africa - Letter from the African Wind Energy Association - AfriWEA

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION AND PROPOSALS FOR NEW GENERATION CAPACITY, UNDER THE IPP PROCUREMENT PROGRAMME

Spain - Profits rise for wind energy Gamesa as it enjoys promising start for 2011

Spanish wind power company Gamesa recorded a revenue increase of 26 per cent for the first half of the year compared with 2010

As of 30 June 2011, there are 1,247 offshore wind turbines fully grid connected in Europe. They have a total wind energy capacity of 3,294 MW and are in 49 wind farm plants spread between nine countries