News Archive August 2011

WKN AG: BGZ AG, energy-consult and WKN Windkraft Nord AG become WKN AG

Merging within the WKN Group

Nordex has obtained a wind power order from Eolia Renovables to supply 15 N100/2500 wind turbines. “Sant Antoni” is the first N100/2500 wind power project in Spain

UK - Vattenfall installs final wind turbines at its Ormonde offshore wind farm

The 150 MW wind energy plant consists of 30 Repower 5 MW wind turbines

New wind farm projects contributed roughly 25% of the new capacity added to the U.S. electrical grid in 2010, compared to 42% in 2009, 43% in 2008, 34% in 2007, 18% in 2006 and 12% in 2005

EWEA: EU wind power will triple by 2020

Siemens AG: Siemens brings HelWin cluster windfarm on line

Offshore HVDC platform for low-loss transmission to the onshore grid

STX Windpower: STX Windpower introduces its new wind turbine prototype

The wind power deal will see GE supply a mix of 1.5-82.5 and 1.6-100 wind turbines. 94 1.6MW and 134 1.5 MWs wind turbines will be going to the Osage wind farm in Oklahoma and the Post Rock wind farm in Kansas

This week: UK - Vestas test wind energy centre on Isle of Wight

UK Energy Minister Chris Huhne will visit Vestas' brand new €60 million wind power test centre at West Medina Mills on the Isle of Wight in the UK

Greece - Wind energy Gamesa supply wind turbines to Enel Green Power

The wind farm, with combined installed wind power capacity of 38 MW, are equipped with 19 Gamesa G87-2.0 MW wind turbines

AWEA - Wind Uprising, a documentary about the development of the first wind farm in Utah

Wind Uprising chronicles the turbulent journey shared by an entrepreneur and an engineer who broke trail for wind power in coal country

This week: Availon GmbH: Increased reliability, fewer service call-outs Slipring box suction system from Availon

Often it is only small details that can cause a generator to fail.

The US investment fund Blackstone plans to invest several billion euros in German wind farm plants, as the biggest economy in Europe will need the energy when it abandons nuclear power by 2022

Screwed joint-connections by HYTORC in The Windfair Newsletter

Maintenance-free screwed joint-connections nearly possible with different bolting-methods

Siemens is gearing up for further growth in renewables. Effective October 1, 2011, the company wants to realign its renewables business into two independent units.

India - Vestas receives wind turbines order for 47 MW wind farm

The wind power order for 26 wind turbines of the V100-1.8 MW is for the Vandiya Power Wind Farm project in the state of Gujarat, India

Texas set a new record for electricity demand, and as it had a day before, wind power helped keep the lights on and the air conditioning running. Texas wind turbines contributed 2,000 MW during that hour

Product Pick of the Week - Optical Technologies for Wind Turbines and Solar Systems from LEONI Fiber Optics Inc.

Selection of High-flex Fiber Optic Cables

Landstar delivers safe, specialized transportation, warehousing and logistics services to a broad range of customers worldwide utilizing a network of agents, third-party capacity owners and employees.

Company Story of the Week - Industry-leading Auto West BMW in British Columbia / USA

First commercial, vertical axis wind turbine on Canada's West Coast installed

Revenue increases to EUR 262.5 million / EBIT rises to EUR 10.0 million / Order backlog at EUR 2.61 billion

Siemens AG: Siemens secures order for sixth offshore-wind power plant in Germany

First time that private equity company invests in Siemens-offshore-wind power plant

Alone in 2010 alone the world installed almost 50% more new wind energy capacity (38.3 GW) in comparison to newly installed nuclear capacity in the last decade (26.1 GW)

Exhibition Ticker - AWEA OFFSHORE WINDPOWER 2011 Conference & Exhibition

Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA. / June 3-6

Product of the Week - The FL 3000 wind turbine from Fuhrländer

Compact and light thanks to innovative drive train and gears

The project - expected to be completed by July 31, 2012 - will be important in establishing worker safety requirements for offshore renewable energy operations

Following last weekend’s articles citing local anti-wind activists and groups with very little balance, the Los Angeles Times published another article Wednesday with a variety of misleading allegations about allegedly unsafe practices in the wind power i

STEGO has decades of experience in the field of climate control of electrical enclosures. STEGO's customers include manufacturers of wind turbines, telecommunications systems, traffic management systems, ATMs and parking control systems

ABB will design, engineer, supply and install the offshore platform, the offshore and onshore converter stations and the land and sea cable systems

Fibox Inc: FIBOX OFFERS NEW 184-PAGE 4.1 US ENCLOSURE CATALOG

On August 1, 2011, SGS appointed Christoph Thiel as the new Global Business Development Manager, Renewable Energies. Christoph assumes responsibility for sales and business development at SGS Renewable Energy Services globally.

Vestas Wind Systems A/S: Vestas receives 92 MW order in Spain

Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order for two projects in Spain with a total capacity of 92 MW.

SSP Technology A/S has signed two contracts with an Asian wind turbine manufacturer for blade design and production of blade moulds. The contracts, both of which have been signed with this customer within the last couple of months, are milestones for SSP

Pilot installations to take place in New York, Beijing, and Barcelona this fall ahead of formal market launch in early 2012

On June 30, 2011, the SGS Wind Energy Technology Center (WETC) in Tianjin, China was awarded a contract to conduct full-scale Wind Turbine Blade Testing for one of the world’s leading component suppliers in the wind turbine industry. Throughout the entire

First shipments already delivered The official opening ceremonies of Peikko´s unit in China, Peikko Construction Accessories (Zhangjiagang) Co. Ltd., were held on 3 August 2011.

New Member on Windfair: Rotor Clip Company, Inc.

Category: Suppliers: Others

This week: DR. SHRINK Inc.: DR. SHRINK REORGANIZES WAREHOUSE FOR EVEN BETTER EFFICIENCY

This week: Vestas American Wind Technology, Inc.: Vestas secures 190-MW service-renewal contract for Canada's second largest wind power plant

Generating electricity from wind power has been an integral part of Weier's business for over 25 years. International customers buy conventional designed generators with power outputs ranging from 0.125 kW up to 1.5 MW for large and small wind power

This week: Interview with Marc Reitmaier, Business Unit Automation, Global Industry Wind Energy, PHOENIX CONTACT Gmbh & Co. KG

Cooperation between Europe and Egypt on renewable energy progresses well: The European Union conducts a Combined Renewable Energy Master plan for Egypt and co-finances a 200 MW wind farm in Egypt

Molins de Vent TARRAGÓ: Spanish allotment gardens: German ideas with renewable energy concepts in the Iberian Peninsula

Vestas Wind Systems: Vestas receives 202 MW order in USA

Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order for 112 V100-1.8 MW wind turbines for the USA.

STX Finland and STX Windpower are pleased to announce that they are starting a joint collaboration on turnkey windpark supply in Northern Europe, focusing on offshore sites in the Northern Baltic Sea region and onshore sites in Finland, Sweden and the Bal

This week: James Walker: Can the industry afford not to check or be late in critical bolt checking?

Vestas Wind Systems A/S: Interim financial report, first half year 2011

Outlook maintained - profit in line with expectations - safety improved once again.

This week: Automated Precision Inc - API Releases Radian Laser Tracker with INNOVO Technology

The Netherlands - Hosting wind power capacity of North Sea estimated at 135 GW

The North Sea could become home to offshore wind energy farms with a combined generating capacity as high as 135 GW by 2030

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

This week: Seaports of Niedersachsen GmbH: The Seaports of Niedersachsen are logistic hubs for the offshore-industry

Interview with Prof. Dr. Peter Schaumann ForWind, Leibniz University Hannover, Institute for Steel Construction in The Windfair Newsletter

Grouted joints for offshore wind turbine support structures

Vestas Wind Systems A/S: Announcement of Vestas Executives' trading with securities

Wind power could be the perfect match to electric vehicles in Alberta, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy

EWEA - Wind power has positive effects on marine life

A new study has found that many species of marine life can benefit from the presence of an offshore wind farm once it has been constructed

Product of the Week - COMPAXX™ Foam Core System for Wind Blades

Dow Formulated Systems Introduces Foam Core System for Wind Blades

Vestas Wind Systems A/S: Announcement of Vestas Executives' trading with securities

Intellifast GmbH: Award „Success 2011“ goes to Intellifast

Brazil - Wind energy booms and is turns out to be cheaper than gas

Wind farm projects in the auction on Wednesday won 39 per cent of the total capacity contracted, offering an average price of 99.58 reais (.91) per megawatt hour

Sweden - Statkraft SCA to build 60MW project in central Sweden

Developer Statkraft SCA has announced plans to build a 60MW wind project in central Sweden, costing €108 million

Windfair.net - Member News - General Electric connects 39 GE wind turbines wireless over 42 square miles

GE and Cisco have teamed up to provide park-wide connectivity to the first phase of First Wind’s Milford, Utah, wind farm

USA - Landstar Earns Quest for Quality Awards from Logistics Management

Landstar received 2011 Quest for Quality Awards in the Dry Freight Carriers, Industrial & Heavy Haul Carriers, and Third Party Logistics categories

Exhibition Ticker - Wind Power Romania 2012 Conference & Exhibition

17-18 January 2012, Bucharest, Romania

UK - Cost of offshore transmission

Ofgem will now study the investment plans and publish its preliminary comments in October. The transmission investment plans cover the period 2013 to 2021

Cooperation on a range of technical services, products, and aftermarket support for the development, supply and maintenance of advanced wind-turbine components signed

UK - REpower seeks port base for UK offshore efforts

German turbine manufacturer and developer Repower is searching Britain for a port to use as a manufacturing base to serve potential Round 3 contracts

Robert Bradley, of the misleadingly named and petro-funded Institute for Energy Research, has a new opinion article on Forbes.com attacking federal incentives for wind power

Molins de Vent TARRAGÓ: Mechanical System to avoid ice at the windmills

New Zealand - Update on wind energy "down-under"

Windflow Technology has completed the successful build and commissioning of the 97 Windflow 500 wind turbines at NZ Windfarms' Te Rere Hau wind farm

Deepwater Wind, which has proposed one wind farm, has three wind power sites totaling 117 acres in Quonset Business Park. Rhode Island stands ready to fuel tomorrow's energy economy by building wind turbines

Japan - All wind turbines still standing after March 11th 2011 earthquake and tsunami

Yoshinori Ueda from the Japan Wind Energy Association confirmed that none of Japan’s 1,798 wind turbines were heavily damaged

Exhibition Ticker - USA: 4th Annual REFF West Forum

September 26-27, 2011 / San Francisco, CA

“This project demonstrates Power Climber Wind’s expertise in navigating the complex design process to earn AS 1735 elevator registration in Australia”

The offshore wind energy plants Meerwind Süd and Meerwind Ost will be located in the German North Sea Zone 23 km north of the island of Helgoland and will consist of 80 wind turbines

DR. SHRINK Inc.: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHRINK WRAPPERS BEING FORMED

This week: Fibox Inc: ARCA® ENCLOSURES OFFER CUSTOM COLOR OPTIONS

GWEC: 1,928.8 MW of wind power contracted at Brazilian auctions

Brazil Windpower 2010: Timely event in a booming market

STX announces that it has commissioned the first offshore direct drive wind turbine and has completed a successful test run on Monday August 1st. STX’s first offshore direct drive wind turbine was installed under the project called ‘The demonstrative offs

This week: Interview with Jörg Mährlein, Deputy Head of the GSI mbH SLV Duisburg

Exhibition Ticker - Wind Power MENA 2011

Expanding wind power generation across the Middle East and North Africa / 29-30 November 2011, Amman, Jordan / Organised under the patronage of: HRH Prince Asem Bin Nayef

You no longer need a Che Gevera cap to become a revolutionary: conservative governments the world over are currently chanting the Renewables Revolution in hitherto unknown harmony. And in the wind energy sector there is no shortage of numbers to back up t

This week: Interview with Mr. Bernd Hömberg, Grad. Engineer, Head of Department Wind Energy at Haus der Technik (HDT)

Availon introduces integrated management system

Germanischer Lloyd presents certificates

Catch the Wind Signs Agreement with Leading Manufacturer of Wind Turbines

Will lease Vindicator® LWS Unit for up to six months

While the BBC mentions that offshore wind power is currently an expensive way of producing electricity, EWEA believes that offshore wind energy will become much more cost effective and efficient in the years ahead

Turkey - Eksim Group plans a third wind farm with Nordex wind turbines

Nordex has received the next wind energy order from the Eksim Yatirim Group. The Amasya wind power project involves a total of 16 wind turbines

UK - ETI invests £25m in world leading offshore test facility at Narec supporting UK’s future offshore wind industry

The UK has Europe’s biggest wind resource, but until now, has had no dedicated full turbine test facility

Iberdrola, world leader in wind power and with over 13,000 MW of installed capacity in 23 countries, applies for preliminary permits from German authorities to build the Wikinger offshore wind farm

A coalition of 24 US governors from the major parties and each region of the country has asked the administration to take steps to provide a more favourable business climate for the expansion of wind energy

World market for wind energy gains momentum after a weak year in 2010 - 18,4 GW of new installations in first half of 2011, 43,9 GW expected for the full year - China confirms its role as global wind locomotive with a share of 43 %, adding 8 GW - In J

Dr. Rangarajan leads a global research team and a network of strategic partners on a mission to significantly reduce the cost of wind energy through industry-leading innovation

Germany- Groundbreaking ceremony for new rotor blade factory

Rotor blade production to start in 2012, with several hundred new jobs created

Topic of the Week - Another type of Wind!

Astrophysicists solve 40-year-old Mariner 5 solar wind problem: Turbulence does not "go with the flow" afterall

This week: Catch the Wind, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2011 Financial Results

Five separate sales agreements totaling 34 Vindicator® units, the most active in the Company's history

Product Pick of the Week - Development of superconducting magnets for MRI systems to scale-up wind turbines to 15 MW

New generator will be lighter in weight, deliver more power, reduce cost of electricity (COE)

The quake and tsunami which devastated Japan's Fukushima nuclear power complex (Japanese wind farm plants were largely unaffected, and quickly back in operation).

“In the wind physics track students learn how wind power can be used as efficiently and cheaply as possible – depending on the various wind turbine sites and the resulting wind conditions"

This week: James Walker - A sealing solution to reduce maintenance costs

ACSA DELIVERS A27-225kW WIND TURBINES FOR ITALIAN CLIENT

Establishes ACSA’s market entry in Asia. Confirms revitalization and readiness of ACSA’s supply chain for the next twenty five years.