News Archive September 2011

Vatro - Restoration after fire damage in The Windfair Newsletter

Whether fire, water, dust, environmental or other damage: Restoration potential should always be verified based on technical feasibility and economic efficiency.

This week: Interview with Dipl.-Phys. Achim Albertini, TWK ELEKTRONIK

Second Wind Achieves Fifth Consecutive Ranking on Inc.

5000 Market leadership, growth in adoption of Triton Sonic Wind Profiler boost company's ranking for higher-height wind data in Turkey’s wind energy market

GWEC: Brazil wind power taking off, industry seeks long-term policy

Brazil Windpower 2011: Timely event in a booming market

Converteam Confirmed as Leader in Advanced Test Facilities for Large Offshore Wind Turbines

Wind Energy Update: Cost reduction and project delivery top offshore wind construction agenda

This week: Molins de Vent TARRAGÓ: Water for the Sahrawi civilians

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

Though China represents more than 20 percent of its revenue globally, Gamesa's market share has been declining since 2005, when it commanded one-third of the market

This week: Catch the Wind Announces Major as Interim CEO

- Announces New Corporate Facility -

Dr. Boaz Almog and Mishael Azoulay working in the group of Prof. Guy Deutscher at TAU's Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy have developed superconducting wires using fibers made of single crystals of sapphire to be used in hi

EWEA Blog - Chinese competition powers progress on true challenges to wind energy

And it’s not just the Chinese wind power sector that is expanding on the global stage, but South Korea, Japan and others

Windfair: Is the Wind Energy Industry a priority for your company? How so? Joachim Kott: The "wind" growth market in the online condition monitoring segment is an important priority in the strategic alignment of our company. The effective ev

This week: Roxtec presents a new product

All cables and pipes are welcome Multidiameter™ is our invention

Achieving the Finnish windpower target by 2020 (6 TWh, approx. 2500 MW installed capacity) requires the implementation of several major offshore windparks.

USA - GE to Supply Wind Turbines to Two Wind Farm Plants in Illinois

Both the wind energy projects are developed by E.ON Climate & Renewables, NA (ECRNA), a global renewable energy projects developer

The geographical focus will be on the Rhenish lignite mining region. As far as technology is concerned, the company intends to concentrate on growth in the wind power and biogas segments, the company said

UK - Huge increase in electricity from wind energy

Electricity production from wind power rises by 131.1% in Q2, compared to same period last year

Germany - REpower receives wind energy order to deliver seven public wind farm plants

Wind power contracts for delivery of a total of 47 wind turbines to Northern Friesland

The wind power order has been placed by Sea Spa, a company controlled by Repower which is a leading Swiss utility generating electricity at its own plants in Switzerland, Italy and Germany

Ireland - Offshore wind energy could create 50,000 jobs

Britton noted that wind farm projects totalling 20 GW of offshore wind turbines generation are planned for waters in the Irish Sea zone

Exhibition Ticker - Wind Power Portugal 2011 Conference & Exhibition

Shaping the future of the Portuguese wind market. 22 - 23 November 2011, Lisbon, Portugal

Second Wind's remote sensing system helps unravel the mysteries of the turbine wake effect to increase wind farm productivity

Triton Sonic Wind Profiler is part of major wake effect study in Colorado Rockies

AMBAU Windservice and PowerWind – a strong team

AMBAU Windservice GmbH has once again erected a wind energy unit with and for PowerWind

Germany - PowerWind concludes framework agreement for PowerWind 500

• Albion Ventures LLP commissions PowerWind to build several wind turbines • First wind turbine to be installed in Great-Britain as early as February 2012

Spain - Gamesa installs its GPA maintenance upgrade in its wind power farms

The first units are to be installed in nine wind energy farms from French, Danish and Spanish clients in France and Spain

The Södra Kärra and Blekhem wind farm plants, with a combined output of 21.6 MW, are now in operation. Each wind farm consists of six Vestas V100 wind turbines with an installed capacity of 1.8 MW each

Wind turbines deployment in Brazil is set to exceed 5,000 MW by 2013, a five-fold increase from the current installed wind farm capacity, according to a study undertaken by the Global Wind Energy Council

Europe - Germany to overtake UK as the leader in offshore wind energy by 2015

A new study predicts Germany will overtake the UK as the world's leader in offshore wind power generation, potentially by 2015

Japan - Offshore wind energy plant for Fukushima coast planned

In order to take lead in offshore wind power, we want domestic studies and developments to take place and manufacturers to boost capabilities

PCS Power Converter Solutions GmbH: Grid Stability for Wind Energy

PCS Green Line 1000 provides improved grid integration for e.n.o energy

Brazil - Regulatory framework for wind energy generation I

For the first phase, a total capacity of 3,300 MW was assigned, distributed between wind farm, biomass and small hydropower, of which 1,429 MW were allocated to wind energy

The model for regulated procurement / Characteristics of tenders for procurement of wind energy generation / Prices in regulated procurement / Returns for the consumerUpdate on electricity planning

SGS Attends China Wind Power 2011 in Beijing

Spanish wind energy developer Gamesa has been contracted to supply wind turbines with a combined capacity of 14MW for a wind farm in Sweden, which is the third wind power deal the company has signed in country

Turkey - Wind power plant inaugurated in Akhisar sets windpower milestone of 1,600 megawatts

There are 72 wind farm plants across Turkey. So far, 1.6 billion euro has been invested in these wind turbines

Germany - Nordex expands wind power business in Eastern Europe

Market entry in Romania with wind farm projects totalling 20 megawatts

Damages of main bearings and gears are well known in the wind energy sector and thus an important factor in the profitability and cost calculation of a wind turbine.

Molins de Vent TARRAGÓ: Windmills in school books, universities and in the literature most distinguished Spanish authors

This week: Interview with Jürgen Schimohr, Manager Competence Center Wind Power Industry, Plarad - Maschinenfabrik Wagner GmbH & Co.KG

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The Canadian Wind Energy Association: Ontario farm property values hit record levels contrary to claims by opponents to wind energy

Wind turbines using rare-earth magnets are increasingly popular as they allow manufacturers to do away with gearboxes that require frequent maintenance

USA - Vestas leads the Dow Jones Sustainability index

Among the other listed companies in the Renewable Energy Equipment industry are First Solar from the USA and runner-up Gamesa CT from Spain

REpower Systems SE (WKN 617703) is to present a 50-hertz version of its new MM100 wind turbine at the Italian wind energy trade fair, Eolica Expo Mediterranean, from 14 to 16 September in Rome

This week: Interview with Lothar Brummel, General Manager Marketing, VATRO Trocknungs- und Sanierungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG

This week: Interview with Nils Raab, Sales Manager Wind Energy, Roxtec GmbH

LAWEA to push for a Regional Integration Policy

Availon GmbH, the worldwide leading multibrand service provider for wind turbine generator systems (WTGs), has been commissioned by Breeze Two Energy GmbH to carry out the full service for a total of 18 turbines with a combined rated capacity of 27 MW.

Labkotec Publishes Pre-Certificate Report for Ice Detection

Second Wind's remote sensing system helps unravel the mysteries of the turbine wake effect to increase wind farm productivity

Triton Sonic Wind Profiler is part of major wake effect study in Colorado Rockies

Chile - Vestas starts wind farm with capacity of 100 MW in South America

This wind energy project, which will be constructed with the Vestas 2 MW wind turbines, will at its completion be the largest wind power plant in Chile

Exhibition Ticker - EWEA OFFSHORE 2011

The world's largest offshore wind energy event / 29 November – 1 December 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Germany - REpower Invests in German Production Sites

Topping-out ceremony for hall expansion in Bremerhaven: 300 MW of additional production capacity from 2012 / Expansion of the Trampe (Brandenburg) plant for 3.XM wind turbines

The plant opened in December 2010 and produces nacelles for the company's 2.3-MW and 3.0-MW wind turbines

AWEA - 24 governors ask President to focus on wind energy deployment

Both parties’ candidates told how wind creates jobs and U.S. manufacturing

New Member on Windfair: szenaris GmbH - Training and simulation solutions for the wind energy industry

Consultancies: Education / Training

The online web service provides access to the industry’s largest blade catalogue and helps wind turbine manufacturers speed up the blade qualification process significantly.

This week: Interview with Wolfgang Weber, Global Industry Manager Renewable Energy, Pepperl + Fuchs GmbH

DEWIND CO. ANNOUNCES SHIPMENT OF 10 X 2.0 MW TURBINES

DeWind’s 2 MW D8.2 Wind Turbines depart central Texas manufacturing plant bound for project in North Texas Panhandle

Interview with Nils Raab, Sales Manager Wind Energy, Roxtec GmbH in The Windfair Newsletter

Roxtec's adaptable sealing systems

New Member On Windfair: Grillo-Werke AG

Category: Offshore: Components and Suppliers

EPCOS AG: Film capacitors

High dielectric strength for wind power plants

This week: EPCOS AG - Power factor correction

PhaseCap Compact with extended voltage range

EPCOS AG: Power factor correction

Data loggers with long recording times

Wind Energy Update: Far East manufacturers will be the major winners from the rapid growth of the offshore wind sector according to the Offshore Wind Supply Chain Strategy Report 2011.

SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing, and certification company, is attending the third annual Offshore Wind Construction, Installation and Commissioning Conference in London, UK, on October 4–6, 2011.

Jamaica - Wind energy flourishing

$229 million saved and 46.32 million kWh of electricity

The 49-meter long blades are used specifically for the 2-megawatt wind turbines of the V100 line. Vestas China, part of Vestas Wind Systems, said this first batch of turbine blades will be shipped to South America

New report gives best 'apples to apples' picture to date of federal support for all energy sources. A recently released report from a group of venture capital investors attempts to give a clear picture of the playing field for federal support wh

The Spanish government has set an annual target for installed wind energy of 1400 MW between 2013-2020, according to a draft regulation sent to CNE, the energy sector regulator, by the Ministry of Industry

James Walker: A bolt tension solution that can replace torque

Advanced technology in bolting

LANDSTAR ranked second among the world's largest specialized transport companies

by INTERNATIONAL CRANES AND SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT MAGAZINE

Molins de Vent TARRAGÓ: Windmills in the Erz Mountains

Hamburg to become headquarters of Siemens’ global wind power business

SGS Attends RenewableUK 2011 in Manchester, UK

E-world energy & water vom 7. bis 9. Februar 2012 in der Messe Essen

Bundeswirtschaftsministerium unterstützt Jungunternehmer bei ihrer Messeteilnahme

The company behind a massive offshore wind farm in the Kattegat, the small sea that separates Denmark and Sweden, has landed €240 million ($325 million) in financing from Nordic Investment Bank (NIB)

Wind energy, as a proven commercial technology, utilizes the Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit to incent over $7 billion of other private investment to keep growing a new U.S. manufacturing sector, and providing affordable, homegrown energy. It does

This week: Interview with Klaus Bergmann, General Manager, BBB Umwelttechnik GmbH and Head of the accredited BBB-Wind Testing Laboratory.

New Member On Windfair: OWT - Offshore Wind Technologie GmbH

Category: Offshore: Foundations / Substructures Category: Offshore: Consultancies and Developers

"Our activities in the relation to the inspection of wind turbines covers the complete product range of all turbine manufacturers"

Eolus Vind has handed Vestas a 36 MW order for five wind power in Sweden. The deal is for 18 V90 2MW wind turbines, to be delivered to wind farm plants in Skara, Kristianstad, Munkedal, Ulricehamn and Hallsberg

USA - BP announces 419 MW wind farm in Kansas

"We have enjoyed working closely with BP Wind Energy to create jobs and grow the economy in our state."

New Member On Windfair: DBK David + Baader GmbH

Category: * Suppliers: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Canada - British Columbians strongly support more wind energy

Seventy-six per cent of British Columbians strongly agree or agree wind power should be further developed as a source of clean electricity

Abengoa, known in the renewables energy as a concentrating solar thermal power, is also developing wind energy in Uruguay, where it won a state contract to build a 50 MW wind farm in Peralta, Tacuarembó

Spain - Gamesa invites its suppliers to adopt a joint growth strategy

Gamesa’s 2010 purchases from wind turbines suppliers totalled more than 1.7 billion euros: Spanish wind power companies accounted for 45%

GWEC: Announcing Mexico WindPower 2012 Conference and Exhibition, to promote the development and growth of the Mexican wind energy industry

Sweden - Vattenfall's activities expand

Wind energy is prioritized for Vattenfall and the company will invest 26 billion SEK 2011-2015. Starting from 2013, 36 wind turbines will provide power for around 88,000 households

Vestas has successfully tested a full-scale “stealth” rotor on a turbine, paving the way for wind power plants to be located near many military, airport and other radar systems without interfering in their operations

According to a Renewable Energy World article wind power and other renewables are set to see their contribution to the country’s electricity supply increase from eight per cent to 16 per cent by 2020

Catch the Wind Announces Filing of Injunction against Optical Air Data Systems, LLC and Philip Rogers

Poland - Gamesa sells 60 MW wind farm

Gamesa has sold a 60 MW wind farm that is currently under development to Polish power company PGE Energia Odnawialna

We have good news for Investor's Business Daily, which expressed concern yesterday in an editorial about possible government favoritism in payments made under the wind energy production tax credit