News Archive January 2012

Landstar System, Inc., a non-asset based provider of integrated supply chain solutions delivering safe, specialized transportation and logistics services, has named JoEllen Reoyo, Sally Ashens and Mary Lott December Employees of the Month.

Increase of two-thirds in electricity from offshore wind power in first three quarters of 2011. The latest figures on the amount of electricity generated by wind turbines have been welcomed by RenewableUK

New Member On Windfair: ep4 offshore GmbH

Category:Offshore: Consultancies and Developers

China - 2011 Update on Chinese Wind Energy Market

China makes substantial progress in boosting its growing offshore wind power by launching its largest intertidal wind farm at the end of 2011

Egypt - Gamesa is set to deliver 100 of its G80-2.0 MW wind turbines to the New & Renewable Energy Authority (NREA)

200 MW of wind energy projects in the Gulf of El-Zayt on Egypt’s Red Sea coast planned

Vestas will deliver 127 of its V100-2.0 MW wind turbines for two wind farm plants in Grande do Norte, Brazil. The wind turbines will power CPFL Renováveis' Campos dos Ventos and São Benedito wind power farms

This week: Poland - Vestas secures wind energy contract for 17 V112-3.0 MW wind turbines

Danish wind power manufacturer Vestas has secured an order to deliver wind turbines for the 51MW wind farm in Poland

This week: Ireland - Nordex gets biggest Irish wind power order for 42 MW Bord Gais wind farm

Nordex will deliver, install and maintain 17 wind turbines N90 for Bord Gais' 42.5MW Garracummer wind power in County Tipperary

New ASC accelerometer for offshore applications in The Windfair Newsletter

ASC has developed a capacitive sensor

New Member On Windfair: Druseidt, Paul Elektrotechnische Spezialfabrik GmbH & Co. KG

Category: Suppliers: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

BBB Umwelttechnik GmbH: A fresh breeze for German wind expert advisory board

Sylvia Schubert is new Vice Chairperson of the wind expert advisory board of the Federal Association for Wind Energy (BWE e.V)

REpower acquires remaining shares of PowerBlades

SGL Rotec sells 49% stake to REpower Further growth in the offshore sector

The largest annual Romanian wind power conference

17—18 January 2012, JW Marriott Hotel, Bucharest, Romania

The deal follows a separate contract signed a few months ago in China with the same wind power company - the world's No. 3 wind farm developer- to supply 25 Gamesa G97-2.0 MW wind turbine

11th World Wind Energy Conference & Renewable Energy Exhibition WWEC2012

"Community Power – Citizens' Power" Bonn, Germany, 3-5 July 2012

Our products are successfully used as corrosion protection items in automobile industry, constructional steelwork, machinery construction and also in on- and offshore plant manufacturing.

Catch the Wind Reports Offshore Wind Resource Assessment Breakthroughs

Company highlights the first deployment of the WindSentinel™ on the Great Lakes

Planning Success for Greenvale AP Wind Turbine

One of the UK’s leading suppliers of fresh potatoes, Greenvale AP, has been given the go-ahead needed to generate energy from wind at its site in March, Cambridgeshire.

DONG Energy has announced that construction has begun on the Anholt Offshore Wind Power Plant in Denmark with 111 Siemens 3.6 MW wind turbines. The wind energy plant is expected to power 400,000 Danish households

The wind farm is a partnership between Servtec and Rio Bravo Investimentos, and will comprise of 12 units of Suzlon's S95 - 2 MW wind turbines. The wind energy project is scheduled by December, 2013

At least 400 megawatts (MW) from wind farm projects in Gharo and Jhimpir will be added to the national grid by the end of current year 2012, which is being observed as the year for wind energy

This week: 10th Hamburg Offshore Wind Conference

Developments leading the offshore industry

New Member On Windfair: Belden Electronics GmbH

Category: Suppliers: Control Engineering

REpower concludes contract for 150 MW project in Oklahoma (USA)

73 MM92 wind turbines with Hot Climate Option Delivery and installation scheduled for the second half of 2012

New Member On Windfair: Maschinenfabrik Liezen und Gießerei Ges.m.b.H.

Category: Suppliers: Mechanical Engineering

WIN CONTRACTS IN THE FARSHORE WIND MARKET BY ADDRESSING COST, HIGH VOLUME AND THE INCREASING SIZE OF TURBINES

Vestas reorganises to increase customer focus and earnings and to reduce investments...

Vestas reorganises to increase customer focus and earnings and to reduce investments required for future growth

Canadian Wind Energy Association: Wind energy plays increasing role in meeting Ontario power demand with clean, affordable electricity

November marks highest output month on record for wind energy

USA - REpower signs contract for 150 MW wind energy project in US

Germany's REpower Systems will supply 73 wind turbines for a 150 MW wind farm project currently under development in the US state of Oklahoma

USA - Fuhrländer Acquires Majority Interest In Wind Power W2E Company

German wind turbine manufacturer Fuhrlander AG has announced that it has acquired a majority interest in wind energy engineering company W2E Wind to Energy GmbH

Digital laser template from LAP is more precise and over 20 percent faster

LAP increases profitability in the production of rotor blades from composite materials

Nordex’s new wind energy business growing at double-digit rates again

Nordex particularly benefited from its strong position in the European wind farm markets, which accounted for around 77 percent of its wind turbines order intake

In addition to offshore wind farm plants, Guodian United Power said the wind turbine is fit for onshore wind power and intertidal wind farms

Wind Energy in Africa - Ethiopian Adama Wind Farm with 34 Wind Turbines

The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation is to construct six wind power and one geothermal energy plant this fiscal year

The wind power project, which entails building the large wind farm within Loiyangalani, a remote region in north-western Kenya near the Lake Turkana basin, could begin generating electricity after 2013

AWEA - WindTV, Solid, dependable jobs up in the air

WindTV, the American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) recently launched vehicle to highlight how wind turbines works for America

EDF Energies Nouvelles and Alstom announce the submission of four wind farm projects forming the basis for a sustainable French wind energy equipment manufacturing industry

More than a decade ago, Denmark built the world’s first offshore wind farm near Copenhagen. Since then offshore wind turbines has been added to the energy portfolio of nine other countries in Europe and Asia

EWEA - EU met its 2010 Renewable Energy electricity target

The EU achieved its 2010 renewable electricity target of 21% of electricity consumption according to latest analysis by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)

Rim Rock's wind power will contribute about 3.5 percent of SDG&E's renewable portfolio per year. Acciona will supply 126 wind turbines to the wind energy plant

China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (NYSE: MY) is a leading and fast-growing wind energy manufacturer in China, focusing on designing, manufacturing, selling and servicing megawatt-class wind turbines

Germany- Fuhrländer and W2E are joining forces in wind energy

Fuhrländer acquires majority interest in W2E Wind to Energy GmbH (W2E). The two wind turbines companies have been in close cooperation for 10 years

Goldwind, which has been praised for its approach to the US wind power market, continues amassing wind turbines orders. Goldwind will have 13 wind farm projects in the United States, in addition to Ecuador and Chile

New wind turbiness are already under construction in Isfahan and Sarein, and 100 bn riyals has been made available by the government for the development of further wind farm facilities

Windmills TARRAGÓ for urban agriculture

The planning of cities presents, at least, two challenges:

New Member On Windfair: Hauff-Technik GmbH & Co. KG

Category: Suppliers: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

This week: AmmonitOR 2.0 released

The new version 2.0 of AmmonitOR (Ammonit Online Report) will be available from the middle of January 2012.

A new geospatial application allows users to easily and accurately map potential renewable energy resources in the United States: wind energy, geothermal energy, concentrating solar power and photovoltaic solar energy

Denmark - Wind energy at Vestas 'Wonder of Wind'

The young generations discover wind power at Vestas 'Wonder of Wind' at World Future Energy Summit

Surge in wind power helped the U.K. cut its carbon emissions by over 750,000 tons. Wind turbines is accounting for an increasing proportion of energy supply. Two U.K. wind farm developers have already hit the 1 GW mark

It is for the fourth time that HdT will be host to an international symposium on the topic of Advanced Power Battery Technology. The programme for the conference will be drawn up by a knowledgeable advisory board; sessions will be chaired by first-class s

This week: 10th Hamburg Offshore Wind Conference

Developments leading the offshore industry

New Keynote Speakers to Address Regulatory Role in Building US Offshore Wind Industry at Offshore Wind Power USA 2012 Representatives from US Department of Interior and Massachusetts’ Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs to Outline Government Role

The fossil fuel industry and allied groups are engaged in a desperate misinformation campaign to muddy the waters about one of the indisputable benefits of wind energy, wind farms and wind turbines

BP Wind Energy and Sempra US Gas & Power announced plans to further expand their strategic relationship by jointly developing the Mehoopany Wind Farm in Pennsylvania and the Flat Ridge 2 Wind Farm in Kansas

Bahrain-based Al Namal Group has joined hands with India's Fiza Developers to explore the possibilities of renewable energy by conducting a feasibility study on using wind energy

This week: Belgium - Vestas confirms signed contract for offshore wind power project

Information in the market regarding a 216 MW offshore wind energy project in Belgium has been confirmed

Some 4GW of stalled wind farm projects have been cleared for take-off following finalisation of a MoD contract to install innovative radar systems that counter interference by wind turbines

Further windmills TARRAGÓ in Tifariti (Occidental Sahara)

Since Friday 13nd January a TARRAGÓ team travels through Occidental Sahara.

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MMS-Client by Bachmann electronic

GE’s Recently Acquired Converteam Business is Renamed Power Conversion GE’s Power Conversion Business is at the Heart of a Global Industrial Trend to Replace Aging and Inefficient Industrial Motors with Advanced Electrical Systems Power Conversion t

New Member On Windfair: DeWind Europe GmbH, DeWindco-US

Categories: Manufacturers and Distributors of large Wind Turbines, Offshore: Turbines

Peikko has received significant orders to a pulp mill project in Punta Pereira, Uruguay, South America. Montes del Plata, a joint venture of Arauco of Chile and Stora Enso of Finland, is intending to produce 1.3 million tons of pulp per year starting in e

Let´s swing – extreme demands on gear units, couplings and bearings in wind power installations

HdT Seminar – Drivetrains in wind power installations, 27-28.3.2012 in Essen

This week: REpower and EDF Energies Nouvelles’ US subsidiary sign contract for 50 megawatts

-25 REpower MM92 type wind turbines -Delivery scheduled for fall 2012 -Seventh project between REpower and enXco

Category: Suppliers: Connection and Fastening Systems Bringing together two of the most innovative and trusted bolt securing technologies Nord-Lock has acquired US company Superbolt Inc and Swiss company P&S Vorspannssysteme AG.

Molins de vent Tarragó: Windmill in Portugal

In January the representative of TARRAGÓ for Portugal and Brazil, Pinto & Filho Lda. (www.pintoefilho.pt), installed a further windmill in its home market.

India - Suzlon Group announces 269 MW in new wind power orders worldwide

Wind energy orders from India, Brazil and the US. The cumulative wind turbines orders are valued at approximately US$ 403 mn

The total installed wind power capacity stood at 21,673 MW, 1,050 MW increase after 5.1% over the previous year. Less than 10% of the production of wind turbines is carried out in Spain is for domestic orders

The biggest independent Mexican wind event Wind Power Mexico 2012 returns for its second exciting year on the 15-16 May in Mexico City. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to meet key government officials and leading members of the Mexican Wind Power Ind

Installed wind power capacity rose to 1,626.5 megawatts in 2011 from 1,320.4 megawatts in 2010. Vestas accounted for 49 percent of wind turbines installed in Greece in 2011

The award was given by internationally-renowned magazine, Project Finance International (PFI), during an official ceremony held on January 25, in London.

China - Vestas China receives 48.6 MW wind power order for V100 wind turbines

Vestas China has received a 48.6 MW wind power order for its V100 turbine from Datang Hubei Renewable Energy for a wind farm

USA - Gamesa working with DOE on wind energy development

Gamesa Technology Corp. has agreed to collaborate with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in three areas of wind power development

A wind power plant of 100 MW, with 50 wind turbines, shall be built soon in the district of Tômbwa, Namibe province, by the Ministry of Energy and Water, under the project to expand the use of renewable energy

Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has been awarded a wind power contract by wind farm developer ABO Wind for the construction of a further two wind farms with a total of 13 N117/2400 onshore wind turbines

Finland - Vestas to supply 30MW wind turbines to TuuliWatti Oy wind farm

Vestas Wind Systems A/S, a Denmark-based wind energy company, has received the third order for V112-3.0 MW wind turbines from TuuliWatti Oy

The outlook, published by the Ministry of Economic Development, estimates that wind farm capacity will increase from the current 622 MW, to around 1,410 MW and produce close to 10% of the country's electricity by 2030

AREVA welcomes the announcement that the Global Tech I (GTI) offshore wind energy project, powered with the group’s wind turbines, has received the “Wind Deal of the Year” distinction

Since 2006 offers the German company based in Grosseto (Toskana / Italy), HausTechnik-Toskana (www.HausTechnik-Toscana.de) a comprehensive service package to households in the fields of renewable energies, heating, drink water and architectonic decoration

Siemens Energy has secured its first wind turbine orders with a total capacity of 100 MW in Africa. Nareva Holding and Siemens signed a contract for the delivery of a total of 44 wind turbines for the Haouma and Foum El Oued Wind Power Plants in Morocco.

This week: Specialty Shrink Wraps Protect Industrial Assets

Heavy equipment and buildings that are being constructed, repaired or transported need protection against weather damage.

Africa - Siemens enters Morocco’s wind energy market

Siemens has received its first wind power orders in Africa, marking the multinational’s entry into the continent’s wind farm market

AWEA - Backgrounder on wind energy and the State of the Union

Several media outlets are reporting that President Obama will mention wind power and manufacturing jobs in his State of the Union address