News Archive September 2012

Effective immediately, the company’s turbine families -of which it has installed machines totalling more than 25,000 MW in 40 countries-, and all new platforms will bear the Gamesa brand name and indicate nominal capacity: Gamesa 850 kW, Gamesa 2.0 MW, Ga

“As a mother of two young children with one on the way, this is not a political issue. This is about jobs in my hometown, moving our country toward energy independence and providing the cleanest, healthiest air possible for our children.”

EWEA seeks new CEO as Kjaer announces departure

The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) is looking for a new Chief Executive Officer following the decision of Christian Kjaer to stand down from April 2013

-Mt Mercer wind project to be supplied with 64 MM92 wind turbines -Company’s largest ‘supply & install’ contract in Australia to date -Project scheduled for delivery beginning in September, 2013

Sweden needs to raise its political objectives for installing new wind power “if we are to avoid a steep slowdown in the construction of turbine capacity,” she said. “Currently, low power prices and electricity- certificate subsidies offer no room for rai

GE Energy has a large presence in Brazil – over 300 GE wind turbines are now installed in the country and last year, GE secured agreements to supply wind and gas turbines for projects that will produce 1.4 gigawatts (GW) of electricity.

PEIKKO GROUP TO PURCHASE 8 700 M² PRODUCTION PREMISES IN KAUNAS, LITHUANIA

Wind industry follows the call to HUSUM- BBB presents new service products

BBB at HUSUM WindEnergy

* Robust switch-mode power supply units designed for reliability in international shipbuilding applications and offshore wind turbine systems * Very good energy efficiency * Overload resistant and high performance reserves at standard temperatures

INNOVATION installation ship baptised and loaded in Bremerhaven

HIGH-VISCOUS AND SEMI-SOLID MATERIALS: THE POWERBAGPRESS EXCEEDS MARKET EXPECTATIONS

Is it possible to find a faster, easier and more efficient way to handle sensitive and high-viscous liquids, pastes and semi-solid products?

DR. SHRINK MAKES INC'S LIST OF FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES

“With continuing government support, the average wind farm globally may produce power at costs that compete with fossil fuels as soon as 2016,” the report said, adding the generating technology keeps down the costs of reducing emissions and can help meet

Spain - Installed wind energy capacity in Spain reached 21,673 MW in 2011

With more than 21,673 MW of wind power installed, more than 19,450 wind turbines are operating in Spain, grouped among 930 wind farms

The constant challenge in the wind industry is to increase the output power of the turbines at the same time as reducing weight. A current trend is to use permanent magnet generators in order to exclude the gearbox and thus decrease the total weight. Thes

This week: Interview with Dr. Michael Schneider, Head of Product Management Motion Control Baumer Group

Windfair: Is the Wind Energy Industry a priority for your company? How so?

The new statistics of wind energy use in germany is available at:

Progress in Germany

Fluid-Bag Ltd: HIGH-VISCOUS AND SEMI-SOLID MATERIALS:

THE POWERBAGPRESS EXCEEDS MARKET EXPECTATIONS

New Member On Windfair.net: DELIMON GmbH

Categories: * Suppliers: Lubricants and Lubrication Systems

REpower and RWE Innogy sign contract for 54 offshore turbines for Innogy Nordsee 1

PALFINGER WIND at Husum WindEnergy 2012

This year all eyes in Husum will be on wind energy from September 18 to 22. PALFINGER WIND will be on site at booth E09 in hall 2 at the wind energy industry’s most important trade show.

Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has been awarded a contract for the delivery and installation of the “Honkajoki” wind farm by the Finnish Wealth Management company Taaleritehdas

Ammonit introduces its new Meteo-40 data logger version and its online platform AmmonitOR with significantly improved monitoring features

One year after their initial accreditation according DIN EN 45011 for park certificates the ABE Kunze Engineering GmbH could expand their accreditation by unit and component certificates.

New Member On Windfair.net: GILDEMEISTER energy solutions

Categories: * Suppliers: Mechanical Engineering

UK - World’s biggest offshore wind farm

The wind energy complex would have 339 wind turbines covering 300 square kilometres off Caithness, making it 50% bigger than the giant London Array scheme off Kent

Growing transfer rates in wind power plants require increasingly powerful transfer systems capable of handling data volumes in the Gigabit range.

“This important proposal will give a much-needed shot in the arm to Michigan’s manufacturing sector, helping it diversify even more into the renewable energy industry and create Michigan jobs,” said AWEA’s Gramlich

QUO VADIS AFRICAN WIND ENERGY INDUSTRY?

We are receiving many enquiries local and international about the present situation regarding new wind farm projects in South Africa

PCS Green Line 1000 represented twice at HUSUM

System provider Rittal also exhibits the top-rated converters from Berlin

Grid Connections for Turkish Wind Power Plants

12 September 2012, FREE Webinar, Turkey

WIND FARM INTEGRATION WITH THE NATIONAL POWER SYSTEM

25 SEPTEMBER 2012, WARSAW, RADISSON BLU HOTEL

a non-asset based provider of integrated supply chain solutions delivering safe, specialized transportation and logistics services, has named Valarie Horne, Julie Salamone and Laketha Lee September Employees of the Month.

AWEA Blog - Charles Koch gets it wrong on wind power’s cost

Wind power is an American success story that is creating affordable electricity and tens of thousands of new American jobs

“Historically, wind turbines are placed on Earth’s surface, but high-altitude winds are usually steadier and faster than near-surface winds, resulting in higher average power densities,” said the study, called Geophysical limits to global wind power

Landstar Names Employees of the Month

In this year's Windfair competency center of wind energy the following companies from various sectors of the wind energy industry are expecting their visitors with latest developments:

AREVA Wind unveils new offshore installation method

We would like to welcome you at our press conference regarding single blade installation method

PEIKKO TO SUPPLY THE WIND TURBINE TOWER FOUNDATION SOLUTION TO FINNISH MUUKKO WIND PARK

Peikko’s wind tower foundation solution will be applied in the new Muukko wind park in Lappeenranta, Finland.

This week: A Hauff principle: thinking ahead.

In networks, attention always has to be paid to the weakest link when it comes to the performance of a chain.

Baumer GmbH: Top flexibility by HeavyDuty encoder platform in The Windfair Newsletter

Baumer at Husum WindEnergy 2012 (18.- 22.09.) booth 3G11

Experience innovation live in a new dimension

Be part of the HUSUM WindEnergy and leave with an unforgettable memory of Phoenix Contact.

Vestas Wind Systems A/S Company Announcement

Vestas launches new V126-3.0 MW turbine with structural shell blade design

Third EWEA Technology Workshop:

Wind Turbine Noise: From Source to Receiver 11 & 12 December 2012, Saïd Business School, Oxford, UK

This week: Interview with Michael Döffinger, Marketing Manager from DELIMON GmbH

Spain and Portugal both have significant electricity tariff deficits. In recent years the electricity prices have not reflected generation costs due to a political decision Renewables are disproportionately blamed for increasing electricity prices in

Designed to lower Cost of Energy and offer unprecedented reliability for our customers, the V112-3.0 MW turbine has turned out to be exactly what an increasingly competitive market has been looking for Photo Heading: Vestas - V112-3.0 MW wind turbin

Thirty-seven attendees of the program were trained to climb the ladder structure of a wind turbine and perform self-rescue. They were able to access a Nacelle, the cover housing that contains all of the generating components in a wind turbine to develop a

MOOG OBTAINS TÜV RHEINLAND CERTIFICATION FOR SAFETY-CRITICAL BLADE FEATHERING ON WIND TURBINES

Pitch Servo Drive ensures functional safety of the turbines

FAG GreaseCheck:

Staying one step ahead of rolling bearing damage by grease analysis

Spain - Gamesa gets 30 MW wind power order from Indo Rama Renewables

India contributes 14 per cent of Gamesa's total sales in the first half of 2012

Visit of HRH Prince Joachim at this years HUSUM WindEnergy 2012

Royal commitment to wind energy

PMIR5/PMIS4: ASM introduces new magnetic measuring system for rotative applications

Incremental encoder PMIS4/PMIR5 best for difficult applications

The wind turbine manufacturer REpower Systems SE, a fully owned subsidiary of Suzlon Group, can look back on a successful time at HUSUM WindEnergy 2012, having concluded contracts for a total of almost 100 megawatts (MW) at the trade fair.

Wind and Solar Join Forces to Enhance Canada’s Two Largest Renewable Energy Events

 First step toward greater collaboration between CanWEA and CanSIA

This week: Studies reveal majority of U.S. consumers want more renewable energy, corporations increase commitments to renewables

Companies such as Intel, Kohl’s and Alcoa leading the way in renewable energy consumption

Vestas has signed with FRI-EL Green Power S.p.A. 15-year service contracts for four wind power plants in Italy for a total capacity of 192 MW, including 110 units of V90-3.0 MW, V90-2.0 MW and V52-850 kW wind turbines.

New statistics of wind energy use in germany is available

Progress in Germany

It has awarded the Scottish company Woods construction of two weather monitoring stations for its offshore wind power complex in East Anglia, for 23 million euros.

Last year, EUR12.6 billion was invested in wind energy in the EU. Nevertheless there seem to be some challenges ahead for this sector since the continuing European sovereign debt crisis is likely to negatively affect future growth, as some countries acros

In a brief and to-the-point editorial Monday, the Scranton (Pa.) Times-Tribune called on Congress to extend the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) beyond its scheduled expiration Dec. 31.

Poland - REpower and WSB sign 45 MW wind energy contract

Suzlon Group subsidiary REpower Systems SE and WSB Neue Energien GmbH signed a contract for the delivery and construction of 22 REpower MM92 wind turbines

“As leaders of our local business communities, we’ve seen firsthand the economic development benefits of wind energy,” said Jim Heeter, President and CEO of the Greater Kansas City (MO) Chamber of Commerce.

“The European wind industry strongly supports the creation of a single market in electricity,” said Paul Wilczek, Senior Regulatory Affairs Advisor, Grids and Internal Electricity Market, at EWEA.

WindEnergy Hamburg 2014 – The global on-&offshore expo in The Windfair Newsletter

The international meeting place for the wind energy sector

Availon GmbH, one of the world’s leading independent providers of services for wind turbine generators (WTGs), can now offer an important new upgrade in the form of a WTG access monitoring system.

Last Saturday marked the end of this year's HUSUM WindEnergy, in which Hauff-Technik was taking part for the first time and which is recognised internationally as one of the leading trade fairs in the area of renewable energy.