News Archive October 2013

Fingano S.A has signed an agreement with Vestas for its first wind power plant in Uruguay. Delivery of the 17 V112-3.0 MW will start in the second quarter of 2014.

GWO certification of BZEE modules

In May this year the GWO Training Committee conducted a detailed alignment of BZEE and GWO modules.

AREVA, Entrepose Projets and Fouré Lagadec sign industrial partnership agreement

Manufacturing offshore turbine masts / 200 new jobs are created

Availon, a leading wind farm service provider, announced today that it was awarded a complete maintenance contract for Vattenfall’s 12MW Jänschwalde wind farm, located near Cottbus in the German federal state of Brandenburg.

Transmission construction in the U.S. began a downward trend in the mid-1980’s after the electric power industry stopped building massive coal and nuclear plants.

IWET Wind Energy News: New statistic of wind energy use in Germany is available

Following the progress in Germany

To match production capacity with market demands, Vestas Executive Management intends to close the nacelle assembly factory in Taranto, Italy. Negotiations with local employee organisations will be initiated as soon as possible.

E.ON to open Kårehamn offshore wind farm in Sweden

E.ON has reached a new milestone in the development of renewables.

Nordex provides update on wind energy projects in South Africa

On completion, these farms will supply 314.4 MW.

Challenges to wind energy: The myth and the reality - "We look at it as there are some real barriers that we work on and some mythical barriers that people tend to focus on and talk about"

Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, continues to forge ahead with its sales and product strategy, winning its first contract to supply Gamesa G128-5.0 MW turbines, an evolution of the G128-4.5 MW WTG.

Exhibition Ticker - Canada’s largest wind energy conference opens in Toronto Oct. 8

Canadian Wind Energy Association opens 29th Annual Conference and Exhibition / Business leaders debate provincial/national wind energy experiences

LM Wind Power to establish South African factory

Leading blade supplier to the wind industry, LM Wind Power, confirmed its intentions to expand its manufacturing base to the African continent

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the Interwest Energy Alliance, along with key wind industry company executives, will participate in a press conference to highlight economic benefits to Colorado’s economy and potential future growth associa

The BASF Coatings business unit is the expert for the coating of rotor blades

BASF Coatings offers an repair system for rotor blades and the new coating system RELEST® Wind Leading Edge for wind energy turbines.

Onshore wind turbine REpower 3.0M122 with a rated power of 3.0 megawatts and a rotor diameter of 122 metres / Particularly cost-effective in low-wind locations thanks to the large rotor

Gamesa has secured a deal to supply three turbines for a 6 MW wind farm in western Canada, as well as to conduct operations and maintenance services at the project for five years

Ontario Power Authority CEO, Colin Andersen will give the opening plenary keynote address, setting the stage for a morning that will shine the spotlight on Canada’s largest wind energy market.

Siemens Blog - Partnership with Eskom results in a new wind farm in South Africa

“It is anticipated that it will take about nine months from completion of the first turbine until final commissioning of the project,”

Siemens awarded order for 150-MW wind power project in Canada

67 wind turbines for Grand Renewable Wind Project in Ontario / Output of 2.3 megawatts (MW) each, rotor diameter of 101 meters

As part of Vestas’ turnaround plan announced in January 2012 and as also restated in the interim financial report for the second quarter of 2013, Vestas has been negotiating with potential buyers of Vestas’ machining and casting units

Product Pick of the Week - Analysis conducted by AWELabs shows that wind power beats solar power

A wind power vs. solar power research analysis is published by Airborne Wind Energy Labs.

On Tuesday, October 1, 2013, former Colorado utilities regulator Ron Binz issued a press release stating that he had requested that his name be withdrawn from further consideration as President Barack Obama’s nominee for FERC commissioner.

KGAL acquires another wind farm from WKN

Dargies wind farm in France currently under construction

REpower erects its 5,000th wind turbine

REpower turbines generate enough wind energy for 18 million people / Takes total installations to over 9.6 GW of capacity worldwide

The 30-MW Jelinak facility, located in the county of Split-Dalmatia, is equipped with twenty 1.5-MW ACCIONA wind turbines. It is the first wind power facility to be installed in Croatia by a Spanish company

Product Pick of the Week - Floating Fukushima wind farm

Within sight of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, a high-tech wind farm that will eventually bring clean energy to thousands of homes is now under construction

ECS200 – EtherCAT slave module

Simple solution for creating highly functional subsystems from Bachmann electronic

Emerging Provincial Policy Frameworks Will Define Future Wind Energy Opportunities Across Canada

2013 record year to be eclipsed by strong and steady growth in wind energy across Canada from 2014 to 2016

Broadwind Energy Announces $106 Million in New Tower Orders

Broadwind will produce these towers in its Manitowoc, Wisc. and Abilene, Tex. facilities

A Long Road to Offshore Wind: The US 'Cape Wind Project'

First US offshore wind park has been delayed for years / New England celebrities kept fighting it / Project became issue in presidential election campaign

Fiberline Composites: Unsurpassed flexibility and safety

Vattenfall’s 80 turbines at Denmark’s Horns Rev 1 offshore wind farm can be serviced in even the heaviest seas.

The Crucea North wind power plant is one of the largest in Romania and represents a step forward in the development of Vestas’ relationship with one of the key players in wind energy in Europe.

SGS will attend the sixth annual International Trade Fair and Conferences for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RENEXPO) in Bucharest, Romania and showcase its comprehensive services portfolio for renewable energy.

Fukushima Recovery, Experimental Offshore Floating Wind Farm Project

Successful deployment of the new KÄUFER offshore Blade Access Platform

KÄUFER goes offshore

Power generation from coal set to decline significantly in South Korea between now and 2030 / As a result, the sector's CO2 emissions are expected to drop by one third / Even a two-thirds reduction in CO2 emissions would be possible

Every year the Canadian wind energy industry celebrates visionary leaders and clean energy pioneers as annual awards are presented at its Annual Conference and Exhibition.

Latest Siemens wind turbine installed at SSE in the UK

6MW turbine SWT-6.0-154 installed on the SSE test site in Hunterston, Scotland / Siemens boosts its commitment in the United Kingdom

The European Environmental Agency (EEA) has released a report which states that the EU is on track to meet its goal of 20% renewables in final energy consumption – including electricity, heat and transport – by 2020

Exhibition Ticker - Offshore Wind Energy Industry to meet at the AWEA Offshore WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition

2013’s milestones and development to be discussed

GE-powered wind farms can increase output by up to 5 percent

When PowerUp is activated, a GE software program performs a complete before-and-after wind farm power performance analysis, validating the performance improvement

FWT Trade GmbH (FWT), registered in Waigandshain, Westerwald, is on track for even more success: At the beginning of October 2013, FWT signed another high-volume service agreement for 23 Type FL 2500 plants.

It seems so, dear readers, at least in Europe. While offshore wind is booming here, the US almost missed the trend. In the Focus of this first Windfair Offshore Letter we take a closer look at this rather exceptional situation.

DIN EN 15038 guarantees the quality of translations in the field of offshore wind energy

We translate wind energy!

Gamesa to supply 54 MW in India

The contract calls for the wind farm development, as well as the installation, commissioning and maintenance of 27 G97-2.0 MW wind turbines

Global power demand set to rise by more than half again by 2030 / Power sector’s CO2 emissions likely to rise by a quarter at the same time

GE finalized the installation and started the testing of 20 GE 2.5-103 wind turbines for a 50-megawatt (MW) wind energy project under construction by GDF SUEZ Energy Romania in the town of Baleni, located in Romania’s southeastern Moldavian region

Moog, a leader in providing blade pitch control, slip ring and rotor monitoring solutions for the wind energy industry, announced the launch of its new AC Moog Wind Turbine Pitch System in China

America needs an offshore wind energy industry off the Mid-Atlantic states. This emerging industry will create thousands of jobs and improve consumer access to clean energy sources.

"... What is needed now is more political willingness and the right regulatory frameworks at national level to stimulate investors’ appetite for this type of innovative infrastructure"

ABB has launched a new safety PLC offering exceptionally flexible and powerful programming facilities that speed and simplify the development of safe control solutions for the most complex control applications

Exhibition Ticker - Borealis, Borouge and NOVA Chemicals invite you to Open Your Mind at K 2013

Stand 6A43 Hall 6 / K 2013, October 16 – 23, 2013 / Düsseldorf, Germany

BBB for the first time at VIND in Stockholm

Visiting the largest wind industry event in Sweden

The research project for optimizing the energy efficiency of wind and solar power modules has been successfully completed. The project was backed by the German Ministry of Education and Research.

ABB wins offshore wind energy connection project in German North Sea

Sub-sea AC link connecting Sandbank offshore wind farm to the SylWin alpha offshore HVDC converter station

IEA News - Wind energy seen generating up to 18% of global power by 2050

New IEA publication details the advances in technology that make increasingly possible a surge from the current 2.6%

This first Gamesa 5 MW Offshore turbine constitutes a milestone in the company’s product strategy, marking the company’s entry into the offshore energy segment

Acciona inaugurates its second wind farm in Poland, equipped with 3 MW wind turbines

Krobia I (33 MW) has eleven AW3000 ACCIONA Windpower turbines with 116-metre-diameter rotors mounted on 120-metre-high concrete towers.

Interview with Chris Long, Manager of Offshore Wind & Siting Policy at AWEA

Chris Long of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) talked to Windfair about the future of offshore wind.

EWEA Blog - Ministers and Industry Chiefs to Debate 2030 Targets

The panel discussion will be followed by a high level press conference

AWEA Blog - Wind energy gains favor in Ohio

Wind energy generation in Ohio has jumped since 2008 with new wind turbine clusters

According to the BTM World Market Update 2012, severe icing can potentially reduce wind turbines’ annual energy production by more than 20%, directly impacting the business case for wind power plants in cold climates.

Availon North America, a premier Independent Service Provider (ISP) to the wind power industry, is pleased to announce that Mary Lou Friedman has joined the company as the Environmental, Health and Safety Manager (EHS.)

Offshore wind energy earnings doubled by Dong Wind

Dong Energy has posted a bullish nine-month financial report following a doubling of earnings from its offshore wind power operations

Alstom in Belgium - Belwind to install Alstom's 6MW turbine in the near future

Alstom's 6MW turbine is just a few days away from being fully installed at the 165MW Belwind ll wind project, 45km off the Belgian coast

Exhibition Ticker - EWEA OFFSHORE 2013 - More than just an event!

The EWEA OFFSHORE Exhibition was launched to fulfill the need for a pan-European forum for professionals in the offshore wind energy industry

HBM presenting wind energy testing solutions at leading conferences

HBM’s focus on providing optimum equipment for the wind power industry has been underlined recently at a number of international events

SGS is pleased to announce the successful presentation of the SGS suite of inspection and non-destructive testing services that help utilities and owners operate and maintain their power plants in a more effective and efficient way

The project marks the first time GE 2.85-megawatt (MW) wind turbines will be used in Italy and will be the sixth wind farm in Puglia to use GE machines.

Between € 90 billion and € 123 billion are needed by the European offshore wind energy industry to meet its 2020 target of 40 GW.

Wind generation now meets a significant percentage of electrical demand globally and last year the world added a record 44.8 gigawatts (GW) of wind power, bringing the total to more than 282.5 GW, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

New EWEA CEO gives hard-hitting interview in EWEA OFFSHORE 2013 preview

EWEA OFFSHORE 2013 | 19 - 21 NOVEMBER 2013, FRANKFURT, GERMANY The world's largest offshore wind energy event

TÜV Rheinland at EWEA 2013

EWEA 2013, Messe Frankfurt, Hall 31 Stand E 120 / Testing and certification services / Quality assurance of worldwide supply chains

Exhibition Ticker - The sixth-annual wind power conference will be held in Lincoln / Nebraska on Nov. 13-15

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman will speak at state wind energy conference in Kearney next month

Güris Group from Turkey orders 53 Siemens direct drive wind turbines

165 MW order for Siemens direct drive wind turbines // Three new wind farms in Mugla, Edirne-Tekirdag and Kirklareli

Vestas expands Act on Facts campaign to include Sweden; UK and Ireland will follow in November

"Wind energy projects are being put at risk by an increasingly organized and influential anti-wind movement."

REpower Systems SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group - the world’s fifth-largest* manufacturer of wind turbines - will change its name in 2014: thereafter the company will be called Senvion.

AWEA Blog: Industry mourns loss of Bob Anderson--clean energy champion, regulator, Montanan

Industry members across the country are mourning the loss of Bob Anderson who died in a car accident.

IWET Wind Energy News: New statistic of wind energy use in Germany is available

Following the progress in Germany

Generates Higher Power Output for Tip Height Constrained Sites / Produces 5 Percent Increase in Energy Output Compared to GE’s Current Model / Brilliant Wind Turbine Integrates Energy Storage, Advanced Controls and Forecasting Algorithms