News Archive September 2013

The core of the first German wind farm in DONG Energy is complete

“Though we have more than 20 years’ experience in offshore wind, it’s a very special moment”

Insight into South Africa's wind power development

South Africa has 16 wind farms that have been given the go-ahead or are under construction, ranging in size from 20.6 MW to 138 MW and totalling 1,296.5 MW of generation capacity

The government delegation visited Germany and Denmark in order to optimize its national wind power strategy by learning in both countries from wind power practitioners from industry, government, and science

Nordex achieves double-digit onshore market share of approx. 11%

The German wind power market continues to grow this year, expanding by almost 14%.

Dieter Kocab, assistant to the management and responsible for process optimisation for end customers at EWM Hightec Welding, was kind enough to answer the questions of the Windfair editorial staff.

Product Pick of the Week - E.ON installs power-to-gas unit using wind energy

E.ON inaugurated a power-to-gas (P2G) unit in Falkenhagen in eastern Germany today

Erciyas çelik Boru A.S, one of the leading manufacturers and top exporters of spiral-welded steel pipes in Turkey, has signed an agreement to construct a wind power plant using 16 V112-3.3 MW wind turbines

EWEA Blog - Romanian Monestery turns to wind energy

With the help of an old truck alternator, the first solution to energy problems with wind energy was found

111 Siemens wind turbines with a total capacity of 400 megawatts / Clean electricity covers about four percent of Denmark’s power demand / Siemens to service for five years

Alstom has signed a contract worth around 25 million euros with Enerplan, a power company from the Brazilian group Oleoplan, to supply wind turbines to the Pontal wind project in the South of Brazil

Vestas signs orders totalling 100 MW in China

Vestas has received two orders totalling 100 MW from Ningxia-based Hanas New Energy (Hanas), the leading regional natural gas supplier in China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR).

General Electric increases Brazilian wind turbine production investments

São Paulo facility to produce Mmachine heads for GE 1.7-100 and 1.85-82.5 wind turbine modells

Volkswagen de Mexico plans to power two automotive and engine plants with the output from a nearby 180 MW wind farm being planned in La Bufa, in the Mexican state of Zacatecas

This will not only provide long-term power price stability that forward-looking corporates strive for, but also allow to tap into a whole new pool of potential customers: namely those who care

Already a widely discredited former climate change denier and fossil fuel promoter, Bjoern Lomborg is at it again, using obsolete data and sleight of hand to confuse his readers in a recent piece in Slate entitled “Green energy needs to be cheaper.”

The Southeastern states from Virginia to Florida are home to over 65 wind-related manufacturing facilities that support thousands of wind energy jobs in the region

Exhibition Ticker - The 5th Annual Offshore Wind Construction, Installation and Commissioning Conference (October 14-15, 2013)

Cost Reduction Strategies Revealed to Europe’s Offshore Wind Industry

Japan: The first OFFSHORE floating wind turbine with Ormazabal equipment

Ormazabal will provide CGMCOSMOS fully gas-insulated switchgear for the 7MW wind turbine generator system

Wpd Acquires Wind Energy Project in German North Sea

Wpd AG, a German offshore wind-farm developer, bought a North Sea project from Energiekontor AG

Dong installs 1st offshore substation for the Borkum Riffgrund 1 Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

The first important milestone in the installation of the Borkum Riffgrund 1 Offshore Wind Farm has been achieved

Nordex with a successful bid in Italy

Contract for the construction of a 17.5 MW wind farm / first order from Alerion Clean Power

Renewable energy holds the promise of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. But there are times when solar and wind farms generate more electricity than is needed by consumers.

FWT concludes more service contracts

Five more wind farms under contract

Bank group prematurely extends WKN loan contract

A syndicated credit line of 29 million Euros for the Husum-based project developer has been prematurely extended until mid 2016

EWEA 2014: Call for abstracts now open

EWEA 2014 Annual Event: 10 - 13 March 2014, Barcelona, Spain

Early booking discount open to exhibitors until 30 November 2013 - The organisers of WINDFORCE 2014 – Germany’s trade fair for the offshore wind industry – have already registered more than 100 firm bookings of international exhibitors.

Vestas has produced the first prototype 80 meter blade for the V164-8.0 MW - the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine - at the R&D centre on the Isle of Wight, UK. The blade will now undergo an extensive testing regime to ensure total reliability.

The wind farm will have a capacity of 300MW of power, helping plug a power supply shortfall which, coupled with an ageing grid, results in regular blackouts that hamper industry in East Africa’s biggest economy

Perhaps deterred by wind energy’s success in the U.S., where last year wind energy accounted for 42% of all new power plant capacity and provided 10% or more of the electricity in nine states, U.S. anti-clean energy groups are looking across the Atlantic

Borealis and Borouge, leading providers of innovative, value-creating solutions for the wire and cable industry, announce the dedicated roll-out of the technology platform Borlink™ in Brazil.

New Member on Windfair.net: Fiberline Composites

In the categories: Wind Energy Suppliers - Composite materials / Offshore Wind Energy - Components and Suppliers

The merger between DNV and GL is now approved

The new company - DNV GL - will be operational from 12 September.

Mitsubishi and Barclays are taking control of London Array transmission

The two companies have bought the transmission cable linking the world's biggest offshore farm with the shore

Siemens No. 1 in sustainability

Siemens again awarded top ranking in Dow Jones Sustainability Index / No. 1 and thus the most sustainable company across seven industries

Vestas has secured an 80-MW order out of a master supply agreement with EDF Renewable Energy for multiple wind-energy projects in the USA. Vestas could ultimately supply EDF Renewable Energy up to 750 MW overall.

GWU-Umwelttechnik: Complete line of Doppler-Wind LiDAR wind sensors

Three-dimensional measurements of wind fields / Detection of underperformance/power curve verification

Bachmann Electronic GmbH - Total Expertise in the Wind Sector

Bachmann automation solutions at the EWEA 2013

Gamesa and the University have designed a wind turbine operation and maintenance course that will last four months and include theoretical and practical learning

Vestas wins 42 MW order for one of the largest citizen-owned wind power plants in Germany

Bordelum III GmbH & Co. KG orders 14 V112-3.0 MW turbines for Schleswig-Holstein

DONG Energy’s next generation demonstration site at Gunfleet Sands has been officially opened by Greg Barker MP, the Minister for Climate Change at a ceremony in Harwich

The Suzlon Group with REpower secures 48 MW wind energy order in France

“We are glad to renew the partnership with REpower"

AWEA Blog - Wind power is a water-conservation solution

Responsibly meeting our nation’s immense current, and future, energy demands requires a careful cost-benefit analysis.

Vestas appoints new President for Vestas Mediterranean

Marco Graziano has been appointed new Group Senior Vice President of Vestas and President of Vestas Mediterranean.

EWEA experts explain all in offshore wind video

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

The WWEC2014 - Distributed Wind Power – Matching Generation and Demand

The venue will be the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC)

EWEA Blog - CEOs of 13 national European wind energy associations meet in Spain to seek fixed 2030 renewable energy target

The European Commission is due to make proposals on 2030 energy and climate policy by the end of the year

Google plans to buy more wind power to indirectly power a data center in Oklahoma and to help it reach its goal of increasing the amount of clean power used by its data centers.

Focus on General Electric - New wind farm for Eastern Washington

Portland General Electric has started ground work on the Tucannon River Wind Farm on 20,000 acres near Dayton

4rd Technical Conference "Subsoil Analysis, Ground Improvement and Wind Turbine Foundations"

With simultaneous translation (German/English) and an enhanced exhibition profile.

G. Lufft GmbH, manufacturer of quality measurement and control devices for more than a century, presents its latest development in the field of measurement technology.

Interview with Udo Kronmüller of G. Lufft Mess- und Regeltechnik

Udo Kronmüller, sales manager 'Wind and Weather' at G. Lufft Mess- und Regeltechnik, was kind enough to answer the questions of the Windfair editorial staff

BASF coatings protect new wind turbine in Hamburg

Use of robots ensures highly efficient paint application / Nordex and BASF are close partners in international projects

Wind energy finds entry to the automobile market - German production of the BMW i3 starts use

The BMW Group entered a new era in automotive construction today with the start of series production of the BMW i3.

The Templederry Community Wind Farm, which was first envisioned in 1999, Monday began producing green electricity and selling it into the national grid system operated by EirGrid

Four U.K. wind energy orders worth 58 megawatts awarded to Suzlon’s REpower

Wind turbine maker Suzlon Group says that its subsidiary REpower has signed four orders for supplying equipment in the UK

The Thornton Bank offshore wind farm connection is successfully commissioned by ABB

The Thornton Bank projecon executed for the Belgian company C-Power NV was completed on schedule

Siemens Energy Opens New Wind Service Training Center in U.S.

Siemens Energy today formally inaugurated its new, state-of-the-art wind service training center in Orlando, Florida, USA.

Vestas receives 60 MW order in the USA as part of turbine supply agreements with a potential of up to 610 MW

Each project will use the V100-2.0 MW turbine

DOE defends spending on wind, solar, says clean energy 'gaining force'

In an attempt to counter the conventional wisdom that clean energy breakthroughs are always five years away, ...

Stable upward trend in German wind market in 2013 - Production volume of manufacturers grown in 2012

The upward trend in newly installed capacity in the German wind market remains stable over land for the first half of 2013.

First Siemens wind project in Peru / Blades and geared nacelles to be produced in the USA / Order includes seven-year service and maintenance agreement

EOLE-RES has signed an agreement to construct a wind power plant using 10 V100-2.0 MW turbines. This will be the customer’s fifteenth wind power plant with Vestas turbines, and turbine installation will commence in the first quarter of 2014.

SGS is pleased to announce the first of its kind 2013 SGS Asset Integrity Management Summit, scheduled to take place 26-27 November at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers in Karachi, Pakistan.

Siemens - A new generation of wind turbines for offshore wind energy

Offshore wind power has great potential, but the marine environment presents challenges. A new kind of wind turbine aims to overcome those obstacles.

Wind Energy in Turkey - Multiple wind power plants planned

Turkey, which is said to have 50 megawatts of wind power

Nordex wind farm bought by Stadtwerke Munich / Germany

The Munich municipal utility Stadtwerke München has acquired a further wind farm from Nordex SE

As described below, Notice 2013-60 clarifies the requirements to be satisfied for a wind farm currently under development to be eligible for production tax credits even if it is placed in service after December 31, 2013.

First Wind to provide wind energy to Massachusetts

The two Maine wind projects selected will provide more than 330 megawatts of clean, cost-competitive energy to Massachusetts utilities and ratepayers

EWEA Blog - Jobs in UK wind energy climb by 70% in three years

The number of people working in the UK wind industry has risen to 9,900 up from 6,600 by 2010 – a climb of 70% – new research shows

Interview with Hilmar Bavinck from BWT Bavinck Wind-Technik GmbH

Mr. Bavinck was kind enough to answer the questions of the Windfair editorial staff.

AWEA Blog - Fact check: Bryce errs on emissions, land use

Long-time wind-basher Robert Bryce has a new Bloomberg column questioning the ability of wind and solar power to deal with climate change.

Vestas receives 400 MW turbine order for wind energy projects in Texas, USA

Vestas lands largest order globally in three years with 200 V110-2.0 MW

Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm is inaugurated

The Anholt offshore wind power plant was officially inaugurated

Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) – 29th Annual Conference and Exhibition

October 7 – 10, 2013 in Toronto

Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Vestas) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) have agreed to form a joint venture (JV) dedicated to offshore wind energy.

Largest single wind energy order for the Nordex N117/2400 from Germany

The Nordex Group has been awarded its largest ever contract for a German wind farm with N117/2400 turbines by its new customer STEAG New Energies GmbH.

For more than 30 years, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has been helping the wind industry shape the future development of the sector

Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. have agreed to form a joint venture dedicated to offshore wind energy

The JV will combine Vestas’ and MHI’s current capabilities within offshore wind turbines.

UK and China - Two of the largest offshore wind energy players

‘I am delighted that the UK and China have cemented their “Strategic Partnership on Offshore Wind” through the signing of an MOU ...'

Vestas will supply 43 V112-3.0 MW offshore-turbines for the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands. Eneco Luchterduinen is owned by Dutch energy company Eneco and Mitsubishi Corporation from Japan.