News Archive July 2007

UK - Galway student wins top design award for new wind turbine

Revolutionary new design for personal wind turbines wins top prize at the BSI Sustainability Design Awards 2007 in London

Vestas receives large order in the USA

REpower Systems AG comments on current speculations in the market

Norway - World's first floating wind turbine to be built in North Sea

“Five megawatts is huge. That would be bigger than anything on land or offshore in operation at the moment,”

USA - Nacel Energy to build 20-MW Texas wind project

Collection of site specific wind data to begin soon

Garrad Hassan advises Alstom in purchasing €350 million manufacturer Ecotècnia

UK - Government and industry join forces to secure a renewable energy future in Wales

200 delegates flock to Cardiff for the inaugural BWEA Wales Conference.

Canada - Vestas receives order for V82-1.65 MW turbines

18 units of the V82-1.65 MW earmarked for three projects near Lake Erie in the province of Ontario

Centennial Wind Power Facility rides the wind to a great first year

42.4 per cent capacity factor - a rating in the top 10 per cent of wind power facilities around the world

USA - Camp Springs wind farm begins commercial operation

Renewable Energy Information System on Internet - REISI

The new statistics of wind energy use in germany is available.

REpower expects accelerated growth from the amended Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG)

USA - Report on Green Energy in the U.S.

Reportlinker makes new market research report available

Siemens successfully completes erection of 25 offshore wind turbines in Great Britain

New Member On Windfair.net: Insensys Ltd.

* Service: Monitoring Systeme

Siemens receives order for offshore wind farm in Great Britain

Denmark - Increasing wind energy to bring economic benefits

20 percent of energy generated from wind turbines

REpower invests in Osterrönfeld / Northern Germany

- Signing of development agreement with Osterrönfeld local authority and Rendsburg-Eckernförde Economic Development Corporation

WINDPOWER 2007 Delivers Road Map For 20x’30 Vision

AWEA’s conference this year examined the realities of deriving 20% of U.S. power from wind and the roles onshore and offshore technologies could play in attaining that goal

New Member On Windfair.net: SGL Kümpers GmbH & Co. KG

* WPP suppliers: raw materials

Malawi - Wind Power, Blogging and Innovation

African wind energy success story

Sweden - Permission granted for Lillgrund Wind Fram to construct 115m wind turbine

Electricity generation for 60,000 homes by the end of 2007

REpower and A&R Rotec found company PowerBlades GmbH for offshore rotor blade production

USA - Pacific Power to convert coal mine to wind

66 wind turbines to be installed

New Member On Windfair.net: August Friedberg GmbH

* WPP suppliers: fasteners

Consortium headed by Galp Energia and REpower wins bidding for Government Tender in Portugal covering 400 MW

South Africa - Eskom registers prospective suppliers for 100MW wind farm

EOI seeking manufacturers to design, construct, commission and maintain wind turbines rated between 1,5 MW and 2,5 MW

New Member On Windfair.net: Lincoln GmbH

* WPP suppliers: lubricants service: maintenance and service of WPP

Germany - Bosch to build EUR 180 million manufacturing plant

Growth in European investment in wind turbine manufacture is exampled by Bosch's announcement to build an EUR 180 million manufacturing plant in Germany.

Canada - Cleanfield Energy unveils new 3.5 kW turbine

Cleanfield V3.5, a three-metre tall, vertical-axis wind turbine designed to provide electrical power for use by individual homes and businesses

Canada - New service deals with data challenges

New Member On Windfair.net: Zollern GmbH

* WPP suppliers: mechanical

REpower delivers 44 turbines (88 MW) for enXco to the US

'Wind Power Shanghai 2007' to be Held in Shanghai in November

Most important event for China's wind power industry in this year

"What we are looking for are persons who will buy the wind farm in total as an entity, or partner with PCJ in the ownership - either a joint-venture going forward or buying it outright,"

New Zealand - Wind turbines for Kiwi farms

EREC unveils prototype wind turbine for installation in rural areas.

Austrailia - Soma 1000 wind generator from "downunder"

New product in the world of wind energy

New Member On Windfair.net: SGL Technologies GmbH

* WPP suppliers: raw materials

New Member On Windfair.net: M & I Materials Ltd

* WPP suppliers: electrical and electronic

South Africa - Eskom promises cleaner energy

100 Megawatt wind farm planned

Czech Republic - wind power plants produce 132% more power in 2006

Installed output was twice as high at 44 megawatts

West Indies - Paradise Bay Resort in Grenada installs 80 KW wind turbine

A first in the Eastern Caribbean

USA - AWEA study shows U.S. still dominates small wind sector

Germany - D8.2 wind turbine has been certified by Dewi-OCC

Renewable Energy Information System on Internet - REISI

The new statistics of wind energy use in germany is available.

USA - Neighbours sue man for eco-friendly windmill

"Attitudes in the US need to change, A lot of people say not in my backyard, but I say it should start in our backyards"