News Archive July 2008

India - Lanco to become active in the wind energy sector

Target is to establish a total of 1,000 MW installed capacity

Renewable Energy Information System on Internet - REISI

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

The beginnings of constructing the largest production base of rotor blades and CNG gas cylinders in North China

China - NDRC approves nation's first offshore wind power project

Project to have installed capacity of 102,000 kilowatts

New Member On Windfair.net: IMZ Maschinen Vertriebs GmbH

* WPP suppliers: tools and machine tools

REpower places bid to acquire assets of Schaumann GmbH & Co KG

Contribution towards optimisation of costs and long-term safeguarding of transport capacities

India - Suzlon set to study feasibility of wind power generation along Gulf of Cambay

Wind direction, speed and other conditions to be gauged to see if a capacity of 3,000 MW is created

New Member On Windfair.net: AIMT Holding GmbH

Suppliers: Material Treatment

UK - Giant wind turbines planned for Ipswich

Bid to make the town an eco-pioneer

UK - Irish and Scottish ministers aim for joint offshore grid

A new offshore grid could be developed between Scotland and Ireland to further the development of renewable energy projects, it was announced yesterday.

UK - First wind turbine in North York Moors National Park

Dairy farmer installs a wind turbine to generate his own environmentally-friendly electricity

USA - Oilman Pickens shifts focus to wind energy

Pickens envisions putting up 2,500 turbines in Texas to generate 4,000 megawatts of energy — enough to power 1.3 million homes

New Member On Windfair.net: Mabry Castings LTD.

* Suppliers: Castings

Vestas order for 44 wind turbines in the USA

Siemens installs two test wind turbines with direct drive technology

UK - Ainscough uses Liebherr crane to assemble wind turbine

The 2MW turbine has a 65m hub height and will generate close to seven million units of electricity each year

New Member On Windfair.net: engineering consultants: Ingenieurbuero Teut

* Wind Developers: Engineering Companies

USA - AES to sell wind power to electric cooperative

First phase of the project to be completed in November 2009 and produce more than 100 megawatts of power

China - SNEC (2009) International Wind Power Conference & Expo - China’s most anticipated annual event for wind energy!

March 30-April 1, 2009 / Shanghai Everbright Convention & Exhibition Center, China

Submission proposals to collectively add up to 5,000 gigawatt hours (GWh) of clean or renewable energy per year, enough to power 500,000 homes

United Emirates - Wind turbine will provide energy to local electricity grid

Emirate likely to be the 'greenest area' in the region

Scholarship transfer to TUHH: REpower today honours best in year in electrical engineering

USA - Legislature on a state level is key to the future of wind power

"The only thing preventing the wind power industry from soaring is the lack of state incentives"

China - A-Power completes the construction of the largest wind turbine production facility in the country

Facility is on track to begin production of wind turbines

NASA scientists have been developing ocean maps for almost ten years using the NASA QuikSCAT satellite. The maps are now being used to find ocean areas where winds could produce an abundance of electrical energy.

UK - The world’s two most powerful wind turbines are to be built in clear view of northeast England’s most renowned shorelines

Northumberland is to get the world’s biggest wind farm Energy machines

USA - Iberdola Renewables announces second Trimont area wind farm

Construction has begun on the 99-megawatt Elm Creek Wind Power Project in southwestern Minnesota

CanWEA 2008: Fast Forward to Wind - Annual Conference and Trade Show

Where in Canada can you take part in the future of wind development? Vancouver, of course!

New Member On Windfair.net: Fibox GmbH

* Suppliers: Control Technique

Whales and dolphins influence new wind turbine design

Canada - Boralex acquires Gengrowth wind-power project in southwestern Ontario

Wind project has a potential installed capacity of 100 megawatts of power

Canada - NaiKun Wind Energy Group outlines key activities to advance Canada's first offshore wind energy project

Large scale offshore wind projects are a key part of the global shift to increasing the use of renewable energy

USA - Rock Port Missouri, first 100% wind powered community in the country

Four wind turbines supply all the electricity for the small town

Spain - Gamesa Eólica enters wind turbine generator deal with Longyuan

Gamesa to supply 405 generators to China Longyuan Electric Power Group and to deliver in 2009

New Member On Windfair.net: Today´s Energy Solutions

* Media and Presenters: Media

India - Gujarat's Samana set to become wind power hub

China Light Power (CLP) and Tata Power pledge to invest up to $189.5 million in different projects

USA - Mass Megawatts Wind Power Inc. reports U.S Army sale

The 50 kilowatt wind power project will be constructed at U.S. Army Intelligence Headquarters located in Fort Huachuca, Arizona

Vestas receives order for 79 MW in Spain

UK - Alleviating the problem of obtaining electricity from wind turbines even when the wind does not blow

Innovation in renewable energy described as “a potential holy grail” when combined with wind energy

Italy - Harnessing ocean winds with world's first floating wind turbine

Blue H aims to anchor its prototype device 12 miles off the coast of southern Italy later this month

New Member On Windfair.net: Ernst Dobler Maschinenbau Fürth GmbH

* Suppliers: Mechanical Engineering

Thailand - Government to promote wind power energy

Buoyed by the success of hydro power projects, the Himachal Pradesh government is now planning to tap wind power potential in a big way

Chinese wind industry pavilion at HUSUM WindEnergy 2008

Asia’s growth market is a key focus for the industry

New Member On Windfair.net: Schaeffler KG

* Offshore: Components

China - 20% of power supply for Beijing's Olympic venues to be wind-generated

It is expected to supply 100 million-kWh electricity per year, enough to meet the daily demand of 100,000 households

REpower Systems AG announces preliminary figures for first quarter of 2008/09

* Total performance EUR 240.9 million, sales increased to EUR 231.8 million

USA - Marine base in Calfornia to install 1,5 MW wind turbine

Wind turbine expected to go online by December 2008

Product Pick of the Week - New DLI Watchman® DCA-50B™ vibration data collector,

DLI Engineering Releases the Improved DLI Watchman®

USA - Small wind turbine market grew 14% in 2007

Up-front costs and lack of federal incentives remain obstacle to strong growth

USA - Deerpath Energy offers small wind-energy alternative

Small wind turbines have lived in the shadow of their utility-sized cousins installed in large wind farms

New Member On Windfair.net: ZE Foundation GmbH

* Research and Education: Surveyor

India - Turbine developed to suit local conditions

National Aerospace Laboratories says its new turbine is at least 10% more efficient for Indian wind speeds

New Member On Windfair.net: Weier Antriebe und Energietechnik GmbH

* Service: Repair Work

Clyde Wind Farm to provide electricity for 250 000 homes, London Array back on track - and wind overtakes hydro as leading source of renewable electricity in the UK

USA - Marquiss Wind Power Acquires Cirrus Technologies Inc.

Cirrus Founder John Roskey Joins Marquiss as CTO

New Member On Windfair.net: HOLGER CLASEN GmbH & Co. KG

* Suppliers: Tools and Machine Tools

BWEA: GOVERNMENT SHOULD SUPPORT QUICK GRID ACCESS FOR RENEWABLES

"Important to support EU Commission's wording of the Renewables Directive, 'Connect and Manage' way forward"

Holland - City groups looking at meteorological tower for Windmill Island

The wind turbine, if installed, could generate up to 2.5 megawatts of power and stand between 328 and 492 feet high

New Member On Windfair.net: LEM USA Inc.

* Suppliers: Electrical and Electronic Engineering

World Wind Energy Award 2008

USA - Nebraska Public Power District planning wind energy expansion

Enough wind energy to be purchased over the next 12 years and to power about 94,000 more homes

UK - North East to generate 30,000 jobs from offshore wind

Clean technology hub in the region that could attract up to £3bn in investment

Spain - Wind turbines hum as Eolica 2008 generates the crowds

UK - Wind, wave and tide could transform Scotland to world giant in green energy

Scotland has the potential to be to the renewable energy world what Saudi Arabia is to oil

Canada - EarthFirst Canada Inc. annouces delivery of eight 3MW turbines from Vestas

British Columbia's first commercial wind turbine delivery

UK - Miller Research set wind turbine example

Miller Research takes its own advice on sustainability by installing a wind turbine at its headquarters

USA - Dow Wind Energy Systems achieve Germanischer Lloyd certification

AIRSTONE™ Systems for Wind Energy

Canada - TransCanada Corporation wins approval for $320-million Kibby Wind Power Project

Construction plans are now underway for the 132 MW wind energy project

Product Pick of the Week - CM Complete Lifting Systems

Two wind turbine hoists with specific long lift electric hoist characteristics developed, making the perfect hoist for wind turbines

UK - Turbine vessels to help meet expected boom in the North Sea expansion of offshore wind farms

Investment of £200m planned for two ships being built in China

Canada - Welcome addition to the Marine Corps’ desert logistics base

Single wind A1500 turbine constructed by Aaer, Inc. to produce more than 3.6 million kilowatts a year

Renewable Energy Information System on Internet - REISI

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