News Archive October 2010

Denmark - Vestas’ vision of wind power, oil and gas is becoming a reality

The Danish Climate Commission states that Denmark can have a fossil free energy supply

According to a leading ocean conservation group, offshore wind power could provide up to half of the energy demand for the eastern coast of the United States

In an article published this month in Power and Energy, Christian Kjaer argues that in order to stimulate an internal electricity market in Europe, a ‘fifth freedom’ needs to be instated quickly

Turkey - Alstom enters the Turkish wind energy market

Under the terms of the contract, Alstom will supply, install and commission a 24 MW wind farm

Referring to climate change mitigation and other environmental benefits, the report also found that offshore wind power is much safer than nuclear power, natural gas, coal and oil

Dominican Republic - Up to 10,000 MW could be generated from wind power

“Wind energy is less expensive than energy produced from the sun,” though with one problem which is to secure financing

In 2009 Denmark still showed the way with wind turbines covering 19.3% of the national electricity demand. Coming in a surprise second is Portugal – last year wind covered 15% of the country’s electricity

Bosnia and Herzegovina -, first wind farm to be constructed in Mesihovina

The wind farm will have an installed capacity of between 44 and 66 megawatts

Wind energy share in electricity generation is expected to rise to 14% in 2020 (compared with current 5%), while estimates for 2030 have doubled forecasts made two years ago

SGS to Participate at the Annual Conference and Exhibition “RenewableUK 2010” in Glasgow

A new standard Micropulse transducer

Accelerated reliability testing

Balluff components – HALT-tested

USA - Nordex begins production at Arkansas plant

Today marks the official start of production at Nordex’s newly built wind turbine manufacturing plant in Jonesboro, Arkansas

Saudi Arabia - Potential of 160 GW of wind power

Eight percent of the country had a net wind-speed of seven meters/second - and this had the theoretical potential to install 160 gigawatts

Over 1,600 people from around the world witnessed the signing, some of them from countries that have taken the lead away from the United States in developing wind energy

Europe - 948 offshore wind turbines in 43 offshore wind farms

Belgian EU Presidency brought together governments and industry to speed up the building of an integrated offshore electricity grid in the North Seas

Siemens Energy stays on the road to success in North America: further major wind power order from Canada

High pressure-resistant inductive sensors monitor the locking cylinders in wind power plants

The wind farm project, backed by Good Energies, Google, Marubeni Corporation and led by Trans-Elect, will accelerate development of offshore wind energy in the Mid-Atlantic U.S.

The Reference scenario numbers would result in a total wind power capacity of 141 GW by 2030, which would produce 346 TWh of electricity and save the emission of 207.6 million tonnes of CO2 every year

Middle East - Only 101 MW wind energy installed at end of 2009

While less evenly distributed than solar, the region’s wind resource is excellent in some areas, as several of the governments are now recognizing

Wind energy could meet 12% of global power demand by 2020, and up to 22% by 2030, according to a study published today by the Global Wind Energy Council and Greenpeace International

As many as 60,000 green jobs could be in jeopardy if plans to build three factories to make offshore wind turbines are sacrificed by the government’s spending review

The Canadian Wind Energy Association's 26th Annual Conference and Exhibition - CanWEA 2010 - will be held in Montreal, Quebec, November 1 - 3 at the Montreal Congress Center

Certification and standards for wind turbines and wind farms

2-day seminar on type and project certification - wind farms offered by DNV Wind Energy – Certification on 8-9 November 2010 in London

BBB on the Renex 2010

Spain - Gamesa projects sales of 4,000 MW in 2013

amesa will also invest intensively to expand its operating capacity and technology lead worldwide, in both onshore and offshore wind power

In a recent survey conducted by IQPC, 64.28% of the 2,754 energy sector respondents have chosen wind power as the principle solution to meet Africa's growing energy demand

Wind power to provide a fifth of world’s electricity by 2030

Europe - Offshore wind power will help EU to meet its 2020 renewable energy target

The current total installed capacity offshore wind energy amounts to 2.4 GW which should rise to around 150 GW by 2030

GE’s wind turbine technology has entered commercial service in Poland and is helping the country meet its wind energy requirements, GE announced at the official opening of the Nekla wind farm

Denmark’s Rødsand II offshore wind power plant begins operations

Wind: AREVA to provide optimum solution for installation and services of offshore wind park

GL-Garrad Hassan Training: Financing a Wind Farm and Introduction to Meteorology - 28-29 October, Stockholm

Wind energy proposals in the U.S. should face one less hurdle now that the Pentagon has given approval to eight wind farms after determining they would not interfere with a nearby military radar facility

'Clean, renewable energy development that capitalizes on the Nation's vast offshore wind and water resources holds great promise for our clean energy future and our economy,' said Secretary Chu

Why safe automation for wind turbines?

Popular demand drives Canadian small wind market growth

TDK-Lambda to deliver on power at electronica 2010

New all-dedicated METEODYN WT website!

Compact, redundant and with integrated functional monitoring: The HeavyDuty hollow shaft encoder is prepared for all eventualities

Husum symbol of wind energy Review: HUSUM WindEnergy 2010

WWEA - 16 gigawatt of wind power added in first half of 2010

WWEA expects Global Energy Capacity to reach almost 200 Gigawatt in 2010. Further improvements in National and International Policies are necessary

Increased safety, reduced downtimes

Canadian Wind Energy Association to release study on economic impact of wind energy industry at 26th Annual Conference and Exhibition in Montreal

Exhibition Ticker - Offshore Wind set for large scale, farshore, deepwater success

2nd Annual Offshore Wind Construction, Installation and Commissioning conference / London, October 20-21st, 2010

USA - Vestas receives 128 MW wind power order in California, USA

The wind power contract includes delivery and commissioning along with up to a 15-year service and maintenance agreement

Under a plan finalized at a meeting of the Presidential Committee on Green Growth, the government will inject KRW7 trillion won by 2015 to develop new renewable energy projects, including solar and wind energy

BELGIUM - No disagreement as Belgians say “yes” to wind power

In a kingdom frequently divided by disagreement over matters political and beyond, it is heartening to see wind energy getting a resounding “yes” vote

EWEA - China getting ready to overtake US as wind energy leader

What explains the dramatic growth of wind power in China? Genuine political commitment is certainly the deciding factor, something the US has been lacking to date

Germany - Siemens delivers 80 wind turbines for the DanTysk offshore wind power plant near Sylt

Large-scale German wind farm project sets a milestone in the commercial use of offshore wind energy

Still time until 31.10.2010 to prepare papers and posters for presentations.

Call for Papers for the 3rd international symposium on Advanced Power Battery in March 2011 in Aachen.

BBB's new accreditation for wind measurements

Now even more "Competence in Wind Energy"

Denmark - Wind power Vestas - 6,567 MW during the first nine months

Vestas reported a third-quarter profit and a positive free cash flow following the loss in the first half year of 2010

Australia - 247 MW wind farm at Ararat approved

Planning Minister Justin Madden today approved two planning permits for the use and development of a $326 million wind energy facility at Ararat

UK - Siemens, Gamesa and GE confirm wind power plants in UK

Siemens confirms it will move ahead with new wind energy facility after government promises to retain port upgrade programme

Germany - REpower announces preliminary half year results and welcomes shareholders at the Annual General Meeting

EBIT improvement to EUR 34.3 million (+9.6%) despite decline in turnover

Canadian Wind Energy Association celebrates opening of St. Lawrence College

Wind Turbine and Trades Facility

Turkey - Nordex supplies 24 large turbines to Turkey

Order for turnkey project and wind farm extension

Denmark - Rødsand II offshore wind power plant begins operations

One of the world’s largest offshore wind energy plants has begun operations in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Denmark

REpower introduces new MM-series wind turbine

North Africa and Eastern Mediterranean regions, including Syria, are considered as world-best places to be used as farms to produce electricity out of sunrays or wind energy in desert areas

Portugal - Megajoule Inovação Announces Windie Upgrade

Megajoule, as Portuguese market leader in wind energy assessment, is strongly committed to promote alternative and sustainable energy solutions.

Interim financial report, third quarter 2010 - Adjustment of capacity, increasing order backlog, positive free cash flow

Rosenberg’s ERAE and ERAD series includes forward-curved radial centrifugal AC fans that deliver up to 4,000 CFM (cubic feet per minute) of air movement in a space-saving, single-inlet design

Manulife Forms Financing Syndicate; Provides $60 Million To Support Project Developed By International Power Canada, Wind Power Project Expected To Be Operational in 2011

Canadian Wind Energy Association - 26th Annual Conference and Exhibition 'CanWEA 2010'

Canada’s largest renewable energy event begins next week November 1 – 3, 2010

SGS Becomes Member of Swiss Wind Energy Association ‘Suisse Eole’

Windfair.net: Visit us at Renewable UK

PowerWind sells five wind turbines to the DMA Group

The dependable solution for positioning tasks at wind turbines: Absolute encoder and resolver in a single device

South Korea announced a US$8.2 billion wind power project Tuesday to build its largest offshore wind farm in the Yellow Sea in an effort to further harness renewable energy and cut its dependence on fossil fuels