News Archive April 2010

Happy Easter from Windfair!

Brazil - Wind energy portfolio expanded

EDP Renewables breaks ground with third onshore wind farm in Brazil

Thailand - Wind Energy plans 800-MW projects

80,000 Rai required for wind farms

China – More investments into offshore wind power construction

Large-scale offshore wind power concession projects put out to tender

Europe – North Sea offshore wind energy projects to watch out for submerged Stone Age villages

Forecasts for the growth of offshore wind farms in Europe imply investments of between 100 and 150 billion euros over the next decade

Around 110 million euros will be invested in British turbine manufacturing, while 105 million euros will go towards engineering and production facilities in Germany

Canada - Siemens wind energy turbines ordered for 138 MW Canadian project

Sixty 2.3 MW wind energy turbines for the St. Joseph wind farm in Manitoba to be supplied

USA - Vestas receives 145 MW order from Wisconsin wind farm

Eighty-one V90-1.8 MW wind turbines to be installed at the Glacier Hills Wind Park

UK - Wind turbine plan to create hundreds of new jobs

Hundreds of jobs through new £80m wind turbine factory to be created

USA - Ohio to advance offshore wind turbine projects

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Governor Ted Strickland joined Cleveland leaders to outline plans to advance offshore wind energy projects.

USA - American wind energy Association statement condems FERC order on Westar proposal

Westar to take millions of dollars from wind generators connecting to its system to subsidize the utility’s other operations

The microBelt is a piezoelectric turbine-based system that is touted as being 10 times more effective at gathering energy than other systems of similar size

Europe – In spite of recession wind energy sector renders another record year

New report from the Earth Policy Institute shows that recession had little effect on wind power installations all over the world

Europe - GE announces major wind investment

GE plans to spend about $450 million over the next 10 years to expand its wind turbine business in Europe, the company said Thursday.

USA - Rhode Island moves towards offshore wind energy

Three-year study of potential off-shore wind farm effects completed

All offshore and onshore wind turbines need to plug into powerful transmission lines to transport the thousands of MW of additional renewable energy across the country and possibly beyond, and these may be slow in coming

Costa Rica - The ICE opens second phase of a wind farm, with a total of 49.5 MW

Located in Guanacaste the wind farm will consist of 55 wind turbines

Mexico - Sempra Energy to install a total of 1.200 MW wind energy in Baja California

The wind farm to be developed in the so-called Sierra de Juarez

USA - AWEA Releases Annual State of the Wind Industry Report

Dr. Klaus Rave joins the Supervisory Board of WKN

Wind energy industry and Ministry of Defence agree support for key offshore wind farm developments

Germany - Nordex to launch Gamma generation

2.5 MW efficiency class on a new technical platform

India - Suzlon Energy wins repeat order from GSFC; stock up 3%

18 MW wind energy project at Adodar site in the Porbandar district of Gujarat to be set up

Siemens secures second wind turbine order from RES Canada

EWE places order for German offshore wind farm with Siemens

April Fool's Joke? - Wind turbines suspended 20 Kilometers in the sky?

Tethered to anchors on the Moon by carbon nanotube ropes, wind turbines could catch the energy of Earth's Rotation

In 2012 BELUGA HOCHTIEF Offshore wants to commission the first special ship for wind farms on the open seas

AWEA Releases U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Report

Siemens to build £80m wind turbine factory in the UK

Windfair Exhibition Ticker - Wind Power Africa 2010

"Exactly one month away"

Italy - REpower expanding output of one of the largest Italian wind farms by 36.9 MW

Contract for the supply of 18 wind turbines with Daunia Savignano signed

No slow-down for global wind energy

China overtakes Germany as second leading wind power nation

Venezuela - 10,000 megawatts of wind power to be installed in the next 15 years

Considering a growth of 6%, 10 thousand megawatts would represent 10% of the projected demand for 2025

Sweden - Nordex obtains order for major project

Supply of 295 MW for projects by Skelleftea Kraft AB

100% renewable energy by 2050

Last call for journalists to the annual European Wind Energy Conference & Exhibition (EWEC 2010), Warsaw, 20-23 April.

REpower is expanding its product range for less windy locations

WinWinD’s delivery of a 24 megawatt wind park to Estonia has been confirmed

REpower to supply 44 wind turbines to Turkey for the first time

Wind: 50% of EU electricity in 2050

Maritime Suppliers – Nothing is Impossible: Smart Format Gripper and Substation on the Open Sea

Wind energy reduces electricity prices, says independent study

New league table shows wind farm consent times across EU27

REpower and Heritage sign supply contract covering 18 MW for Michigan wind farm project

Bulgarian government proposes ban for building solar and wind power farms on quality arable land to temper an investment boom that had sparked fears for grid instability and high energy prices

"The Greenwich Wind Energy Project will bring the many benefits of renewable energy to the Township of Dorion and surrounding communities that includes up to 300 construction jobs"

Poland - New league table shows wind farm consent times across

Findings disclosed by the EU-funded project, Wind Barriers, coordinated by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)

USA - Putting wind power to work in Wyoming

Two sites planned – Chokecherry with 675 wind turbines and Sierra Madre with 325 wind turbines – situated on about 98,500 acres of a ranch owned by an affiliate company

Canada - Wind Energy Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2013

New market report released

Germany - Start-up celebration for offshore test field alpha ventus

Start-up celebration for offshore test field alpha ventus

South Africa - Wind Power Africa 2010!

Expect this and more. Don’t miss the biggest event on wind energy in Africa!

“Our filing suggests a number of steps FERC should take to update grid operating procedures, just as they were updated in the past to accommodate new resources, such as nuclear power a generation ago"

Product Pick of the Week - The iPod of wind

Area family takes next step toward energy savings

USA - General Electric leads the U.S. wind energy market but faces more competition

"The major challenge is the threat of low-cost competition"

USA - Offshore wind power largely untapped renewable energy source

"Offshore wind power has the potential to provide as much profit as drilling for oil"

UK - Offshore wind industry reaches 1GW landmark

World-wide leader comprising of 11 wind farms, or 336 installed wind turbines

REpower is first manufacturer with unlimited unit certification according to SDLWindV

China - Another large order for Nordex

Utilities order 57 megawatts / project extension already planned

Canada - Vestas wins order for V82-1.65 MW wind turbines

Turbines for a wind project to be developed by Algonquin Power in southeastern Saskatchewan

India - Wind power draws global majors

It’s the latest and among the fastest growing sectors within global energy today, and has already made its presence felt in India

EWEA - The age of wind has begun: The European Wind Energy Association I

Release 1 of 2

EWEA - The age of wind has begun: The European Wind Energy Association II

Release 2 of 2

E.ON and SSB Service, GmbH enter cooperation agreement Independent WTG service provider to maintain E.ON Vestas 2MW turbines

SSB Service GmbH expands its service portfolio New cooperation agreement with materials testing specialist

Cape Cod marks birth of a global offshore wind industry

Turkey - Europe’s largest to be developed in 2011

REpower Systems helps grow the natural energy resources in Turkey by supplying 44 wind turbines to a wind farm in the Kirsehir provinc

AWEA - U.S. Poll shows wind works for Americans

Voters Overwhelmingly Support Increased Use of Wind Power and a Strong National Renewable Electricity Standard

Puerto Rico - Bacardi starts using wind energy

250-kilowatt wind turbines installed at its global rum distiller near San Juan

AWEA - U.S. Wind energy industry installs 539 MW in first quarter

Industry Calls for Strong Renewable Electricity Standard to Create Jobs, Retain America’s Competitiveness

USA - GE turbine focus is on land

Company has re-entered offshore wind market but says changes are needed