News Archive October 2011

According to data from the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA), an estimated 1338 megawatts (MW) of new wind power installations are on track to set a record for new capacity built in Canada in a single year

Germany - REpower Invests in German Production Sites

Topping-out ceremony for hall expansion in Bremerhaven: 300 MW of additional production capacity from 2012 / Expansion of the Trampe (Brandenburg) plant for 3.XM wind turbines

EWEA Blog: EU energy import bill amounted to €355 billion in 2010

Wind power is predicted to shave €23.9 billion off the amount Europe pays for electricity, rising to €51 billion by 2030

Marine researchers have uncovered new evidence suggesting offshore wind farm plants in Kent could have a positive impact on species living beneath the waves

AWEA Blog: Fact check: Michaels errs on wind's contribution

Patrick Michaels, a contrarian climate scientist, posted an article at Forbes.com recently criticizing wind power. The following response was posted as a comment

Italy - Nordex Italia receives order for nine turbines

ERG engages Nordex once again / Delivery to start in May 2012

REguard Interface B IEC 61400-25 provides control system operating data from wind farm units / Wind farms with turbines from various manufacturers will in future require only one interface Operators will benefit from more efficient operational management

Guest article by Lawrence H. Mott. Mr. Mott is a board member of Renewable Energy Vermont and Principal Consultant at SgurrEnergy, Inc., a renewable energy consultancy firm.

Brazil - GE Wins More than $800 Million in New Commitments for Brazilian Wind, Gas Turbine Projects

GE Technology Tapped for 40 Percent of the Total Gigawatts Awarded in Brazil Energy Auctions

USA - G.E. invests in Invenergy’s 110-MW Michigan wind energy project

G.E. Energy Financial Services will invest an undisclosed amount in Invenergy Wind LLC's 110.4-megawatt Gratiot County wind power project in Michigan

Molins de Vent TARRAGÓ: Windmills to improve biodiversity in Sweden

New Member On Windfair: Top Cable S. A.

Suppliers: Cables

Vestas has received a 65 MW order from Green Mountain Power for 21 V112-3.0 MW wind turbines for the Kingdom Community Wind project near Lowell, Vermont. This is the first order for V112-3.0 MW turbines in North America

AWEA Blog - Letter writers take NY Times to task for anti-wind energy op-ed

While the wind farm will occupy 175 acres, more than 2,000 acres of prime animal habitat will also be conserved as mitigation for any wildlife effects

A new €14 million centre to develop next-generation offshore wind power technology in Scotland has been officially opened by First Minister Alex Salmond and Jorge Calvet, CEO of Gamesa.

This Week: Interview with Johann Baumgartner, International Sales Manager from Linsinger Maschinenbau GmbH

ALL-ENERGY: Offshore Maintenance –

where offshore wind meets oil and gas

ABE Kunze Engineering GmbH: The way to SDL-Bonus in The Windfair Newsletter

Wind power plants with commissioning as from 01.04.2011 are named ”new plants” according to the system service agreement for wind energy (SDL Wind V).

New Member On Windfair: LINSINGER Maschinenbau GmbH

Category: Suppliers: Mechanical Engineering

Australia - REpower and Suzlon join forces in the Australian wind energy market

REpower Australia will continue to deliver a seamless service to the combined customer base

REpower Systems SE and the Vattenfall have entered into a contract to deliver 36 wind turbines for use in a wind farm near Zeewolde, the Netherlands

Vestas officially inaugurated a new wind turbines sales and wind farm operations office in Buenos Aires located in the heart of the new city's business district in Puerto Madero

Siemens Energy has installed its first 6 MW wind turbine as a prototype of the next generation offshore wind energy. Siemens believes the low weight will help reduce the cost of offshore wind power plants

The Rawson wind power plant is situated nearly 1,000 miles south of the Argentinean capital Buenos Aires and currently has 27 Vestas built wind turbines with a 50 megawatt capacity

USA - Signal Energy installs DeWind wind turbines in Texas

“Installing wind turbines and towers marks an exciting point at the Frisco Wind Power Project site for DeWind and for the region”

Renewable energies/IRENA

Röttgen inaugurates Innovation and Technology Centre for renewable energies in Bonn

Canada - GE istalls 1000th wind turbine

GE Committed to Growing Its Presence in Canada’s Active Wind Energy Industry

UK - RWE boosts dockyards with Gwynt y Mor wind energy contracts

Those foundations, which will be among the largest monopiles ever used at an offshore wind farm.

Product Pick of the Week - Introducing Micro Wind Turbines

A Mobile Renewable Power Station from Arista Power, which generates wind and solar energy that is stored in an onboard wwstorage device for military and other applications

UK - Gamesa opens technology center in Scotland

Wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa has opened a new € 14 million centre to develop next-generation offshore wind technology in Scotland

The Danish wind power firm confirmed the milestone yesterday, which was reached when wind farm developer Ostwind placed a 36 MW order for several wind farm projects in Germany

GE Energy Financial Services and clean energy developer Greenko Group Plc today announced a venture to develop wind farm projects with a combined investment of USD 115 million in the country

The Netherlands - REpower supplies 122 MW Dutch wind farm

REpower Systems has erected the first of a total of 6 REpower 5M, 5 MW wind turbines for the alpha ventus offshore wind power test field

The Deepwater Wind Energy Center is expected to site 200 wind turbines in the waters of southern RhOffshore wind farm planned for Rhode Island and Massachusettsode Island Sound. Construction is planned for 2014 or 2015, with operation expected by 2016 or

EWEA Blog: Newly initiated offshore wind power project in UK

A new offshore wind energy project, West of Duddon Sands, is to have a capacity of 389 MW — enough to meet the electricity consumption of 300,000 households in the UK

Vestas - Join us at the European Future Energy Forum

At Vestas, wind is what we do, it is all we do and all we have ever done.

"AWEA applauds the Obama administration for taking steps to move from merely talking about transmission to actually getting projects permitted and under construction"

Mexico’s first high level international wind energy event will take place on 14-15 February 2012 in Mexico City. Mexico WindPower 2012 is being organized by the Mexican Wind Energy Association, EJK and GWEC

Mexico - Nestlé invests in Mexican wind energy sector

Nestlé is to invest in wind turbines in an effort to meet 85 percent of its electricity requirements in Mexico with wind power

A similar approach will be applied to its concentrated solar power (CSP) business, as Siemens believes CSP will play a big role in supporting government's focus on job creation through the maximisation of local content

Today it has a total installed wind tubines capacity of 5,204 MW (2010 figures) which accounts for 6% of the EU’s total wind farm capacity - the sector is beginning to catch up with its European cousins

This week: Interview with Armin Baum, Managing Director of Balsatec GmbH Co.KG

This week: Interview with Thorsten Darley, Commercial Director of WKA Service Fehmarn GmbH

Wind power plants are often subject to high loads resulting from lightning strikes. The LM-S Lightning Monitoring System detects and analyzes lightning currents and therefore serves as the basis for evaluation of the actual load.

Ammonit implements NetworkManager tools improved by Lanedo to ensure stable communication in remote areas

A worthwhile investment – triple certainty

Arc sensor for medium-voltage switchgear

Vestas receives 178 MW order in Ontario, Canada

Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order for 99 V90-1.8 MW wind turbines for Ontario, Canada.

USA - AWEA launches WindTV

The American Wind Energy Association has launched WindTV a video presentation of people whose lives have been positively affected by the wind power industry

Europe - ABB wins service order for wind energy connection in the North Sea

Contract to support reliable transmission from the DolWin2 wind power farms follows order win for the power link

China - State Grid Energy Research Institute and Vestas wind energy coorperation

State Grid Energy Research Institute and Vestas Jointly Publish “Integrated Solution Strategies for Coordinated Wind Power and Grid Development.”

Molins de Vent TARRAGÓ: Successful commissioning of the windmills in the Western Sahara

Did you know that wind power is one of the most powerful tools in the box when it comes to meeting the EU’s climate targets, and that it has been so since the beginning of EU climate targets?

India - Gamesa bets on Karnataka to meet wind energy target

Gamesa, which is primarily in the business of manufacturing wind turbines, also develops wind farms

REpower has concluded a wind power contract with La Compagnie du Vent, GDF SUEZ Group. The wind turbines are to be installed in two wind farm projects in the French Burgundy region

Deepwater Wind has announced that it has signed an agreement with Siemens Energy to buy the company's latest offshore wind turbines for deployment in the Block Island Wind Farm

Wind energy plants racked up the most support among a series of energy projects in a recent survey of public attitudes toward local land development, according to a New York Times blog article by Felicity Barringer

Vestas has received a 101 MW wind power order for 56 V100-1.8 MW wind turbines from Consumers Energy, for the utility’s Lake Winds Energy wind farm in Mason County, Michigan, USA

Vicini saw today the completion of the first phase of the wind farm, Los Cocos, located in the south west of the Dominican Republic

SGS to Showcase its Renewable Energy Services at EWEA Offshore 2011

WINWIND DELIVERS FOUR WIND TURBINES TO HAMINA ENERGY

This week: Interview with Klaus Korger, CEO Leine & Linde GmbH, Germany

EU free movement of electricity: Connecting Europe facilitated

Ecopower Academy Invitation: Lean Wind Farm Operations

Learn a method that will give you better flow, reduced waste and continuously improvements – in daily operations

The wind industry is undergoing a transformation from the initial custom-built approach to manufacture towards industrial production of machinery. Projects, and indeed the turbines themselves, are becoming ever larger, especially when situated offshore. W

This week: ZE SYSTEM GmbH: Expert report and Recondition

Denmark - Wind power ambition boosted to half of power needs

The increased wind energy target is part of a more ambitious 2020 emissions-reduction plan for a 40% cut in CO2 compared to 1990 levels

Nordex launching the 2.5MW Gamma Generation in the Chinese and Asian markets

Windmills TARRAGÓ with screw pumps of Ritz-Atro GmbH from Nuremberg

ALL-ENERGY: Governor McDonnell Announces First Wind Turbine Test Facility in Virginia

Collaborative project first of its kind

Green Power Generator Mfg Co Ltd: Success at the Canton Fair!

Chris Huhne talks Renewable Success at MTL Group

This week: OneProd Condition Monitoring Systems

OneProd solutions deliver reliability for wind energy from a GL-certified CMS, to project management, and up to 24/7 monitoring

This week: Interview with Gerald Pauli, Sales Engineer from ASC GmbH

New offshore accelerometer of ASC GmbH: ASC OS115LN. This sensor is based on a capacitive MEMS technology with low frequency range from 0 Hz to 2000 Hz

MEC Intelligence's CLEAN-TECH REPORTS:Offshore wind foundation market

Offshore Wind Foundations – a 20bn USD business? : Prepare for Growth.

Encoders with integrated diagnostics system. The new ADS Online entails diagnostics in real-time, wherever you may be. The new system will be presented at 22-24 November at the international SPS/IPS/Drives convention in Nuremberg, Germany.

Geotek S.A., Chilean renewable energy services company, signs on as Second Wind Triton partner. Remote sensing demonstration event planned in Santiago; Geotek S.A. begins agreement by installing the Triton for Mainstream Renewable Power in Chile

An "unique to the World" segmented blade and crane coupled to the nacelle of the wind turbine and used for assembly and servicing. Gamesa FlexiFit™: An 'attached' crane system that reduces the need for large external cranes, thereby si

Catch the Wind Relinquishes Interest in Falcon Fifty LLC and Related Aircraft

Catch the Wind will mainly focus on Wwind Industry

"Now more than ever, wind turbines industry leaders and communicators must stress the importance of wind farm in America's energy portfolio," said AWEA CEO Denise Bode

Squeeze out resolution of REpower Systems SE entered in the commercial register

The Lesotho Highlands Power Project (LHPP) will generate 6,000 megawatts of wind power and 4,000 megawatts of hydro-power -- equivalent to nearly one-quarter of South Africa's total current energy supply

Europe - Parliament backs dedicated EU budget line for wind energy

For the first time ever the European Parliament has voted to create a dedicated budget line for wind power research and development

USA - GE supplys 350 wind turbines to BP Wind Energy

BP Wind Energy is purchasing 350 GE 1.6MW wind turbines for US wind farm projects being developed in 2011 and 2012. Total value of the wind power is approximately US$ 750 million

Germany - REpower to supply turbines for first utility size wind farm in Alaska

The turbines are destined for the Eva Creek Wind Project near the community of Ferry, for what will become the largest wind project in Alaska to date

Texas wind power development is fully discussed at Texas Renewables 2011 in Corpus Christi where renewable energy and wind projects make the area a vital part of the Texas Wind Industry success story

The World Bank has finalised the $250m funding to South Africa’s Eskom Renewables Energy Support Project to get both the Upington concentrating solar power (CSP) and Sere wind power plants off the ground

Mexico - Bimbo wind farm with wind turbines of Gamesa

Bimbo did not invest resources in building the wind farm but only committed to getting the wind power produced by wind turbines over a period of 18 years

Puerto Rico - The birth of wind energy in this South American country

The 75-megawatt (MW) wind power project, which will use Siemens‘ new SWT-2.3-108 wind turbines, is scheduled to begin in October

Product Pick of the Week - Gearbox Express: Repair and remanufacturing of wind turbines gearboxes

Three wind power veterans have banded together to create Gearbox Express