News Archive December 2012

Siemens continues its strong track record of growing its wind power service business

Siemens continues its strong track record of growingNew wind power service agreement signed in Canada

Windfair will be present at the Hannover trade show next April with a 150 m² community booth in Hall 27/Wind. WIND is the name of the wind energy trade fair, which is part of the biggest industry show of the world.

President Bill Clinton, Founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States, will be the keynote speaker at the Wind on the Wires Gala Dinner in Chicago next week, an event celebrating WOW's 10 years of bringing wind energ

- Communities have become key drivers of actual climate change mitigation - Campaign for 100 % renewable energy to be launched - Governments and Green Climate Fund should give necessary support to speed up renewables deployment

In addition to being a specialist for the production of custom-made accelerometers, ASC also sells customer-specific cable processing and connector solutions, as well as individual complete solutions.

This week: Contact-less recognition of rotational movements

Because of the working principle of wind turbines it is necessary to detect positions in rotational movements.

Spotlight on Europe’s emerging markets at EWEA 2013

4 - 7 FEBRUARY 2013, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

European energy ministers gathering today in Brussels to discuss the role of renewables in the European energy market, gave a mandate to the Commission to start work on a post-2020 renewable energy policy framework

USA - BlueScout Technologies Reports Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results

Operating expenses down 77% for the quarter and 66% for the nine-month period

Exhibition Ticker - Financing Romanian Wind Plants

Part of Wind Power Romania 15-16 January 2013 / JW Marriot, Bucahrest, Romania

Europe - "A logical choice: renewable energy and energy efficiency"

The choice of renewable energy and energy efficiency in Europe is logical and mature

AWEA Blog - Sen. Grassley appears in video to urge extension of PTC

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) appears in a new YouTube video calling on Congress to extend the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC)

AWEA Blog - ‘Make opinion known loud and clear’ on PTC

“We urge Iowans to make their opinion known loud and clear [on extending the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit.”

Chile - Pacific Hydro gets permit to build first wind farm

Australian renewable energy firm Pacific Hydro Pty Ltd obtained an environmental permit for its first wind farm in Chile estimated at $250 million

Offshore wind farms can create a host of benefits for the local marine environment, as well as combatting climate change, a new studyby the Marine Institute at Plymouth University has found

USA - GE, MetLife and Union Bank invest nearly $247 million in wind capital group’s Kansas wind farm powered by GE wind turbines

Nearly $247 million in Wind Capital Group’s recently commissioned 201-megawatt Post Rock wind farm

Doha / Quatar - The real world of climate change

There is no rich-poor divide in emissions obligations, according to one wealthy country responsible for huge greenhouse gases emissions that has yet to sign on to make binding cuts

Brazil - Enel Green Power works begin on three wind farms

The new plants will have a total installed capacity of 90 MW, enough to generate around 400 GWh a year once completed

China - Gamesa to supply 49.3 MW to Guangdong Nuclear Group

Gamesa has operated in China since 2000, installing more than 3,000 wind turbines at more than 60 wind farm sites across the country

Brazil - GE Supplies Brazilian Wind Farm

GE and Brazil’s Renova Energia have signed a US$394 million contract for 230 wind turbines for a wind farm in Bahia state of Brazil.

NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, the largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun in the United States, today announced that its subsidiaries have completed the purchase of the approximately 165-megawatt (MW) Cimarron I Wind Energy Center fro

Wind energy and other renewable energies must be given immediate priority over fossil fuels and nuclear power if the EU is serious about its commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80-95% by 2050, says a new report by the World Wildlife Fund for Nat

The agreement is Siemens’ first 10-year wind service contract extension in Canada and includes the company’s blade modernization product, the Power Curve Upgrade, for the 44 SWT-2.3-93 units at Port Alma and the four SWT-2.3-93 units at Chatham Kent.

An expert committee has suggested that offshore wind turbines to harness wind power may be set up at Rameshwaram, Kanyakumari, Maharashtra, Kerala-Konkan and Gujarat, Rajya Sabha was informed today

China - World wind energy topped

China’s installed capacities for wind power and hydropower have grown to the world’s largest, said Liu Zhenya,president of the China Electricity Council (CEC), on Sunday

AWEA applauds Western Governors’ call to extend wind energy tax credit

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) today hailed the action by the Western Governors’ Association...

Costa Rica Wind Farm Completed On Schedule

Germany-based juwi says its subsidiary, juwi Energias Renovables, has completed the Eolico Valle Central wind farm, located near San Jose, Costa Rica

Swedish paper products company SCA AB (SCA-B.SK) said Friday it has signed a joint venture with German utility E.ON AG under which they will together develop a number of wind power projects

Iberdrola and German company MVV Energie AG, through its subsidiary MVV Windenergie GmbH, have concluded an agreement for MVV’s acquisition of IBERDROLA’s seven onshore wind farms located in Germany

Iberdrola and German company MVV Energie AG, through its subsidiary MVV Windenergie GmbH, have concluded an agreement for MVV’s acquisition of IBERDROLA’s seven onshore wind farms located in Germany

Exhibition of the Week - The 3rd annual Wind Power Romania Congress

The board-level Romanian wind energy event where deals are done

This week: Interview with Dr. Martin Altrock

1. Windfair: Is the Wind Energy Industry a priority for your company? How so?

10 years ago – at a time when DBK was already one of the world´s leading manufacturer of electric heating solutions - the first Cirrus fan heaters were produced, with focus on the climatization of switching cabinets,

Siemens Energy has received an order for delivery and servicing of 42 direct-drive wind turbines for two onshore wind power plants. Purchaser is the Irish utility Bord na Móna.

This week: Japan – After Fukushima wind energy and other renewable technologies are on the rise

Traditionally, the Japanese have feared, respected and worshiped wind as a vital, elemental force

BGB Innovation – Profile of a perfectly functioning group of 3 industry brands

The BGB Group of companies is divided into the industry brands – BGB Engineering, BGB Marine & BGB Digilinc

Congress should extend critical tax incentives that encourage renewable energy production and energy efficiency, 118 sportsmen’s, business and conservation groups from all over the U.S. urged in a letter to Congress yesterday

Product Pick of the Week - Lithium Sulfur Batteries

OXIS Wins Funding and Contracts for new type of battery

France - Theolia commissions the 15 MW Magremont wind farm

Located in the Somme department, the Magremont wind farm includes 6 Nordex N90 wind turbines, with a capacity of 2.5 MW each, for a cumulative capacity of 15 MW

Falck Nutec provides competence in preventing, managing and learn from critical situations. We do this through training, counseling and by giving assistance.

Cable detectors are always used when cables, circuits or short circuits has to be localised. They also help pursuing water and heating pipes. All these devices can be detected in masonry, concrete, soil or in field surveys outside on the street.

The December statistics for registered conference delegates are 25% higher compared with registration figures at the same stage before EWEA 2012.

Nordex awarded new contracts in Turkey

Follow-up project for Edincik Elektrik for a 30-MW wind farm, Extension of wind farm “Susurluk” by 15 MW

Wind Power Status in Russia and the CIS Countries

Regional Wind Power Market and Potential

Ammonit succeded in an international tender for a nationwide wind measurement campaign in India.

The project is organised by the most important wind energy institution in India C-WET.

USA - Governor McDonnell Applauds Award for Offshore Wind Turbine Technology Demonstration to Virginia Utility

Governor Bob McDonnell applauded the award of an offshore wind technology demonstration grant to a Virginia utility

Europe’s energy infrastructure urgently needs updating. In this interview published in the latest edition of EWEA’s Wind Directions magazine, Ana Aguado, CEO of Friends of the Supergrid, explores how this can be done

This week: Nordex awarded new wind energy contracts for the construction the Edincik 30-MW wind farm

Strong sales of wind power systems in Turkey remain a key to the Nordex Group’s success

Enel Green Power and Gamesa make progress in the wind energy market

A wind farm, designed and built by Gamesa, a partner with a solid footing in the Mexican market, consists of thirty-five 2-MW Gamesa wind turbines

North African Solar and Wind Power Development Comes into Focus at the Maghreb Renewable Energy Congress

2013 speaker line up announced

FAG Top-Laser EQUILIGN – a new alignment that pays its way

Correct alignment of the shaft is indispensable in order to achieve high efficiency and reliability of rotating machinery.

EWEA – New leader – Mr. Thomas Becker takes over the lead of the European Wind Energy Association

The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has appointed Thomas Becker as its new Chief Executive Officer

Ammonit supplies 100 Data Loggers and Measurement Equipment to C-WET in India

Ammonit has won the international tender for a na-tionwide wind measurement campaign organised by C-WET in India

Suzlon Group wins 105 MW order for projects in Canada

REpower and wpd europe GmbH enter into contract for six projects

This week: Offshore Wind: Iberdrola selects AREVA turbine

for a large-scale project in Germany

This week: Siemens installs prototype of four-megawatt offshore wind turbine

Generator and rotor upgrade allows for up to 15 per cent increase in annual energy production

a non-asset based provider of integrated supply chain solutions delivering safe, specialized transportation and logistics services, has named Derrick Dantzler, Connie Kortus and Lorry Herron Employees of the Year for 2012.

UK customers ordering Nordex N100/2500 for inland sites

The United Kingdom has the best wind conditions anywhere in Europe.