News Archive June 2012

Wherever the human eye does not have a good view, Borescopes can help and give access to hidden spots. Especially in the field of machines, cable conduits and line pipes, endoscopes can assist with small and big problems. The new Endoscope PCE-DE 25N of P

PEIKKO’S FOUNDATION SOLUTION CHOSEN FOR TERVOLA WIND PARK IN FINLAND

Peikko supplies to YIT Construction Services the foundation solution for a wind park which TuuliWatti Oy is building to Tervola in Northern Finland.

Siemens brings offshore wind power plant in China online

The Jiangsu Rudong Offshore Wind Power Plant began operation in May 2012 and is Siemens' first order for offshore wind power outside Europe.

UK - Electricity from wind energy doubles since 2011

Figures for the first three months of 2012 show a 46.8% increase in the amount of electricity generated by wind power compared to the same period last year

USA - Second Wind Launches Triton Ops - Remote Sensing for ISO Reporting

The wind industry's leading remote sensing system helps bring wind farms online

The Sunflower State currently leads the nation in new wind turbines under construction (663), that will add another 1,400 megawatts (MW) of wind farm capacity and double the state's wind power generation

BP Wind Energy president joins AWEA board of directors

BP launched its wind powerbusiness in 2006 to deliver essential sources of energy and provide cost-competitive, renewable power to customers

GE, a global technology leader and supplier of wind turbines and related services, is celebrating 10 years of industry leadership in wind power

Canada - Cape Scott Wind Farm - Start of Construction

The $7 million payment was triggered by commencement of construction of the Wind power Project

BBB at "NRW Branchentag Windenergie"

On 21 and 22 June 2012 the fourth “NRW Branchentag Windenergie” a meeting of representatives of the North Rhine-Westphalian wind industry will take place.

USA - MOOG wins contract to supply NAREC with a test system to evaluate 100 m wind turbine blades

Used in the World’s Largest Wind Turbine Blade Test Facility

This week: Product Pick of the Week - Bachmann takes another step towards the future

Virtual power stations communicate with ‘bluecom’ from Bachmann electronic

Using the wind for producing electricity is another clean and safe way of using wind energy, not damaging the earth and not using up infinite natural resources

Nordex had been awarded a contract for the assembly of a 47.5 MW wind farm in Turkey. It is now working on the “Canta RES” project, which comprises 19 N100/2500 turbines, for Boydak Holding.

· New Agreement Further Aligns GE, Customer Goals to Maximize Site Energy Yield · Cost of O&M Contract Based on Production and Availability · Latest Example of GE’s Flexible Service Solutions for the Wind Industry

This week: TWK-ELEKTRONIK has now been supplying the wind industry with sensor components

particularly for the field of pitch and azimuth regulation - for over 20 years

Executing 3 GW of GE’s 1.6-100 Wind Turbines

-Commitments to Date Total $3.6 Billion -Highest Capacity Factor Turbine Operating in North America -Offers 19 Percent Increase in Annual Energy Production

Hauff-Technik Offshore-Sealing-System in The Windfair Newsletter

A60-proof IMO 754 (18) with medium-voltage/submarine- and offshore-hybrid cables

Owners of Vestas turbines can look forward to faster and more efficient service. Vestas is implementing a software solution from Dezide that will make life easier for wind mill operators.

UL Acquires Wind Energy Measurement and Certification Leaders DEWI and DEWI-OCC

Iñigo Etayo Otermin (32) has won Spain's annual Wind Power Business Award for R&D and Innovation for his work on avoiding electromagnetic interference in telecoms systems in wind farm design

This week: Exhibition Ticker - WINDPOWER 2012 drew thousands to Atlanta

World’s largest annual wind power conference to return to Chicago in May 2013

Some of the UK’s media is quick to publish anti-wind farm stories, so it came as a surprise when picked up on a new study by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change on onshore wind energy.

This week: UK - Is the creation of 100,000 jobs by 2020 realistic?

The offshore wind power industry could be employing nearly 100,000 people and contributing 0.4 per cent of the UK's gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020

The South Tyrolean wind turbine manufacturer will install a wind park with 16 turbines in Apulia, province Foggia by the end of 2012. Altogether 54 LEITWIND wind turbines will produce renewable energy in Apulia by the end of this year.

The Arkansas Project’s Nic Horton has an opinion column at Watchdog.org, attacking Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe (D) and his support for the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC)

The best opportunities are the ones that can be used. Columbus Marketing, developed by Nölting GmbH, is such an opportunity – one which can benefit all areas of the renewable energy industry. From turbine manufacturers to service providers: with Columbus

Borealis and Borouge, the world’s leading providers of innovative, value- creating solutions for the wire and cable industry, have launched Borlink™, a technology platform offering a complete global package of power materials, experience, knowledge and su

Germany - Iberdrola’s first offshore wind farm in the country

With 400 megawatt (MW) capacity Wikinger will be one of the world’s largest deep-water offshore wind power projects with eighty wind turbines

U.S. Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) announced that he will make speeches daily on the Senate floor urging an extension of the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) and helping to raise awareness of the wind power industry's economic importance i

A study made by the US Department of Energy — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) — shows that the Philippines' wind power potential could provide up to 76 gigawatt (GW) of power

New Member On Windfair.net: Tentec Ltd.

Category: Suppliers: Tools and Machine Tools

Data collectors are quick to install, easy to handle and are mainly used in the field of monitoring trucks or error analysis of systems. Most of data collectors are equipped and delivered with analysis software, where all operating systems of Microsoft su

Governments Need to Act in Rio for a Sustainable Energy Future

UN supports Global Wind Day on 15 June

New Zealand last week geared up for Global Wind Day, with the NZ Wind Energy Association and its members focusing on the benefits of wind farm and enabling people to experience wind turbines

To celebrate the growing contribution of wind power in Canada, the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) launched the Power of Wind Blog Contest with bursary prizes

Ensto Cubo enclosures in the demanding conditions of wind turbines

Icy weather conditions impede wind turbine service reliability, as ice easily forms on the rotor blades.

Ensto enters international niche market for wind power

Finland is home to leading equipment manufacturers for wind power plants.

EWEA - European Commission should encourage sea space planning

"It is necessary to act now" said Dorina Iuga, Senior Project Manager at European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)

The federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC), the primary incentive that helps support growth of wind power in the U.S., stands as a poster child for that "inconsistent and erratic" policy

Welcome to Aeolus - Company of the Week

Aeolus Wind is an early-stage wind development company that has since 2001 developed and divested wind energy projects totalling 220 MW

The Wind Farm of the Central Valley is just one of the wind turbines projects that government-sponsored companies like CNFL, ICE and others

This week: New Zealand - Siemens and Meridian to build new wind farm

Siemens will supply and erect the wind turbines for New Zealand’s newest wind farm, to be built for Meridian Energy Ltd at Mill Creek north of Wellington

EWEA Blog - The way to 2030 for wind energy

Europe faces a policy void after 2020 when the main pillars of EU energy policy – targets for renewable energy, emissions and energy efficiency – run out

CanWEA celebrates Global Wind Day with new Power of Wind Blog Contest

Bursary supports students entering post-secondary programs

Green Power Conferences: The Chilean International Renewable Energy Congress (CIREC)

4—5 September 2012, Intercontinental, Santiago, Chile

Schaeffler Mounting Toolbox – Knowledge About Rolling Bearing Mounting Online

When it comes to fitting rolling bearings, even small errors can have serious and costly consequences.

This wind power project will be using the Vestas V80 wind turbines which will be installed in the Wandequan wind farm, Huitengxile grassland, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Renewable energy sources such as wind power and solar power, and the federal wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC), contribute to national security, Iraq war veteran Mario Rivas writes

This week: Interview with Tapio Fischer, Sales Manager at Transport Control International GmbH

Gamesa and its partner Harvest the Wind Network are jointly working on a community wind farm project to help HARBEC Plastics, a western New York manufacturer, offset retail energy rates and zero-out carbon emissions

Acciona has released a report from accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to spruik the benefits of its proposed Mortlake wind power plant with 51 wind turbines in Australia

New Member On Windfair.net: Transport Control International GmbH

Category: Service: Monitoring Systeme

WKN AG: Consolidated competence in wind matters

Former Minister Claus Möller is a member of the WKN Supervisory Board   

HBM’s focus on providing optimum equipment for the wind power industry has been underlined recently at a number of international events.

Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH (HBM): HBM nCode Software Certified by GL Renewables Certification

First structural integrity software certified for fatigue design of wind turbine structures

“We must invest more in research and innovation in order to continuously improve the key renewable technologies.

New Member On Windfair.net: Ensto Finland Oy

Category: Suppliers: Others Offshore: Components and Suppliers

National Energy Commission president Enrique Ramirez, who accompanied Sanjurjo, said Los Cocos is a new step in the country’s wind energy development, with 85MW entering the grid by yearend

Wind Power Development Forum India 2012 on 6-7th September in New Delhi attracts biggest names in the wind power market / PES - A renewable energy news portal for the solar/PV & wind energy industries

ASM extends the magnetostrictive POSICHRON® range by the PCST27 rod-profile sensor for underwater use up to 15 bar

High-precision, fail-safe measurement on hydraulic cylinders and fluid levels in extreme environments

Sweden - IKEA invests in 90 MW of Vestas wind power

Wind farm of 30 V90-3.0 MW wind turbines is IKEA’s biggest investment in wind energy to date

Boom-and-bust cycles like the ones the wind power industry has endured multiple times since the PTC was first allowed to expire 13 years ago are extremely disruptive to new, growing wind turbines industries

"Bombardier Transportation has been a strategic customer to SKF for many years and we are pleased to accept this award that recognizes the work we do to integrate CSR into all areas of our business"

EWEA Blog - Offshore wind power: EC should help organise Europe’s sea space

Offshore wind energy is expanding to meet the EU’s 2020 renewable energy targets, but renewables are one of many activities competing for space at sea

The WSB Group - First wind farm in Silesia / Poland being erected

15 REpower turbines with a hub height of 80m and a rated power of 2.05 MW each will produce eco-friendly electricity close to the city of Opole

China - Vestas unites its Asia Pacific and China sales business wind energy units

The new setup will align Vestas’ efforts in a region where the Chinese and Asian wind turbines markets already are closely interlinked

If the Korean government’s proactive wind power policies go hand in hand with drastic investment by relevant companies, the wind turbines industry will create synergy with Korea’s world-class technologies

superwind GmbH - Silent Power: Extremely silent rotor blades

With immediate effect, the Superwind 350 will be delivered from the factory with superwind´s new Silent Power Blades

This week: ASC GmbH presents the ASC OS 115LN

Accelerometer for offshore applications

• ABO Wind increases profit and turnover • Germany is the engine behind the boom • New planning offices to open in Nuremberg and Hannover • Largest ABO Wind-farm erected in Ireland • Spanish 50 megawatt project sold • Biogas feeding-in to the natural

Vestas Wind Systems A/S Company Announcement

Vestas unites its Asia Pacific and China sales business units

The new statistics of wind energy use in germany is available at:

Progress in Germany

AWEA Blog - Sierra Club's Hamilton backs PTC, American jobs

The wind power industry has already created 75,000 good American jobs, making it a critical part of the clean energy economy

This week: Ambau - Meerwind project on track

The first of 80 monopiles for the Meerwind Süd / Ost project leaves the AMBAU plant in Cuxhaven

Premiere in the world of condition monitoring

Control-integrated CMS of Bachmann electronic is the first certified system worldwide

Due to the better wind conditions more and more wind turbines are installed in the see or near the coast. This has consequences for sensors, which must cope with aggravated environmental circumstances.

AWEA Blog - Loebsack receives USA Wind Energy Jobs Champion award, urges PTC extension

Acciona Windpower North America CEO Joe Baker presented the award to Loebsack at the Acciona wind turbine assembly plant in West Branch

AREVA representatives provided invited suppliers, most of whom came from Brittany and Normandy, with an overview of the cooperation opportunities in manufacturing wind turbines

Balluff - Bosch Supplier Recognition Granted

Supplier recognition - member of top ten

After a difficult months for the French wind farm industry, Nicole Bricq, appointed French minister, signalled her support for the wind power and promised she will ensure that new wind turbines projects can go ahead

Spain - Vestas receives its first V100-2.0 MW wind turbines order

Eyra Instalaciones y Servicios has installed more than 244 MW of Vestas wind power plants

This week: Ammonit - Reliable Communication with Meteo-40

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

Green Power Conferences: The 4th annual Wind Power Turkey

16-17 October 2012, Istanbul, Turkey

Green Power Conferences: Renewable Energy Community to unite in Chile to discuss how to exploit Chile’s abundant natural resources.

4-5 September 2012, Santiago, Chile

Vestas receives 216 MW offshore order in Belgium

Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order for 72 x V112-3.0 MW turbines for the Northwind Offshore Wind Farm in Belgium.

STEGO, Inc. - Equipment Protection of the Finest Degree

"Life Insurance" for Electronics

USA - Conference brings together small wind farm community

AWEA’s exhibit and poster featured the American Wind Energy Association 2011 Small Wind Power Market Report

Green Power Conferences: The 4th annual Optimizing Wind Power O&M

25-26 September 2012, Chicago, USA

Vestas appoints new Chief Operating Officer

Vestas Wind Systems A/S has appointed Jean-Marc Lechêne, age 53, as new Chief Operating Officer (COO) with the responsibility for Vestas’ manufacturing and sourcing.

11th World Wind Energy Conference "Community Power - Citizens' Power" WWEC2012

Bonn, Germany, 3-5 July 2012