Vestas has secured a two-year service agreement from ScottishPower Renewables for five Vestas installed wind power plants in Scotland with a total capacity of 120 MW, which includes 162 units of V47-660 kW and V52-850 kW wind turbines. The service contract extension includes Vestas
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Vestas receives 117 MW wind power order for the first utility-scale wind farm to be built in Jordan
The project consists of 38 V112-3.0 MW wind turbines which will be installed about 180 km south of Amman, in the Tafila region, Jordan. Delivery of the wind turbines will start in the second quarter of 2014, and the wind power plant is expected to be commissioned in the second quarter of 2015. The contract … Continue reading Vestas receives 117 MW wind power order for the first utility-scale wind farm to be built in Jordan
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Wind energy works
Simon Jenkins’ article on wind turbines (We trash the landscape for the benefit of billionaires, 6 December) suggests a lack of knowledge on the subject. At various points in the article Jenkins claims that wind energy is not green, creates “almost no jobs”, and that it doesn’t matter where wind turbines are sited as they … Continue reading Wind energy works
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U.S. Congress should extend wind power tax credit
In May, Gov. Terry Branstad and officials of MidAmerican Energy Co. announced plans for the largest economic development investment in Iowa history: A $1.9 billion wind energy project involving the addition of 656 new wind turbines. According to leaders, the project will generate as much as 1,050 megawatts of power in the state by 2015, … Continue reading U.S. Congress should extend wind power tax credit
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Vestas expands Colorado production for Texas wind energy projects
Vestas Wind Systems A/S (OMX: VWS) factory workers in Brighton and Windsor will fill an order for additional V100-2.0 megawatt turbines from EDF Renewable Energy for two wind-energy projects. Vestas announced the order in September, but it has been increased from 750 megawatts to 1,174 megawatts. The projects, known as Hereford 1 and Longhorn North, … Continue reading Vestas expands Colorado production for Texas wind energy projects
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Natural Power appointed by Vattenfall as Clashindarroch Wind Farm
Natural Power, the leading renewable energy consultancy, has been appointed by Vattenfall as Ecological Clerk of Works at Clashindarroch Wind Farm in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The 18-turbine development will have an installed capacity of 36.9 MW, generating enough electricity to power over 20,000 homes.1 The Scottish-based consultancy
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Goldpoly Signs Agreements for 195 MW Photovoltaic Solar Power Plants
Goldpoly New Energy Holdings Limited (“Goldpoly” or “the Company,” HK stock code: 686, whose largest shareholder is China Merchants New Energy Group “CMNE”), a leading solar power plant investor and operator in China, today announced that one of its indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, United Photovoltaics (Changzhou)Investment Co., Ltd. (“United Photovoltaics (Changzhou)”), entered into three sale and … Continue reading Goldpoly Signs Agreements for 195 MW Photovoltaic Solar Power Plants
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Gamesa Wind Turbines opens centre in Chennai
Wind energy company Gamesa Wind Turbines on Friday inaugurated its new ‘integrated service and monitoring centre’ at Red Hills in Chennai. The facility is equipped to handle all the functions of its service portfolios — operations management, technical back-up office, spares and logistics management, control and training centre and repair circuit outlet — under … Continue reading Gamesa Wind Turbines opens centre in Chennai
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PNE WIND USA Constructs Chilocco Wind Farm
PNE WIND USA, a subsidiary of the Cuxhaven, Germany based wind farm developer PNE WIND AG, has begun construction on the Chilocco wind farm project located in U.S. State of Oklahoma. The project, which has been developed to the point of construction over the past few years will now be build in several phases and … Continue reading PNE WIND USA Constructs Chilocco Wind Farm
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Montana wind farm operator sues California utility for breach of contract
NaturEner, which owns and operates three wind farms in Montana, sued a California utility on Friday for breaching contracts to invest in the Rim Rock wind farm. The lawsuit also seeks to prevent the utility from reneging on its contractual promise to buy the renewable energy generated at the facility. San Diego Gas & Electric, … Continue reading Montana wind farm operator sues California utility for breach of contract
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China’s Wind Power Sector Further Powered Up
As one of the largest drivers for global wind power development, China has faced difficulty in exporting domestically made wind turbines. However, that hurdle seems to have been lifted after China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI) became a member of the Measuring Network of Wind Energy Institutes (Measnet), an elite club of the world’s wind … Continue reading China’s Wind Power Sector Further Powered Up
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Archimede Solar Energy secures a new Saudi shareholder for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) growth
The Saudi solar energy market forecasts covers 41 GW within the next 20 years, 25 GW of which in the Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) and 16 MW photovoltaic (PV). “Archimede Solar Energy (ASE), a subsidiary of the industrial Group Angelantoni Industrie and participated by the Japanese Chiyoda Corporation, has signed in New York the entrance … Continue reading Archimede Solar Energy secures a new Saudi shareholder for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) growth
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Alstom will supply ECO 122 wind turbines for Queiroz Galv
Alstom has signed two contracts totaling around €400 million with Queiroz Galvão, one of the main infrastructure groups in Brazil, to deliver, erect and commission ECO 122 wind turbines at two large wind farms – Caldeirão Grande I and II, both located in the state of Piauí State, Northeast of Brazil. The wind farms Caldeirão … Continue reading Alstom will supply ECO 122 wind turbines for Queiroz Galv
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Acciona has been awarded the supply of wind turbines of a 102 MW wind power project in Canada
The South Canoe wind farm (102 MW) project for the province of Nova Scotia will consist of thirty-four 3 MW ACCIONA Windpower turbines ACCIONA has signed a contract to supply the 34 turbines for a 102 MW wind farm in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It will carry out the construction, internal electrical infrastructures … Continue reading Acciona has been awarded the supply of wind turbines of a 102 MW wind power project in Canada
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German Development Bank to finance Bosnia and Herzegovina wind farm
The German Development Bank (KFW) will provide a loan of 65 million euros (88.8 million U.S. dollars) to finance the construction of a wind farm in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), local media reported on Thursday. The KFW approved the loan to Elektroprivreda BiH, the state electricity company of BiH, within the framework of development cooperation … Continue reading German Development Bank to finance Bosnia and Herzegovina wind farm
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Enel Green Power in the Balkans and Romania
Enel Green Power has been developing wind, hydro and PV solar power in the Balkans and Romania, the site of impressive results in 2013 that include an investment agreement struck with the EIB. Enel Green Power has 875 megawatts of installed wind, hydroelectric and PV solar power in the Balkans and Romania, with particularly impressive … Continue reading Enel Green Power in the Balkans and Romania
Continue readingWind energy: Vestas receives 220 MW order in the USA and increases the potential of the master supply agreement with EDF from 750 MW to 1,174 MW
This order is a call off of the master supply agreement (MSA) announced in September for multiple U.S. projects, the potential of which has been increased from 750 MW to 1,174 MW. So far, Vestas has secured 300 MW in this MSA. Both projects, Hereford 1 and Longhorn North, are located in the Texas Panhandle. … Continue reading Wind energy: Vestas receives 220 MW order in the USA and increases the potential of the master supply agreement with EDF from 750 MW to 1,174 MW
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Block of Wind Energy in Quebec
The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) is pleased with the launch of the request for proposals, announced today by Hydro-Québec, for the production by 2017 of a 450 MW block of wind energy. This call for power will give Quebec the tools it needs to put competition to work for the benefit of its residents. … Continue reading Block of Wind Energy in Quebec
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Asia-Pacific Region to Account for Half of Global Solar Photovoltaic Demand in 2014
Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand in 2014 will be dominated by the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, which will account for approximately 50% of all new solar PV demand next year. According to findings from the latest NPD Solarbuzz Asia Pacific PV Markets Quarterly
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Vestas receives 50 MW order for UK offshore wind energy project
Vestas will supply 15 V112-3.3 MW offshore wind turbines for the Kentish Flats Extension off the coast of the UK. Kentish Flats, owned by Vattenfall, was installed by Vestas in 2005. It currently consists of 30 V90-3.0 MW wind turbines, which Vestas services. Vestas will supply 15 V112-3.3 MW offshore turbines for the Kentish Flats … Continue reading Vestas receives 50 MW order for UK offshore wind energy project
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